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Polish clamp-down: Kuron speaks

Red Weekly No. 200, 22 May 1977 · p. 10 of the scan · 597 words

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member of the committee. walle Quite apart from the unlikiiness of this explanation, this very enthusiasm of the party authorities to cleer up the incident has such convinced WDC supporters that Pyjas was murdered. increasingly Three leaders of the WDC were arresled as they tried to get to Pyjas's funeral. Jan LLSHSNCERUTON SAUAESHE Michnik face charges of 'colluA WID ATOTEAR DERUSAITOnaI which carry Twe veare The French Troiskvist Institu- paper Rouge was able to get a telechone inrerv ew with Kuron after his explained that they were supposed to have links with Kaltura, CIA-Financed Eurone.

TDCC TIBTABENLETE wicz, Piotr Naimski, Mirosiaw Chojecki and Wojciech Ostrowski have also been arrested. Tao orner opposnon capis, yeroon Onysskiewicz and Lasarski were NESOPA COdE SOTERL They were knocked down by a Jorry and are in scrous condcion After he had told Rouge about the charges against him and the other repressive measures implemented by the Polish author ities, Kuron went on to explain The Polish authorities have continued their clampdown on the Workers Defence Committee, after demonstrations protesting at the death of a student Stanislaw Pyjas was found at the bottom of a stair well, dead from head injuries. The press and radio, who don't usuaily bother commenting on such events, have gone out of their way to push the theory that he committed suicide under the influence of alcohol.

fence Committee.

Josef does. Society is atomised.

thar, in general, the co sentenices of up to arrest in which he moniks average HET CECIL SOCKE STACI LTATTCE December.

met jer. the achievements and political perspectives of the Workers De As for the audience we cormand you have to say honestly that we CAT MOr I ReC CIa totalitarian society no-one лоня However, certain things show ommiller has greater support than any other institution in Poland except for the Church. For ecample, we ave so far distributed near!

hree miltion slors (abour 300 greater part of this money came from tens of thowsands of di Jerent people. There are peritions with mearly aknee thousand sigMatures, including the leser from 1,300 Eirsas workers demanding the reinstatement of those who Finaliy, ond this is the imporelocking of the compaign againsr (WTAL HTTS Jaunched by the authorities lest As for the aims of the commirtee, the first was the liberation of those imprisoned. You couldn't article deuls say thar this demand has been Thene ane still five WDECEY workers in prison lhe interview Workers Delence Committee member Adam Michnlk - oharge was given defore the latest arrestsl, the orhers have had their sentences suspended. The latter have still not received any compensation and are often still at the mercy of the police.

There have deen steps forward on ahe reinstaremenr of sacked workers. Bur for sewral thou sand people who were sucked for going on strike wages have often been cut by a third or a half. We mist establish that Article 52 of The Labonr Code mast nor used as an amri-strike low. This OSENIDUE artack on the durles of Thse STRe Bodn WOcK C e GHD93 a worker Rouge asked Kuron whar he ected of the left in picalist countries. His ans was simple:

Ahove ail solidarity and defence when we ae repressed.

* Aady Durern, an SWP member of the executive of the Nationsi Cnkie of Students, tried to raise the question of solidarity with Polish stadents al last weekend's executive meeting. He was supported by other far lell members. THENrUHOOEE majority (iscluding members of the "EuroCONURNE LET ICTUSO TO SIOW the discussion on the agenda.

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