IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

The man they never saw

Socialist Challenge No. 54, 20 July 1978 · p. 12 of the scan · 588 words

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page 12 of the scan

approach was Just WAS around the case the human rights oppositionists.

The Daily National Freedom Jimmy The is a Marxist.

- elght years CABLET Ginzburg's. The only differ- Association. ence was the lack of ballyhoo Detence oF Rudell sentenced For spying in a case as SOCORICS Telegraph, the USE Association for oppositionists Carter none of these are interested in paradoxically taking up Bahro's case because That is, unlike many of the challenge Soviet dissidents, he does noc bureancrucies. want to see the restoration of capitalism in Eastern Europe For the same reason these right-wing defenders of freeshin his letter to Berlinguer, SURESHI Latin explains the importance of this campaign: "In a country where the greater part of thi population have been brough p on the mendacioas Shor he appealed there are many who son consider my valet as 2 crimes" traitor and hireling of Hitler althouch in reality the truth s was an burstanding fighter against fascism and in his last years he devoted all his Central enereis to the exposure or Party: fascism and to warnings against the growing fascist threat.

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February/March 1937 (from which he never returned) ins to my mother become embittered: there are sad errors in history. I Belshevi san to grow up as a Russell 'He looked on the events which had occurred as tragic SOLIDU. hur transient; be believed in the dom' will not Hft a finger to ! defend the Soviet Trade Undon trade rights, defenee of the freedom ASSELS GES HEETUL ring true for the cold Imperialism is happy enough TELE for 1145 own But, there mainstream Western politician prepared to risk a real political That is why we must uncover their prelension to stand for defence of democratic rights in Eastern Europe.

And that can only be done if ultimate victery of the forces of Not long befere his death Nikolai Ivanovich wrote a letter *to the future generation of leaders of the Party" in which Other "Lo unravel the monstrous tangle of My mother learnt the test of this letter by heart in the darl days and after her rehabilita tion she passed it on to the Commitlec of the The letter ended with the words: "Know, comrades, that on the banner which you will carry in your victorious march towards communison there is a drop of my blood?

Labour movement figures and academies Douchout the world have sigued the Bertrand PEace Foundation's appeal for Bukharin's rehabiliThey include Louls Althusser we pluce no politicul precondiHON TOOLICE DESIRE TREES Nevertheless, defence of moment, if only hecause me are LIC BE CHEE HEL Copies of the Open Leller W Fast Germun party boss Erich Honecker, demanding Hahro's release, are still available tron Bahro Defence c/o Socialist Chullenge. PO Box 50. London NI 2XP Protests should also be sent to: Enabassy of the German Democrutic Republic, Belgrave Square London SWIX BOB; with copies fo: Halro Defence Committee, ero Minneru Folkestone Coad. Copior, Portsmout HaBEs from the French Communist Party and Paolo Spriano from the italian. It wis Spriano who, rocent newspaper rehahilication of Trotsky.

signatories inchude Czechoslovak dissidents Eulari Goldshicker and fir Pelikan, Simone de Beauvoir, Papandreou, the leader of thi PASOK parts Fernando Claudin, formerly o the Spanish Communist Party Ernest Mandel from the Fourth and Joseph Hansen from the US Socialist Workers Parry, British signatories include a bunber Labour MPS (Buchan, Hefter. Lestor. Madden, Maynard. Newers. Wise) Stuart Trevor Griffiths, Tom Moshe Lewin. Monty Jobstone from the Commun ist Party

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