IMGpapers 1976–79

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

The march the press ignored

· Socialist Challenge No. 60, 24 August 1978 · p. 10 of the scan · 215 words

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SCENES from Sunday's lahour movement march to the Soviet and Czechoslovak Embussies calling for the remoral of Soviet troops from CrechoHovakiand for had the repression activists in that country.

The march followed a rally at Speakers Corner, addressed hy lan Mikardo for the NEC of the Lahour Party], Jiri Pelikun, leader Czechoslovak Socialist Opposition abroad. Bob Wright of the AUEW and Tariu All of the International Group, others.

demonstration Bahro's jointly Committee to Defend CzecheSocialists Eastern Europe Campaign, and sapported by the Labour Part?, the Voung Communist Leugue and the IM6 - the Communist Purly leadership refused its support.

Despite the fact thut the demonstration hy about 300 people was the lurgest labour appeal protection of. the movement protest repression in Eastern Europe since 1968 it was still fur smaller thun it should have been, even officially though it colecided with the Brick Lane demonstration. The reason is that the Labour Party and trade union leaderships still refuse to take repression Eastern Europe seriously.

They remuin content to let the Tories, tion on Sunday was some 2,000 people oreatised whose demonstruMedveder.

nOr control. destroyed. strong, use Stalinism in Eastern Europe as a weapon ugaiast the labour movement in Britain.

Oo Saturdas evening 100 attended a meeting by the Eastern Europe Solidarity Campaign in

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