International Viewpoint Archive

The Fourth International’s English-language review, from 1982

Open Letter to Solidarnosc — Document

International Viewpoint No. 24, 21 February 1983 · pp 15-16 · 189 words

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Open letter to Solidarnosc that concrete is much sought after by the builders of country retreats, and that they like to filch the "people's" concrete from public building projects.

By expelling all critical elements from the party after 1968, the Husak leadership created the basis for what was origi-

The following statement by the Organizing Committee for Free Unions addressed to Solidarnosc in Warsaw. It was distributed on November 7 in Prague was nally the biggest opposition in Eastern

Europe. In the post-1968 period, the

Socialist Movement of Czechoslovak Citi-

Dear Friends,

We send our greetings in these days when you are preparing for a day of strikes and demonstrations to protest against the removal of Solidarnose's legal status. In a short period, this organization won the sympathy and respect of a large part of the Polish people and freedom-loving progressives all over the world....

Just as in your country, the normalizers as opposed to the principles of your movement. They promise a better standard of living and prosperity as a substitute for a truly democratic and free development of society on both the economic and cultural levels.

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