PLANS for an international campaign to exonerate the victims of the 1930s Trials were discussed at a meeting held in the House of Commons on 3 December under the auspices of Eric Heffer MP.
Trotsky, Lenin About 30 people were present. Others, such as Tamara Deutscher Many or those already active politically witch hunt.
Next year, 1987, will be the centenary of the birth of Bukharin, demned to death, whose reputation has been partially restored. This fact, and the complete or partial rehabilitation of a few of the other victims, make it a propitious time for such a campaign.
The perspective of the meeting was to out, through public meetings and the media, and to take resolutions from labour movement groups through the Russian embassy to the Soviet governasking reopened. This rehabilitation Bukharin, the generals who were executed in 1937 including Iukhachevsky, and others. committee was formed to broaden participation Derore launchlig we campagn.
Moscow Lord Brockway, sent WILU attended at the time of Stalin's one of those tried and conreach that the records of the Trials be would include Trotsky, well An ad hoc broader ment. In particular LWAC wants to lake cvcry ODDUltunity to discuss and campaign with women organised in the unions, through day schools, meetings at the TUC union conferences, ducing broadsheet specially for women in the unions and giving a platform to the issues that women around in the unions LUCINCYCO It was also noted that LWAC has an important potential base of support tional worgenistibe National Organisation Labour Students (NOLS). Student women are facing similar cotles in the NUS
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to rehabilitate Stalin's victims