This is an abridged version of a resolution passed by the United Fourth International on 1 February. THE continuing rise of the Polish workers' militancy and summer has led to important changes in the political situation.
First, the radicalisation of the working class, especially the big enterprises and among young workers, has continued in the big strikes over the implementation of the Gdansk strike More radical forms of action, like occupations of public buildings to obtain the dismissal of corrupt and incompetent party officials, have become more frequent.
Monopoly This development of the workers' shows the incompatibility of massive workers' self-organisation the bureaucracy's monopoly of political power.
There are signs of this incompatibility by larger the scullulls working class.
Secondly, the Kania leadership of the bureaucracy has started SCIOUS sive against the workers.
The Continually challenge the gains won bv the workers last summer and attack the most multant sectors 'anti-socialist elements'.
Secretariat of the self-organisation since tionist wing under the influence of the Catholic hierarchy.
Finally the tremendous LISC WUKCES self-organisation and thirst Socials! democracy has started to penelale deeply Into lne official Communist ParPowerful rank and file tendencies have developed in a number of cities like and only or a reversal of party solicy but also for the total democratisation of the party.
These currents are looking to the party congress in March/April to answer their demands. Radical At this stage no section or leading figure of the bureaucracy is likely to support these radical currents within the Communist Party or Solidarity. The Kremlin wants to assure at all costs that the party congress begins a process of 'normalisation' within the party.
A powerful coalition is being constructed to fight against the new innot move. ment. It consists of the Kania-led burcaucracy. the Catholic church to show that any loss in production from moving to a 40-hour week could be more than offset by Walesa celebrates another victory over the government eliminating the bureaucratic waste and mismanagement of the economy.
When the bureaucrats deny these claims the workers demand the 'opening of the books'. The logic of this process IS TOI workers draw up an economic counter-plan bureaucrats. Assets There has been marked change in the attitudes of the Western classes to the Polish events. From initial support for the independent unions they are now more concerned about their own economic assets.
The Western banks are urging the Polish nuTe casa impose austerity on the Polish workers so thev can re tain hope of recovering the $20 billion they are owed.
Most of the Communist parties through out the world have also lined the Kania bureaucracy. The Hungarian, Cuban, and Italian CPs have all unaldierse a large par of Solidarity socialist' and 'counter revolutionary, which vicoales the ground for military intervention by the Kremlin.
Everything which weakens the unity and solidarity of the Polish proletariat objectively aids the chances of Soviet intervention. Everything which strengthens the indepenGent movemen will act as a deterrent to such an invasion. Tanks work harder without the most extreme terror, way beyond the scale of Hungary in '56 and Czechoslovakia in '68.
major confrontation between the two opis looming. The enemies of Solidarity are clear on their objectives and their strategy of deleating the workers. Unfortunately it is a major weakness of Solidarity that it is less objectives cica and achieve LICH Onslaught The most important minimum measures to meet the onslaught of the conservative forces would be • Nation-wide _unity of action of all the radical forces in Solidarity and the Communist Party prevent Rally repression Eight million workers BuoL DC wor to uneloe that an injury to one is an injury to all, and that repression against any member or dissident must be opposed.
• A national discusSOl political programme to prepare the LOTLCOTES party congress. Left forces should use this debate to map out concrete proworkers' control and selfaround which millions of can be mobilise peasants. workers and discussion