rulers.
'Free our Lech, imDISOD Wojciech' they chanted, referring General Jaruzelski, prime minister and head 'Away with the junta' and 'Come and join us' were the other most popular slogans. On Monday a further march of more than 20,000 people was broken up by riot police with tear gas.
This extraordinary display of Solidarnosc's continuing power and popularity in the wake of a series of spectacular actions by the undel ground opposition to martial law flying civil disobedience SUIKCS. and the radio ICLeNL broadcasts The opposition is being coordinated by the four-person national Solidarnosc underground leadership of Zbigniew Bujak Warsaw, Wladyslaw Frasyniuk …TOH Wroclaw, Bogdan Lis Gdansk and Wladyslaw Hardek from Krakow The Coordination is now planning a nationwide strike for 13 May, five months since the military crackdown.
The military bureau. cratic rulers of must be territied at the resurgence of Solidarnosc in public actions. So to0 must be MAY DAY, international workers' day, saw the most remarkable demonstration of the continuing strength and support of Solidarnosc Poland's mass independent social and union movement. In two 'Illegal' marches in Warsaw in open defiance of the military bureaucratic Thatcher and Reagan who cynically jumped on the Polish bandwagon to step up their attacks on 'communism' in the wake of the military coup.
That is why the labour movement must take the lead in organising support for Solidarnosc. An cellent opportunity develop such solidarity will be the national labour movement .conference in solidarity with Solidarnosc that has been called for The Greater Manchester Polish Solidarity Campaign has issued an appeal for the conference which has already been endorsed Porish Soldarity Commil- the Glasgow tee, Ken Livingstone and Labour MPs, Eric Heffer.
George Morton frank Allaun, Michael Meacher and Roger Stott.
The appeal reads: 'We believe that it is vital that the labour movement comes to the aid of our Polish brothers and sisters this time of need.
Millions of trade unionists throughout the world have been inspired by the strugPle of the Pe ish moratis genuine democratic socialism.
'The declaration of martial law December last year has undoubtedly set back that struggle but it is by means all over. The resistance is growing. They need our solidarity now. Moreover, allow the likes of Ronald Calliui Reagan and Margaret Thatcher parade unchallenged friends of the Polish workers.
'They support dictatorial Turkey to Salvador They are no friends of workers in Poland or any other country. It is time for the labour movement to speak out for an end to martial law, for the release Glasgow Morgan, Durward 041-649 8958 Greater Manchester Polish Solidarity Committee Lancs. Ring 061-620 2885 490927 South Yorks Polish Solidarity Committee.
617174.
Nottingham Labour Solidarnosc, c/o 3 Elm Close, Nottingham.
Murray Blackford Road, 021-773 5396 Solidarity ASTMS Oxford Labour Road, Oxford. Ring 0865 58238 London NW1. Ring 01-458 1501 Labour Focus Eastern Kingsland High St, London E8.
Philbeach 01-373 3492.
of the interned/arrested trade unionists and for the I colul aliul. democratic and trade rights won bv the Polish workers through struggle August 1980; and against the hypocritical boycott campaign of Reagan, Thatcher and hope you will sponsor the conference build such labour movement camDalyu.
Picket Polish embassy on 13 May at Ipm to cincide with general strike call in Avenue, Glasgow Gc/o call Jon Silberman, S1 Montrose House, Crete St, Oldam Leeds Polish Soldarity Committee, c/o Dave Feickert. 28 Roundhay Mount, Leeds 8, Yorkshire. Ring 0532 Bird, 279 Ellesmere Road, Sheffield, S4 7DP. Ring 0742 Movement Solidarity Birmingham 11. .Ring Committee, John Fisher c/o Committee on Poland, 468 Banbury Eastern Europe Solidarity Campaign, 10 Park Drive, Europe, Box 23, 136 Solidarnosc Trade Union Working Group in UK, 64 Gardens, Earls Court, London SW5 . Ring
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