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December 80 LABOLE P VALIXI YOUR SOCIRA IN PARTY meeting at Kracow: SUPPORT The Polish workers' struggle continues to advance. Despite attempts to block it, the Stalinist leaders were forced last month to legally recognise Solidarity (the independent union federation).
The victory followed hard on the triumphant tour by Lech Walesa and other union leaders of the steel and coal-mining regions of Southern Poland. The reception they met gave the stainist leaders nitie room for manoeuvre. Bernard Guetta, writing for the French daily Le Monde, described a typical "The crowd was immense, so large that it was impossible to estimate the number... It was restrained, it did not chant anything, and no lists were raised, it was a tense and disciplined crowd that was not about to storm anything but was determined not to retreat. demands of the original Charter -and started operating other reforms 'guaranteed' before - mass strikes would be callea ior mia-Novemdel Once more the Polish Stalinists were forced to backtrack. CP boss Kania agreed that the union would be allowed to print its own paper and have access to the mass media. He also accepted the idea of meal rationing (to ensure fair distribution) and improvement in the supply or consumer goous FEAR wale valesa and omer union eaders were formalv ready lo accept the "leading role" of the CP. it is clear that the demands raised by by Solidarity undermine the CP's repressive rule at every step.
anis is war senos savers orreal up and down the backs of the Polish CP leaders and their allies in the Kremlin and elsewhere. They know