THE SECRET trial of East Germany's Bost • НАШЕНИЯ political prisoner is dee to take Baine has been minute. Rudoll Imprisoned because he has written a bool (astle ever of the ureaucratic regimes in Fastern Europe.
Reports circmisting in West Germany Indicate that the Bast German authorities perate to organise a guick trial n secret to 'setile the issue.
The option of keeping Bahro in jall permaneolly. has considered, bat rejected. What isnow being planned is Babre's deportation to West Germany in the near future.
The Berlin Wall - that monument bureaucratie repression was bailt to step BAHRO APPEAL OPEN LETTER TO HONECKER.
NAME Address.
Position..
Signature.
Please retum to:
Street, London N1.
SOCIALIST CHALLENGE @ June 197B page 12.
paradise' Bat dissidents Uke the exiled singer Wolf Biermann Rudolf Babro do not wish to leave East Germany, They want to fight for their political views Inside the country.
It is people like them that the buresmersis cannot tolerate. So they deprive them cielzenship and expel them des Socialist Challenge has beer In the forefront of building the Bahro Delence in this coontry. We shall continue to do so till been For the other.
We would ange readers to ade their signature to our Letter to Honecker' and Join campnige for Bahre's unconditional release.
agree that my name should be appended to the Bahro Defence c/o Socialist Challenge, 328 Upper Now let us tear ourselves away from this Pravds article, and and focus on a city which is much closer to us.
Through the Novocherkass Mowed a large peaceful Above the columns of people there were red flags, portraits of their of Lenin and banners with peaceful slogans.
Outwardly it looked like a 1May demonstration. But it was not. It was a popular protest.
The way ocrore, me sovie government had doubled the prices ol meat products. At the same time at the largest factory of the city (the electric Incomotive struction plant) tbe prices of the products were lowered by 30 per cent.(1)
STRIKE The workers tolerate this called, and they came out into the reached the central city square Their path infantry and tanks. There was a prolanged period of uncer tainty:
Then the rattled demonstrators: mea and men. Struck down by the explosive bollets, people fell and died on the road
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the streets with their familics. When