imoenaisms ornciDdi •CHICH state in Atrica InC TAnGola. and unal Laitors apotions or cuban Danci Katanga Ine _DODUlaTIOn now knownes •naba Dovince orner parts or une country moved moeralism nas MOBUTO QuicKiy o Dall our is DuoDeL he keloian Government. Tor publicly Americans nave nor announced snioments COUIDOCU has seen as an opportunity to calate me campaien stitutiona incenencence from Britain. Labour supporters and the working class rank Have doout me visit man you mign nave oelieved trom tne oritisn press.
Newcastle dockers, Oг ex ample, hard working class policies of the Praser Government. our a Dar on all shipping after a decision to use sea cadets to tie royal yacht protests that it was 'traditional' to nave sea caders work diona cut much Ice crew of Britannia got a less than they went ashore.
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Was reserved Minister Fraser. wnose car was bombarded with empty cans and tomatoes.
While we are in Australa. the first representative cricket match between an Australian team and ine MCC nas cone Test atmost here t atmosphere. place on a tour of England by a team or ADoncinal miavers in 1808. but then, you may nave noticed that there are not a lot in the present Australian side.
Kemal Jumblatt, known leader of the Lebanese was assassinatec week. Already there have been Corsiah right wingers in e than Jumblatt was a leader of the minority Druze mosiem comLa tightly knit group him base. was COn THE CZECHOSLOVAK authorities have Just release of 30 dissidents, supporters of the Charter manifesto. But it is certain that this does not signal the end of repression against the opposition.
Several supporters of the Charter 77 human rights manifesto were detained Tol March. Among them on who was previously Janca in 1970 for being a member of the far er nevolutionary socialist Farty Other names known are Vera philosopher Ladislaw Hejdanek. These arrests came two days before beer the funeral of one of the spokespeople for the Charter, Jan Patocka, who had died of a brain haemorrhage the previous Sunday. He had just undergone an 11 hour interrogation.
FUNERAL Nearly a thousand people attended the funeral despite DECSCHICC of police and agents taking photos and police attempts to block the way to the cemetery. But the funeral was the occasion for the arrest Namec, psychologist and Charter best spokesperson.
Yanis repression is a reacon to lasi the growing support for the ChartHer boltinsice czechoslovakia and throughout Eastern Europe. announced the 77 human rights their name to it.
questioning on l was Peter as the recent arrests Jiri gave journalists a document abuses in of women stating that, Professor husbands' lo give standard of living'.
arya Soviet Union, Ukraine and Lithuania.
security out Eastern Europe. of Jiri The problem RWS. Charter now had 617 signatures, an increase of 176 in the past month. An increasing proportion Security and of these are said to be workers while many people support the Charter while not wishing to put Despite the repression, Charter has continued in its stated aim or buonesine antormanor on the deprivation of human rights in Czechoslovakia. on une same day of having Hajek economic life. included material on tne posinor most part, women did not work 'in with distributing order to have a better and more independent life, but because of and publications. economic necessity, because their salary does not suffice ARRESTS even modest Support has come from HungPoland, Rumania and the January, 40 Bulgarian dissidents up by were questioned and 14 detained centres after copies of the Charter had circulated in Sofia. The Charter is thus becoming a focus for the human rights movement throughfor the Husak to regime is inal tne charter only socialists demands that it implement its own Neither Husak or his Moscow backers want to go to the Belgrade conterence in June with bloody hands. The conference will oslovakia review the implementation of the Helsinki agreements on European Co-operation. danger is that they will become the butt of the human rights demagogy of the Western bourgeoisies.
Therefore they have tried to pretend that those arrested have nothing to do with the Charter. Vaclav Havel was recently accused contacts with Pavel Togrid, an emigre journalist, while Ales Machacek and Vladimir Lastuvka, arrested in North Bohemia, are reportedly not charged with crimes relating to the Charter but Western books It is clear that the Charter is the real reason for the arrests. But then, of course, according to the regime the whole thing is cooked imperialist and cionis reveals that the Husak regime is terrified of reaction in the wese Ins means mar sondarl action, such as the meeting on 23 March organised by the Commit Defend Czechoslovak are of considerable practical importance. Hopefully this will only be the start of a socialist support campaign for the human rights movement in CzechLABOUR FOCUS ON - werence Dune o orgorenkt asks CPs' aid for Ginzburg and Rudenke • Donations can be made to help those victimised for supporting the Charter. Make cheques out to 'Labour Focus and sena 'Labour Focus", Bottom Flat, 116 Cazenove Road, London N/6.
For more information read Labour Focus on Eastern Europe. The first issue contains a long interview with Jan Kavan and a statement by Jiri Pelikan on the Charter. 30p post free from above address. Special introductory subscription: £2.25 for 9 issues Also read Voices of Czechoslovak Socialists - a booklet o Samizdat documents available from Committee Defend Czechoslovak Socialists c/o ICDP, 6 Endsleigh Street, London man of the Soviet, was offered the post as Minister of Labour which
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