been established in members of Solidarnosc who have escaped the regime's military meeting in Gdansk one month after the imposition of martial law the twelve most senior members Solidarnosc still Poland set up the new commission.
In aocuments recentiy released to the West the commission reports lat Il will •act as the chief body Solidarnosc until:
The withdrawal of martial law and the restoration full of stalus Solidarnosc; * All imprisoned and interned Solearnese members, students and inlenecluais are necu. * A meaningful dialogue Is undertaken between the ruling body and SolidarAUSC under the leadership of Lech Walesa.
'The Solidarnosc Resistance Commission is the natural progression of the National Commission convened in Gdansk and upon itself the :esponsibility IO coordinate the conspiratorial throughout Poland.' There ai c further = a growing resisIn on a go-slow an rridav 29 Januarv to =.a:est the proposed price =. 13 January, one month amer martial law. WULKELS = he Elwro plant observei one minute's silence.
The authorities have sentenced more than hundred persons for their participation in the riot in . New information on the riots reveals that more than 3000 mainly young people took Jall. throwing molotov cockSome 300 people marched through Birmingham last Saturday to support Solidarnosc. There were contingents from several Labour Parties, march ended with a rally chaired by Roger Murray of Sparkbrook Labour Party, Paul Mackney of the Trades Council pointed out that we naa to support against Tebbit if we are to support the Polish workers. He read the 21 points of the Gdansk agreement, and pointed would be acceptable to Thatcher!
He was followed by Les executive member of ASLEF who presented the ASLEF strike as a symbol of workers' struggle in Britain. members the Polish wanted to know what this had to Poland. Next came Piotr Kozlowski from the Solidarnosc trade union working group. do not want a capitalist system in Poland. We want rule by the workers, He received a standing ovation. the Polish women's group on the position of women in Poland and a vague speech about freedom from Ernie Hunt, district secretary of the AUEW, the final speaker was Marek Garz tecki.
in Britain, reading Solidarnosc for an end to martial law and for the prisoners to be freed.
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The clampdown continues in the universities. The students who have been allowed back to college face extremely harsh new regulations aimed at position Students now De liable to lace lustant call-up to the armed torces at any time. and expulsion the college on missing just one class without medical tificate.
The ruthless purging of dissidents is continuing in every workplace and within the Communist Party. Officials have admitted that at least half a million members have lett the party in the last six of martial law.
Hardliners LIll Dal ly grouped around Stefan Olszowski and Albin siwak are orcnestraling a purge :o remore anyone WILD evel crace 'liberalism' such as deputy premiers Barcikowski and Rakowski.
Despite the appeals Archbishop Glemp for 'moderation' the Polish workers are under no illusions: the regime has Interon allowing Solidarnosc to re-emerge independent movement. It the security police Miners carry out a dead comrade from the Wujek in December Martial law announcement poster defaced in a Warsaw bus shelter mine, murdered by Solidarity Solidarnosc 11. Ring 021-773 5396.
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