LENIN of 'wars sian struggle.
death, the phrases Central America.
characterised the present epoch as the 'epoch of imperialism' — that of the 'transition to socialism' and revolutions'.
Since the victory of the Rus- heroic revolution there has hardly been a day without war or without revolutionary In 1983, the year in which we celebrate the centenary of Marx's liberal social Day. democratic detractors of Marxism are repeating the old hackneyed about the 'failure' of Marxism and revolution. But two crucial struggles are living proof of the world-wide fight for workers power and socialism - Poland and Both these struggles, at a crucial stage, symbolise central aspects of the proletariat's fight for human liberation. Joltale World socialism, the 'free association of the producers' of which Marx spoke is impossible without the twin tasks of destroying world imperialism and its More than ever it is impossible to be a genuine partisan of the world working class without fighting for the interests of the workers East and West, without destruction of the Stalinist and imperialist bastions of The struggle of the Polish workers their own organisation, and to re-mould Polish society, is the most politically advanced working class struggle anywhere since the Spanish revolution of 1936. Polish workers have built a mass move.
around the theme of • self-managed socialism. Ten million members of Solidarnose conducted an struggle make socialism under the control of workers, socialism with workers power, a reality.
Despite the brutal repression which followed the December 1981 coup Solidarnosc has not died. Its provisional co-ordinating committee, after meeting with Lech Walesa, has called for massive demonstrations this May Discussion It has continued the work of political discussion and elaboration. The 'programmatic statement' of the provisional co-ordinating committee outlines the programme of a 'republic based on self-management' 'The objective of our struggle re the of the pro. gramme of the First National Congress of Delegates of Solidarnosc • that is the building of a republic based on selfmanagement. •In such a republic the government would be under the control of society Managetories would biesun by the bodies municipalities and provinces would be cruella sell-managemen bodies. The country as a whole would have a democratically elected parlia• There would be independent courts to maintain justice.