Last week attempt to 'comrades' ot George Fernandes, but in an attempt to arrestin dune "in this country hounded by a ruthless Indian dictatorship of Mrs Gandhi announced that the leader of the Indian Socialist Party, George Fernandes, would go on trial next month charged with 'conspiracy'. While this announcement was being made, Fernandes' wife Leila was in Britain in an pressurise the Labour Government and Labour MPs into raising their voices against the Indian The Labour leaders the supposed Fernandes in CIne Socialist International - are unlikely to heed the words of Leila alert the labour movement as a whole in this country to what is taking place in India, we publish below a message recorded underground by George Fernandes shortly before his hundreds of us are hunted and OCTO SEE. simple reason that we will not give up the fight - a fight to restore to the people their lost rights and freedom. Some monine ado we halongon to a colniry that took nrine in citizens of "free" India, operating like fugitives in our own country. situation in India. Does it really matter any more If the number of people imprisoned without trial is 100,000 or government advocates of all Congress-ruled states are on record that under the new dispensation of Mrs Gandhi, citizens not only do not have fundamental rights, including the right of habeas corpus, but even natural rights, including the right to live, do not exist any more. The Attorney General said: "A man can not only be deprived of his liberty, but also of his life, without trial, and without even being given the reasons for it."
of humour morbid though it is.
General told the same court, in the same breath: "It is, however, open to the dependants of the man who has been killed to later - after the emergency has been lifted - go to court and claim damages for the loss of life." Do you still need reports of what is happening?
•Political prisoners are subjected to third degree torture and humiliations unheard of even during, days of the struggle against British imperialism. But as I said, let me not take your time on these matters. The only point I want to make is that if this is the price one has to pay for the trains to run on time, for people to stand in bus queues, then let the trains run late and let there be no bus queues. But let the people have their liberty and the right to live.
prices or the running of the trains, nor with any threats to the security of the country. Its one and only purpose is to protect the personal power of Mrs Gandhi, her utterly corrupt and thoroughly incompetent government. A gang of criminals and tightening its grip on the country. Most thinking Indians are aware that there is no going back now for Mrs Gandhi. If I may use a time-worn cliché, she cannot dismount the ticer anv more. Therefore the battle lines 1 do not want to take your time reporting on the General of india and the 'But I must say that the dictatorship still has its sense For the Attorney *The emergency in India has nothing to do with rising professional capitulate to their main demand a cancel the December price rises.
During the early 1970's a number Western Communist Party leadershi tried to claim that Gierek had turn Poland into a model socialist democrac John Gollan in his recent article on t Soviet Union in Marxism Today impli that Gierek had put right the 'errors' the previous leadership.
Grisly But the grisly story of what happen to the Szczecin workers' leaders mont after the end of the strike gives the lie committee was found gassed to deat another claimed that the police h attempted to gas him in his home. Othe were sacked from work, while Baluka w Torcca mo exle Fresh confirmation of this reality given by the killing, wounding and jaili of workers who successfully protest against price increases in June of th year.
It is ironic that British socialists have rely for such information largely on t Dourecois mass mccla. rammer than Dab like the Morning Star. But the Grana programme will hopefully be of re assistance in the campaigns of protest th must be launched by the British labo movement for the release of the Poli workers now languishing in jail. Oliver MacDonald. in a scandalous act or censorsilo revi ing the farce of parliamentary demo racy, West German TV has refused transmit an election brococasey Gruppe Internationale Marxisten (Ge man section of the Fourth Internationa he reason civen was mat it contamned interview with Ernest Mandel, who banned from entry into West Germany.
in ine interview - Manger nad Domt out: Through its attack on the freedo of opinion and the right to free speech cerain currents in me labour moveme the social-liberal federal gover ment has instruments to enable a future reactic ary government tolowing ITIE example - to ban all Marxist propagan
a cul-de-sac."
speaker from the RED WEEKLY 30 September 1976 11
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