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stifling of democracy Last year's mass strike action the government to agree to a 21-poin programme of demands which included wage increases and the right to organise an independent union, Solidarity.

Although this Stalinist regime is bitterly opposed to all the workers' demands, they had to appear to give in, although subsequently many demands have been ignored.

The latest conflict between the government and Solidarity members is over the working week.

Now workers are demanding a 5 day week, with an end to Saturday working. On Saturday 10th January, they refused to work, effeçtively declaring a 5 day Faded problem for line Polish Como munist his Ministers, they are also faced with tibe emergence of another independent union- Rural Solidarity, which is organisigs farmers.

So. far the regime has refused to legalise Rural Solidarity, but the peasants" union is gaining significant support from its industrial equivalent-including strike at a big aircraft factory.

The heroism and determination of Polish workers is a lesson for workers all over the world. Their successes so far that he —he is more Kania and Pope, e Polish working ment could, at my and call in ash the strike moveand peek up Solidarity by force. succeeds doing this it will be a major defeat for workers, not just in Poland, but internationally.

Trade unionists in this country have a duty to help prevent a Soviet intervention against Polish workers and peasants. We should all be calling on our own unions to recognise Solidarity and to inform the USSR that all fraternal links with their unions will be broken if Poland is invaded.

Equally limits to a abortion-wi vicious Tory -DO muld be under threat DITICE anti-abortion Tory MIPs T. Sainsbury, who who came first in the Private Members Bill ballot, had said ve might seek to restrict the time limit or strengthen the 'conscience clause', Instead, however, he's clamping down on the ballot, and therefore has a good chance of his bill getting time in Parliament, may have a go at the '67 Act instead. If he does, women and the whole Labour Movement will have to organise a campaign as big as the action against the Corrie bill-the last restrictive anti-abortion bill, which fell because of the pressure of the mass campaign against it.

we must fight to remove woman's right to choose nich includes fighting attacks on the NHS. A CT ONT all the

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