TO THE LEADERSHIPS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMU.
TO ALL EUROPEAN COMMUNISTS!
MYKOLA Rudenko, a promi Ukranian poet, Imaginative writer, philosopher and communist has beenarrested. For more than 7 years they persecuted him: e pelled him from the Party, from the Writers" Union, prevented him from publishing his works and thereby caming a living, condacted a long criminal investiga. tion, intimidated him, sent thug to attack his flat, carried out scripts of his literary works. And Ido not know what charges they will bring against him. As is usual in such cases, it will be some kind of faisification. With an eyeto the future, they planted 39 dollars during a search last December.
It is also not accidental that the method otrepression used against Second World War invalid who was seriously injured in the spine and remained on his feet only thanks to a carfully worked out systemorphysicaltrainingand the carcof his wife.
What right have these people for whom the war was something they saw only in the cinema, for whom loyalty to their country means only human bie is nothing in com only one noon - 1c, Prona cations and trickery — to slander Evenifthere had been a basis for suspecting Rudenka of some crime, then he as a sick war invalid should remain free until his trial.
would be inadminsable, chance to refute their fabricavent him preparing his defence while they remain free to prepare - that is the sole What, in reality, has Rudenko done? Why have they been so ruthless with him and why do they wanthim sentenced?
First, because of his thooretical work, Economic Monologue. The soviet coccastop nas ло доровас to the author 's conclusions except imprisonment.
Second. because be Ukranian Helsinki monitoring group and a member of the Soviet branchol Aminesty International.
To have a sharp mind, to cham pion the freedom to receive and distribute information and to defend prisoners of conscience — these are the worst crimes in the USSK. For this they imprison, March for they take lives, hypocritically covering up their reprisals by manulacturine "Criminal acts or the part of the accused.
Communists!
Tagerher with pragressive fores the throughout the world, you have detended democing: m spain leadingsoa wide political amnesty for political prisoners including communists.
For a long time a struggle was waged for the liheration of Paraguayan Communist Party leaders, and the fascist Stroessner regime WAS COrLEO COTCICASCLICII 'To have a sharp mind, to champion the freedom to receive and distribute infordefend conscience - these are the worst crimes the Pinachel regime.
fascisttype.
munism i TERES Rudenko, Many people and organisations have defended democralle free- the LSSR. doms in Chile. As a result, a large numberof Chileans, including the Communist Party leader Luis How is it possible, against such n background, thai Communists deserve to suller How Is u possible that there is a country, which calls itself socialist, governed by a Party which calls itself Communist, which chroughout its entire history has never carried out a single political amnesty? How is VIC workers heed the march in Reims demanding the dissolution of the soat CFT.
*All the major working class CFDT unions, affi- And it Parties respectively have done little more than call a According to then it is the state implement its own LACEDTICS. concern was that the elections LOWT (io a year's time!) are allowed to revolutionary left, the LCR (Preach to work Section of the Four LicE national) and Luite Quvrière, the workers. understood that groups like the CEl and SAC can only be desl workers taking the democratic attack. The arrests of ander Ginsburg, who organised ers, areevidence of this it is the duis at European Communists to stop this attack. IF they do not take up this task, me will bave nothing to reply to the anti-Communists who claim that the Communist Parties are only an apparatin for establishing and defending totalitarian regimes of a 1 do not want to believe this. 1, a Communist throughout my entire inseparable democracy. For this reason E call upon you to demand that the Soviet Government stop its poli lical terror, carried out in order to strengthen their own power, and harmful to the cause of com Dear Comrades! Demand from the Sovietleadership:
THErEOSSHI against the movement for human 2. That it immedintely Alexander Ginsburg and Mykola 3. Tan i carry out 8 ceneral aminesty for political prisoners in These are minimal democratic demands, which even the Francoiss regime in Spain has been able to meer in less than a year, If the Brezhnev leadership refuses to he irrefutable proof that in relation lo denocracy it is no hetter than the Pinochet regime.
8 Febreary 1977 Pyotr Grigorenko delence of strikes and occupations into their owo hands; by democratic defence squads rather than relianoe on the police.
was only the far lett which called a national demon TRAME ID SUNCL WIEG VMC strike and ugainst the CFT.
But in Reims Hacit more than 20,000 workers, including repre from all the major marched through the The only answer from the CCT which is the singe amon a MU was to-tell the strikers to go back an instruction which was overwacimingly relected by RICHARD CARVER TALY: A moderate atortion bal act wilt 2 mut prising defeat in the senate last week. It was orty the opposi the absence of many other which led to that result. The HELL-YE OSTLIES principally the Communist Party, are en gaged in talks to arrive at WITCHICAL ACCIEn WIT the ruling Christian Democ Christian Democrats GHANA: Students Trom three lave taken to the sincels in demonstrations over living standards. They one calling for Lhe displacemen of the Acheampong and tbe rejection of the Union Governient' proposal which is aimed at maintaining the rule of the neo-colonial ruling class failed economic policies. The demon SENIOTS WET ONLOTATE NEE the srudents were cheered and Joined by the general publis малу тобетя лянс весл оеасen up and many seriously injured, while others are lac cale that medical treaiment has been ohscructed by the military sities and secondary schools have been closed down. SAHARA: The Front, the Saharan liberatio TOLSTER organisation. the af the Bou-Craa phosphate mines. The Spanish technicians in the mines have heen forced to flee POLAND: Jan Josef Lipski, member of the Workers De fence Commiccee, has been reThe person of the official Writer Union bad made representatio prosecutor-general on Lipski's behalf SPAIN: Mariano Sanchez Covisa, the leader of the Guer illas of Christ the the Suaret the Government. He had been arested afler the discovery o THESE ECH TO DIC DEMadrid apartients LEBANON: Isrnel has been responsible for heavy shelling of Palestinian camps in the SOLELT! -Lebanon widespread damnage and casual ties. part of a general side of the border. Palestinian sources reckon that this is in orcoatarion for a major Dilen sive ZAIRE: A lavour returned President Mobutu Sese Seko men lo reclaims their Make in industries nationalised durin 'Zaiceanisation' phase o his economic policy.
ZIMBABWE: Liberation fight ers last week blew up the main railway Linc between Rhodesian Covernment repre sentatives tried to make light of no casualties were inflicied. In fact its importance lies in the previcusly penetrated that tar into the country's central min QUEREC: Ir's nice to know who your friends are. A groor o: 300 French speaking buse nessenen have attacked the Quebe: Government's Imodci ale) French language bill on the grounds that it would give free and they think it might have bad effect on the coun
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*By imprisoning Rudenko they prevent him preparing his defence while they remain free to prepare new forgeries. PYOTR GRIGORENKO appeals for the defence of human rights activist Mykola Rudenko.
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of prisoners