And Solidarity otficials Lodz have begun a series of strike actions to defend Tive union activists dismissed from their jobs a month ago.
Dissent is also within the Polish The Wing on the promised partv congress in March or April. The February cenWho is Jacek Kuron?
JACEK KURON was picked up by the authorities sparking a new crisis. He has ine Sine Polish bureaucrats. The son of an old communist cadre he helped to form a discussion circle at Warafter the 1956 events, from which many of the subsequent dissident currents among the intellectuals emerged. He also initiated opposition work within the party vouth organisation In 1964 he was expelled from the Communist with Karel Modzelewsky the Open Letter to the Polish Comrepresented critique of the bureaucratic suster in Poland. for this Kuron was sentenced to After a solidarity campaign he was released in early 1968. only to be re-arrested in March after the student riots. He was only reAfter years of continuing opposition activity (the Social Self-Defence Committee) in 1976. KOR won respect inside the persistent defence Last summer Kuron vas its propaganda Tor appointed as an advisor to the independent trade Donoray. Dance men • he nas been the target of a vicious campaign of slander by 12 March 1981
LONDON-WIDE PUBLIC MEETING ABOUR LEFT Friday 3 April 8pm Lambeth Town Hall, Acre Lane, SW2 fighting for a policy of NO CUTS.
NO RATE OR RENT INCREASES, NO COUNCIL HOUSE All Labour Party Members Ne/COm THE 3 March parliamentary debate on Britain's nuclear strategy and the purchase tary Labour Party. Labour MP Peter Snape summed up the tory approach world politics today: 'We could write a song about it entitled If it's all right with Ronnie, it's all right with me.
But opposition to the government's policy was fairly muted. No one really questioned the need for millions being. spent oni while millions of people go without WOlK and social benefits are cut.
Virtually ever vone who spoke laid the blame for the war drive on the Soviet Union. No one person shortlists.
VLADIMIR DERER, honorary secretary of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy, put the CLPD position in a letter to tribune. CONTRARY to published reports. we understand thal the rese eculon finally agreed by ine Iva tional Executive Committee Shorests of one as such. Illake mention of the Trident missile system ilthreat NATO can offer security without They simply lay down that should follow the practice normally adopted for ordinary selection conterences addition, of course, of the automatic short-listing of Emitted that policy of unilateral disarthe sitting MP present is traineE does The normal not accept shortlists ot one even if there Only nominee.
practice which opponents daupicu should endorse one even n uncle nominee. to be quite out order under the rules as they stand al Die cal I ne point is that the Exist mis the Brisi force to certa Party line, making no mention of made by conTUeS alc ference, ane consulucil parties have no right to go further than the rules allow.
The legal advice we have heen aver Dolls oul that the rules do not even unless the number of nominees makes stories or one is permissi necessal y hie Lnere Uhil nominee. but CLPD urges wrongfully excluded nominees and their nominating bodies to insist MOT on their rights • not (it goes without saying) by applying but by an confident that established and Ol allicc backed up the consulatel and rules laid down by annual conference, , will ensure that shortlisting is not abus. ea to pre-empt lie accisio which must be taken by the selection conference.
Chris Mullin's booklet, For pichiamentary selection selection are published time, should note that these nev neca up lo date accordingly.
A note of the necessary intent womeon! 'Why is this country commitred io a level of growth in its which, for example enormously outstrips nucleur weapony by 200 lo s0u per celli ine ea pected increase trench nuclear strength over the nexr decade?' Peter Snape MP missiles *The on The the following are CND If you see or have film. show demonstration public other anti nuclear event, , please send the details to us and CND changes can be obtained b sending a stamped addressed envelope to: CLPD ırk Drive, London NW11 Hackney North defies cuts HACKNEY Notht Labour Party has called Lilt Labour council in the East London borough not to in troduce any rate rises or cuts next year The party decided Wednesday of last week that will initiate public build support LOTS tenants associations, and community organisations.
The party wants to cotenants associations, Pions or and nato organis and local organisa estatish the needs borough, as a way of rally ing people proposals against If Hackney council does increase and Party will organise and sup- Hackne! North Labour nort a rent ana lales billa by the people of Hackne!
Speaking on behalf le CLP, Chris Morris sa 'The government nas Tale grant by fl5m and wants!!
see a disastrous cut in serBut to pa:
vice would mean a rates in crease of 77 per cent, whic:
would also be disastrous fo the people of Hacknes serve the people of Hackne 'The council oni:
the government to abande:
its attacks.
He added: • Ine pari wants to link up with those who have already taken ai non. sulu as leians vi.
Estate VALGO, in order to build campaign can defea the government Movement 5. Materester. Pain Andy (574-2895) for details. £ Fi Hall a
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lustrated the basis of Tory foreign policy and the division within the Parliamen-
ATTEMPTS by some local right wing Labour ex- ecutive committees to bar alternative candidates to a favoured candidate during the re-selection process have led to a debate about the use of one-
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