Czech police break up demonstrations | Socialist Action 1983

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Walesa or the TKK?

The alls we this Walesa's SCUICI meeting with the TKK leadership which resulted in the call for demonstrations May Day.

Lech Walesa himself said he would celebrate Mav Day workers celebrate May Day' for Landacil demonstrations against the regime.

The lull demoralisation following the failure the November strike was being overcome. Tens of thousands turned out on May Day. The Pope's visit gave Solidarity militants Ene cover deepen the rebuilding of their moveboycotted the observers.

sion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

the Bloomfield of the Communist ment Charter was also ended by police intervention. THE CZECHOSLOVAK government is playing host to a lavish 'peace congress' in Prague, to which hundreds of supporters of Western I Euro. pean peace movements have gone. But the Euro pean Nuclear Disarmament Campaign (END) ha:

congress because all independent pcace movements in bastern curope nave been refused permission to attend. CND has sent two Last week police broke up demonstrations by Czech youths who marched through Prague chanting 'we want freedom'. It was the first known demonstration of its kind since the Russian invaincluding Jon held a meeting with leaders of the Czech dissident move.

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Socialist Action 1 July 1983 have a basic flaw in our analysis.