"Nearly two centuries ago on the site where this hall stands, workers struggling to build British trade unions were gunned down in the infamous Peterloo massacre. Please stand for a minute's silence in their memory.
Solidarnosc member tory, began his speech at a their was through the streets of Manchese their solidarity Solidarnosc.
The banner of Manchester Trades Council was on the march and there were contingents from a number of local factories including reguson and Laurence Scott Kozlowski had spoken his tour of Manchester's factories.
Particularly impressive was the number of young people on the demonstrafion. Placards calling for *Victory to Solidarnose!" Longshaw of the against bureaucrats nere Eva of Socialist Workers Party explained workers everywhere had a lot to learn The best union the world retary an Silberman, SCOTCLUEN the Manchester supporter Socialist Challenge, denounced the campaign of Reagan and Thatcher.
"These people who support the repressive EM0630regime in Turkey, he said, who send military personnel back up the murderers in El Salvador, back South African invasion of Angola and who lock up trade unionists in their own country are no friends of the Polish workers Only the international workers movement that's why our campaign is solidly labour movement based.
Piotr Kozlowski immediately inspired audience. PLUS WOLLI Keagan and Thatcher's claims he declared: 'Solidarnose does support Jaruzelski and Kremlin The declared:
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detail Finally, answering the Ferguson.
The company has large contract with Orsus where Piotr works. Over 80 workers attended factory gate meetings organised by their stewards where they were told how the workers Ursus were working with the military the factory. Should Piotr return there he would certainly face a long prison sentence.
However, the resistance is growing. In the first two weeks after the declaration of martial law, only two tractors were produced by the entire lactory.
ISH week how millions of workers, students and peasants could all be in the pay of the CIA. Fortunately the committee did not adopt the views of this delegate but resolved to send a protest resolution the Polish embassy demanding the release of those held under martial law and requesting the embassy to send a representative to the district committee to explain their it was at a conference of the Chloride senior stewards that Piot explained that he was here as a Pole, as a worker, and as a trade union activist requesting support workers. But his appeal more than that, because of the threat tO WOrKerS organisations in Poland today.
They were facing military government claimed to speak on behalf of the workers but really didn't have anything to do with socialism. He didn't want to see a return to capitalism private companies ruled the roost and workers had few rights On the contrary Piotr appealed workers across the world to unite in a common battle for what he described as *socialist WUEKCES With that messag democracy just three days in the Man chester area, support for Solidarnose has massively. In the coming months the Greater Manchester Solidarity Campaign which organised the tour plans to go out to win active support from major union and factory in the area Inspired Piotr Kozlowski we are sure that CER OC CORC 11. Ring 021-773 5396 814-055319 Crete St, Oldham, Lancs. Ring 061-620 2885.
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MANCHESTER LORCHLIALI Piotr Kozlowski (centre) at a Manchester press conference
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