IN THE numbers gume" over immigration, one set of figures mumber of people detained under the immigration laws. Below we publish some of the statistics which convey the horror of those laws and how they are enforoed.
HOW MANY?
Almost live and a half thousand people have heen held under the 1971 Act since it came anco effect in 1973, The only "crime" of these people is that They wanted to live here.
1975 1976 1977 (first 6 months)
1977 (July-Nov.)
Not only have the mumheri being demained increased da maticaily, hut so has the length of deration of the betention.
THE CONDITIONS The detainees hase no idea how long they are to be held. Soie have been held for over a year. Othiers have delained for moaths and them ler Tree, apparently exoncrated.
are crowded thai prison governors special centres shbuld be set up, and the immigration bould be charged the cosr of holdate dela noes as a valuable incentive to keep the number in and perloo of custody to a Pr soner are often kept in OTTETE ULL Many definite knowledge of when heing they will be In 1976 olle committed suicide, and three more tried to, while waiting.
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PETR UHL, a revolutionary socialist Charter 77 human rights movement.
and his On this page we look at August 1968 ten years on imprisoned after 1968, discusses the future of the And MARK JACKSON reviews the events of 1968, focussing especially on the role of Alexander Dubcek supporters in the Communist Party. 'burcaucratic dictatorship' ism". "Soviet-type totalitarian dictatorwho was question of deciding how this system should be called, but of understanding it and co-ordinating one's own forces in order to overcome it. reasons for thinking that the system cannor be reformed, although it can be given a different form. overcome in a revolutionary process stemining from revolutionary negation of the political system -trom the shatterine of bureaucrati power, its "coming down from on high" and progressive dissipation simulancous centralisation of power in institutions of the workers themseive safeguards the development of the productive forces, the development of all social relations, the development o culture. and last but not realisation of human rights and the overcoming of alienation on a political system of the broadest democracy. based pluralism of all cutrents, organisations and parties well!
SELF-MANAGEMENT not merely coonomic) self-management it guarantees increasingly direct workers participation democracy and the involvement of the hole population in resolving th roblems of the given social orde councis, citizens councie lies at the heart of political pluralisen and prevents one or more parties o party leaderships from ruling in the name of the voters or the people to parliamentarism in diadvantages systemn — rigid delegation of power and possibilities of abuse, manipulation of the masses by powerful interest groups, difficulties in the way of a transition to the lotm of direct demociacy reject parliamentarism self-management and the forns of direct democracy there is neither a parliamentary system nor self-managemens; and it would be as well to return from the future to our own times.
Charter 77 is neither a political, a social nor any other kind of organisation. It Is rather a loose combination of people who have deciled to speak the truch aloud and to advance critical thinking lewpoint (that of power), but trom th ewpoint of the laws of the existir human rights. In Charler 77, then opinion on the problems dIscUSsIOn.
DISCUSSION StalinToday it is not a As far as I'm concerned, 1 have many envisage it as being - that is to say.
especially It is this revolutionary process which least the and books;
Tsee this socialist future as dependent political bon-socialist ones. as while Still The form of democracy istsocial, i,e. the initiative, (producers' Such a coincil system (workers etc.) also USSR and. the 19th century.
Although there are strong tendencies the Czecho- forms OVE-TEWINE cipecially young parhamentary political It will be understood that, in these Despite discussions. l am among those who and sapport complete wash-out. Torm. But that a sal not erouch for there to be mass pellitical Lite The stress even to open activity In the realm of social criticiem points 1o another road: namely, the emergence and functioning of diverse committees organs and institutions independent o the scare power and, in the strict sense of the term. not political in character That is, they do not presuppose that those who take part will have the same or similar ideological postions.
PARALLEL BODIES The task of these bodies is to defend the specific interests of the population.
the workers and youth, against the existing state power.
I have in atind defence committees for political prisoners and those struck by political Heratsverbol; a paraliel university; an independent trade-union галенов, а патост от репсова.
the organisation of concerts, exhibitions, interest groups. discussion clubs. and so on.
Some of these initiatives have already been taken, both receiving suppor from Charter 77 and pivine it in return Others are beginning to emerge or wiH cincret on toe around arcacy laid others appear outside Charter 77 irself, even thoogh Charter signatories are the most prominent in The creation of such open parallel institutions. structures and instiatives. and their permanent confrontation with the state power is in my opinion the most important forn of the class aruggle in Crechoslovakia: it is the road with a perspective before it.
And it seems to me that it will also be followed through successtalls in the abore all, Revolutionary accret societies belong to number of people. SOUT people, will underga politicisation, and that a differentiated apposition will thereby ecome progressively stronger This is a road that helps us to overcome the relative isolation into which the state power secke to drive us.
everything. their goal of turning Charter 77 into a ghello is a Al present 1 am warking in the subjected ta persecution.
The main was DEBATEEDE endeavours organisation of - 30 idarit which must help ever one repressed for ELS BE ACT COUNSHE irrespective of political alignment. on the part of workers and socialist organisarions), hat also un the part of HE SOCEEMERIS CASELLO Slan whenever it is forced on them by then national public opinion, and whenever they are not thereby pursuing the interests of international capital Now, I have a specific request 10 make. Last week, the police took some Charter signatories to headquarters and bea: them up: this happened on 19 May to Marras and Karik, who were then bundled on a train heading for their towa of residence. Chotechor Others were picked up off the street and taken to a niace whete a group ol men set upon them, lied thent up, and trowe lhem bind olded al Mont 10 a forest some 40-50 kms from Prague and left to their fate. Ivan Medek on 16 May, and Bohumil Dolezat on 22 May.
PROTEST!
So lar no one has been killed, bus chis may happen in the near future Through such terrorist actions they with to sow fear and panic in our midst We ask for your help: Make the world know of these cases, which will be reported in detail in our statemerts.
Protest every means at your disposal Only this can you help us only thus will the state power hold back trom open terror Thave now come to what you can do for us who are fichting for tuman rights in the countries of Eastern Europe. Most important is that the greatest possible mumber of workers in should abcsin trie information.
Information about concree cases about the real situation. In that way.
only can people make commitment working in their neighhourhood, trade union or othe organisation, hut they can also devcior ideas about how they should not proceed in the fature The idea, for example, that socialism is not a bureaucratic dictatorship, or