"The underground create favourable conditions for social agreement through conquering positions through which it car and political rights. The movement should be decentralised.
This extract from the draft programme e end of July Solidarity's provicommittee. shows the moderates are gain ing ground. No mentio general strike appeared in the view nas been dominant in the recent clandestine •We must defeat the myth of the "big coup' I the illusion 0454of the 31 August confrontations is becoming clearer. It now seems that as many as 250,000 braved armed police and tanks to take the which seeks reform through decentralised resistance, and a radical current that wants a centralised movement to prepare a general strike. Here Jacqueline Allio reports on these debates and the aftermath of 31 August.
must those in power forced to sign a new agreement...Even a strike, together with active defence the Tactones. cannot change what has happened on 13 December. There will only be more victims. The general with the support of a majority of factories But Z. Romaszewski arrestedi and Frasyniuk, who lead a radical didn' OCLaUSC Solidarity's leaderfrontationot prepare for confrontation. ticles in clandestine bulletins.
the best way to fight, provid- He general strike seems CYCl Led it is meticulously organised: the form of strike must be factory It will be worth it takes MONUS Through the church we must set up a network to medicines, so that people are Solidarnosc, 31 August. This is part of the Warsaw action at the generals mercy..And to make propoganda in the army and Days one ariCe SiEned 'the trade unionist' Would this worker have changed his mind after August? Many moderates have become more defeatist Riot police used massive repression to break up nationwide demonstrations marking the birth o than ever: on 4 September the rreneu bondarnosc representative LOld Liberation Solidarnose only moderation to solve the problems.
The evidence suggests that workers are becoming more exasperated and radicalisation is growing. The situation e cost of living ha rot per cent in si months. And no-one believes the government's will end the emergency after the wave of repression of 31 August.
The danger is that withou a centralised and collective TOS DOnSC reDressIO! WIL escalate against solidarnos Four-year are being hande out to leaflet distributors.
The of perspectives meet repression is aggravating differences, and even leadin number of impatient militants Solidarity with part Com Dave It emphasise appy increase the disoris taLU or many orner workers unless the national leadership understanding is impossible.
be eace we make concer sions, and as we have nothine to concede, then they would But these muse ce toes ions. make concessions. them agreeme must not be a nanona auree.
the people power which against them.
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1980 can be repeated and For the last month the financial world has
streets. Solidarity is discussing its tactics. An argument is developing between a 'moderate' current, dominated by the intellectuals,
Cans of today sent mr blems of today.