Polish prisoner
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-05-13Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 14 →
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AS THE attention of the British left shifts understandably towards campaigning against the Falklands war, it is important to remember the need for solidarity with the Polish labour movement.
Struggles across the May Day weekend meant that the 1,000 internees released by Jaruzelski's Stalinist junta were swiftly replaced by over 1300 fresh arrests.
Posed
International support for the Solidarnosc leaders in jail or victimised out of their jobs, and material aid for their families is crucial to their struggle.
The Solidarity Trade Union Working Group has been actively promoting a campaign for union branches and Labour Parties to "adopt' a prisoner. So far around 100 out of a list of 2000 have been adopted -including five Polish miners adopted by South Wales NUM lodges following • a successful speaking tour.
Draft
Meanwhile the Working Group continues its activity without any significant assistance from the leaders of the British labour movement.
Readers should campaign both for their own branch organisations to adopt a prisoner, and for resolutions to Regional and National Executives demanding full scale support for the Working Group.
Further details - from STUWG, 64 Philbeach Gardens, London SWS.