Committee for the Defence of the functioning and meetings for Pression Europe, HUGHES.
rights, and win Charter T7 supported branch which "What's Charter 77? That, in effect, was the response of the executive council of TASS - the Union's white collar section -when my branch called on it to take up the Sive. campaign against repin Eastern body passed writes JOHN Towards the end of last year, the Manchester East branch of TASS (Technical and Supervisory Section, AUEW) con demped the suppression of human rights in Poland and especially in relation to the signatories of By raising these issues in the union, socialists can answer their critics who —quite rightly claim that we campaign against repression under fascist regimes, without questioning Subscribe? Depression in the Eastern Bibe.
My branch's resolution instructed ibe No. 10 divisional couscil to contact sympathetic Name groups in the area with a view to Address setting up a local Charter 77 solidarity committee. And it called on the executive council to publicise the Charter aims in the union journal, and to protest to the Crech embassy.
The response of the executive was amazing. It claimed it could take no action due lo lack of information on the subject matier". This despite the fact that anong the members of the executive is John Forrester, who happens also to be a member of the Labour Party's national execuIn Jenuary 1977, the lamer condemning the arrest and harassment by the police of the Crech citizens who signed Charler 77, Manchester East branch has now sent our execirlive a copy ot a strong speech by Eric Heifer, recently published in Labour Focus on SUBSCRIBE NOWI Enjoyed Reading This Supplement? Why Not Traclose donation for ine Fighting Fund of Chegnes. POs and Modey Cinders shall he made posable in Socialie Clubenes: Complete and return bo:
Socialist Challenge, 328:9 Eipper Steel, Loadie NI. Fastern Enrope. We await its response.
Charter 77 is, of course, only one aspeci of represtion in E Europe. In Poland, there have been teprisals against those who organised strikes against tbe proposed increase in Tood prices. In Buntania, 4,000 miners were arrested or sacked when 90,000 miners went on strike against cuts in theit living standards, Just a few more exumples....
By building compaigns on such issues, und hy drawing in broader sections of the labour movement, we can demonstrate Weat we support all workers strugeles against repression.