Solidarnosc? - 'Ask the governThe face of despair:
Minister Jablonski concedes defeat to the Gdansk Soviet and workers leader, Lech Walesa waiting modation is eight to ten years. There has been no renovation of old houses — and it shows!
Books are also limited. , According to the statistics Polish people read on average just four books a year.
The tight censorship bv the authorities over culture is being challenged. Jerzy Lapinski, leader of the actors' union , told me: "The last congress of SPATIF (the actors' union within Solidarnosc passed two demands. The first was to allow the performance of all plays and tilms independent political orientation.
second stated registration in Solidarnosc more important than reactivating the official actors' union. The official press at first reported neither of these demands. When we complained distorted our demands completely Access to the mass media and information SULLIC Since the strike wave there have OCCL televised SESSIULN of Polish parliament. But they have been edited by the authorities Polish workers want our support. Lech Walesa's closing words to me were: 'We are sure of our friends abroad. They know that solidarity is what we need.' STAGE two workers' revol way, following success of th wave which for fr ment.
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