IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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Socialist Challenge No. 184, 12 February 1981 · p. 11 of the scan · 335 words

The scan: sc-n184-feb-12-1981.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 11 of the scan

3 Krakow Bielsko Biala Miles 100' Km 160 THE strike wave in bielsko-blala against corrupt local officials was an inspiring model of workers' democracy. The two nunered thousand workers involved in the dispute were kept fully informed of all strike information Preomys! through an ingenious communications The entire negotiations with government officials were broadCOSt live throughout Tine province About eighty of the 110 factories on strike were up the system and relayed everything by loudspeaker.

And by dialling the telphone system, staffed by Solidarity supporters, anyone could listen live to the negotiations. General Moczar THESE two men are jostling for position to replace Polish Stanislaw Kania.

member of the 'Partisan' group associated with authoritarian drives against party liberals. minister in 1971 and boosted the drive for trade with the West. the economy and was centrally involved in the economic commission with 'technocrats', incluing non-party reforms. Through this group he acquired a 'liberal' reputation.

popularity he had gained with lower ranking party officials for his opposition to Gierek's economic policies to gain rehabilitation in August 1980 when Gierek was purged.

Politburo member, he has increasingly taken a hard-line, pro-Russian stance to deal 'hopeless situation time resistance leader very popular in the army. He achieved public notoriety in the late '60s when as minister of the interior he led the anti-Semitic Communist Party leader In the '60s STEFAN OLSZOWSKI (right) was a which was and anti-Semitic He became foreign After 1976 he became secretary to the party on members, pressing or economic Sacked by Gierek in February 1980, he used the Now secretary to the Central Committee and with the General MIECZYSLAW MOCZAR was a warPolitburo member Olszowski drives. He also crackdown on the student movement in 1968 the backing of Moscow as a potential strongman. wing of the bureaucracy.

masterminded the vicious He was ousted from the party leadership by Gierek in 1971. Now back in the Politburo, he has For the moment he is supporting the Kania

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