In this context, one can understand cynical tone the minister of social at openly adopted fairs in an interview about the impact or the trade union law on public opinion. It produced a postoperative shock that has still not worn off. People are bitter, full of resentment, distrustful cautious, and fearful of being ostracized by others Will take at Building the new unions least two to three years.
The restoration of order on the trade union front is not going any betthan the progress has been made, then, towards achieving regime is deeply divided over what attitude to take to sondarnose makes the of a 'national accord still more remote It would be possible to think that this might be no more than the usual sort of factional WIGHLIC in the Polish CP, the party itself were not in a totally dilapidated state.
Jail *You have a choice between being fired, going to jail, or joining the Party', workers caught drunk or stealing have been told at the public transport depot in Poznan. *If you are in debt, the Young Socialists and we will wipe it out. the chairman of the CP youth organisation promised in Bialystock. possible to keep track o the number removed from their churches by Catholic hierarchy itself because they showed too much sympathy Views resistance movement.
The fact remains that in renewing its appeals for social peace as a quid pro quo for the release of Lech Walesa and permission for the Pope to visit Poland showed clearly which camp it was choosing. both the church and the bureaucracy on Lech Walesa to undermine the underground opposition. *Lech Walesa's decision enter into dialogue with the regime ship) called a general strike that they did not feel they could carry out.
In fact the strike call was not followed by and large. How could it have been otherwise when for a week every worker at a key point in production had a military man on his back? reached a crossroads and entered into a period of ebb. The most important question is how it is going to prepare itself for a con frontation that inevitable, even if it is deferIt is necessary then, to prepare Ior. mIs test oI strength. The only weapon Viewpoint The latest issue is largely devoted to dossiers on in OOP Has Also contains articles on the gro and the menwar benee America Somalia and Ethiopia. ment more than ever needs support. It needs material aid. It needs support for its fight to win the release of all political prisoners, and for winning the restoration of democratic and trade union rights. It needs sup port to keep Solidarnosc alive.
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Socialist Challenge 17 December 1982
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