'Hands off Polish workers' London march

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On the march on Sunday WORKERS POLAND off workers' Poland.

A delegation of Labour MPs attempted to hand in a petition to the Soviet Embassy. They were politely informed that the embassy "cannot accept any petition which relates to the internal affairs of the Sovie Union. DUlA they petition concerns Poland. Exactly, resmed ne emdess!

At a meeting organised by the Eastern European Solidarity Cam. paign and Hands Off Workers Campaign, Frank Dobson MP gave a message from the National Executive Committee of the 'We support the Polish workers' prese ce tae umons nere must be freedom from external intervention Poland's Everyone in the labour movement should support Polish workers in their struggle.

Unfortunately, parent in the meeting that support from the labour movement was not forthcoming. The meeting expressed its disgust at the paltry appeal from the TUC for £20,000 which represents 0.000lp for each trade union member.

All speakers stressed the need to support the Polish workers both of support.

Union to intervene.

warriors using Tariq All vointed out oour movemenu protested, the by British fascists.

Polish peal supposedly for Solidarity.

Although the appeal, from spreading the lie.

MPs it became apdominate.

struggle for workers' democracy. materially and by sending messages Such support would make it more difficult for the Soviet There was a danger of cold war this campaign, as But that makes it even more imperative that a massive campaign is built in the The importance of such support was highlighted last week when the official Soviet news agency TASS alleged that Solidarity was financea A right wing historian, David Irving, had launched a financial apSolidarity leader Bogdan Lis had publicly disowned this didn't stop the slander machine in the Kremlin Last week another 'Solidarity with Poland' campaign was set up in London by Tory, Liberal and unfortunately, a few right wing Labour The Polish workers' don't need this sort of help. But until the labour movement in Britain takes the lead in the campaign, the right wing will labour movement has to show that the struggle of the Polish workers is not anti-socialist as this riff-raff would have us believe, but a Socialist Challenge 16 April 1981 Page 13

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LAST Sunday, five hundred demonstrators called for hands