THE Polish crisis has thrown the Communist Party into turmoil. The Morning Star primarily attacked the hypocritical found love of the Tory press for 'independent unions' as long as they are 2,000 miles away in Poland!
wrong that. But the CP has used this attack to avoid giving the striking Polish workers.
been couched in terms of removing blemishes the essentlarly nearny Dods politic of Polish society.
'The answer' stated the wurst eautoriar arter me OC. cupation of the Lenin Continued from page 1 Everywhere we get a warm welconc. HOUT hundred delegates are in permanent session in a large conference hall. Everything is in place. are no fag-ends on the floor. The walki Vasc regularly changed. shinvards (20 August). 'is to be found partly in the inadeof the democratic tile iraut unions on benait of their ...and in the the Polish government has na nated. decisions prices and food distribution. Wider questions socals tenoracy are disa involved.
What these 'wider quesSOUPIESI democracy' are is not explained. But Mick Costello, CP's ine maustrial organiser, was quite adamant in a major statement buwusuce Dy me morning Star (29 August) that the There surike movement in no wal meant any 'basic weakness of the social system itself. maller. present regime is the only The CP fails to explain Will Gierek came to power on a reform nothing been done.
I he issue is leit vague Ds Costello: •We must express our confidence in the ability the working Cass PoisOnered and the Workers' rary (rUW") ficulties that cave arise din to overcome the difthis context.' But is there an identity of interest the Polish working class and the present Polish regime and the PUWP?
We have had 30 rears experience of the Polish bureaucracy. In that time not onis nas itired tolois an austerity policy on the backs of the working class;
Was sue pressed ever single political right; forcibly crushed all previous independen orcanisation and killed workers' leaders all in the bureaucracy's determination to eep massive privileges.
The controlled unions have been the immeulate mstrumenis in the factories for carrying out : dictates of the regime. SUCT loreanse possible with such a force.
We don't disagree with the Morning Star September) that, 'it is to be agreement: reached over the weekend will lay the basis for securIng genuine sone grass-roots participation in he making of decisions and meir impientenanon But politics is not about wishful thinking. Working Class power Is was Sars M power exercised by freely elected working class REPORT delegates in a national confull executive DUWCUS anis cannot be canaled with the exercise of power by the PUWP on behalf of fue workle class.
Let the Polish Com. munist Party test its self-proclaimed leading role in wee ciccuon. • delegates from the factories and communities to a congress of the workers committees i he fundamental dividing line in Polish socie. • ouay is verween mose who are prepared to struggle for working class power and those wild LOL.
AN EYEWITNESS attempts to sit on the fence cosmetic changes - lead it to cover for the Polish bureaucrats.
How else can the silence of the Morning Star on the Brest of ter peders explained? Wh suive sucn brominence to the Polish authorities' "anti-socialist forces' (15, August)?
Silence has its own elo. Cucuce The Morning Sta seen til to call for support for the 21 demands Of the strikers or warn of thi real danger of a Russian in. vasion. Gierek is backed by the Soviet bureaucracy. denounce nim denounce the Soviet leaders. This the British CP dare not