The release from prison of Ivan Dayuba, the well-keown Ukrainian Marxist intellectual, was announced on 9 November by the Ukrainian Writers Union.
Dayuha was sentenced in March of this year to tive yean imprisonment for 'carrying out anti-Soviet propaganda." This was the culmination of several years of repressive measures apainst this avowed Leninist, whose book Inernationglism or Ruerificarion had exposed the unti Lenimist une ot tho soviet bureaucriry towards the national question in the Soviet UnIOT The inability of the Soviet leadership to dismiss Dzyubs as 8 boureeois nalionalist foreed them to publish a lengthy pamphlet for sale only in the West, attempting to refute his arguments, But within the Soviet Union itself, hu and his co-thinkers were rounded up and sent to prison and labour camps.
At the World Peace Congress in Moscow last PROLETARIOS DE TODOS 05 PRISES UNI-VOS) Accao Camansto, a new journal published by militante of the Fourth International in Portugel month, some of the delegations protested -against Dayuba's imprisonment and the repression of hundreds of other dissien, inteilectuals and workeis in the Ukraine and other parts of Fastern Europe la leller from unprisoned socialists in Czechoslovakia was distributed at the congress, along with other material from the opposition there).
PEACE CONGRESS Following the Peado Congress, representatives ol the Communist Party of the Soviet Union attended a meeting of the Pracsidium of the Ukrainian CP. It was after this meeting that the announcement of Dayuba's release was made. The Soviet Jeadership cannot have been unawaro of the fact that defence commitlees tor Dayuha had been set up in North America and Europe. and chat Encar represseve measures were mecting with growing protest from socialist and working class militants in the West.
The official explanation of Deyuha's release.
PORTUGAL: Alang with the rising tide of strugge 8cвins1 Portugucse colonlal sten Altic nas come a marked change in the situation inside Portugal. This por nos soen en asrucgenteo numoer or strikes - notably that of the TAP airport workars - ai well as mejor student struggles in Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. The most redent exorcsion of thit new discontnnt came on 28 October, the date of the caretuly organised electons, when owen the oft cial tigunes aomtted a mari aosiencion rave, rising to almüst 50% in Lisbon snd its su burhs This situation obviously opens up new possibilities tor a revol utionery intervention, which makes the jurnal published by the Portuguese militants of the Fourth Internationel, all the more timely. Apert fram CO CILEC OTGLVOOMENSIACOELKH HIKIS colonies, the first issue focusses particu larly on the UAN NMRIN II leadinarole payed e rorlugune wor kers iri the TOTE HHC BH O RETS CESPMES IEr CEYLON: Over 150 trade ugion militants as woll as Chilear events held recenly Dy the LSSP(RI, Ceylon scchion o' the Fourth International, in Colombo. Among those in the aud enee were dissidents 1r0m the pro-Mcscon Cornnunist Parry, which is nowin a state of sevore crisis, The main speaker at the meeting wes LSSPIR! leacer Bulp Fompor, who comgared the Chilear axparience with the last three years of populer front ru e in Coulon: where the mass workers parties of the LSSP frencoade Troiskyists/ and CF haee he d ministerial posts in a coelition governimem domitsted by the bourgeois Sri Lanka Freedom Farty. Ihs coolltioa has ai electres succpaed n DOH NR HNS OrEAN CDialSiCIS T the prime menster, Mrs Bandorgnaike, has even felt confident enough now to expel che Communist Förly miniscers from the godroment This nus savage repressise measures.
possibilily of the 'peaceful road". y68г. which lie ahead.
however, can only heighten the outrage of socialists al the methods of the Soviet bureaucracy. It is claimed by the editors of Literary Biruine, for instance, that he was froed becatise 'during the investigation and in court he admitled to his mistakes, and assisted in the investigation." But in that case, why was he sentenced to five years for 'his mistakes"? And what were these "mistakes, other than publicly declaring his opposition to official pulicies?
And if he was released following his assistantce in the investigation," why was he not released before the trial took place? Was it because the the USSR. investigation' into his 'mistakes" had heen poing The Ukrainian Defence Cormittee in Britain on berwcen March, when his trial ended, and November, when he was released" The attopt paigning for the release of Chornovil and other to justily his release only contirms che fact that the Soviet bureaucracy is engaged in a desperate struggle to trush every voice of socialst and Leninist opposition through t0:e0 a mao caisis wenn tne ranms ortne cr with many militants now openly challenging the FRANCE: A one day general strike has been ca led for Thursday 16 Decemer by the train trade unian organisations and parties of the left in protest at the rising cost of livirg. The aff cial price index registered a record rise of 1.2% last month, a rate wa ch f main tained woild amount to aimost 15% over the nexr The strike s intended sinply as a gesture af protest by ils sponsors -the Conmunist Party, for instance, sees it as a means of backing up the Union of the Left its clectoral coalition with the Socialis: Party and Lelt Radices) and its anti monascly capaign. No demands nave been put formerd around which to organisa, and the issue has been restri cbog to the coet of loving. although it is clear that the Goverment will shorty uit the quest on of inflaiton to launch a general effensiv agsinst the woriing class. The revalutionary forols, therefore-and rombly our comrades of Rouge wil be supporting the asserblies of alf the warkers invaleed to discuss fur thar achion around concrete demands, In part cular they will point to the struggle ar Lp-hts lessong for The struggles of the whole wor king class, and the need to mair tain cont nuing soli dority with the Lip cokers despite the betraval of the trade unes buresucrats In this way the one-day genera Frike cin bé giueri a wider significance and used to prepare the working closs for the ma or stnuggits NAME PERU: The continu ing detention of 30 teachens teader oy, the 'militory reformist Velasoo regime Iwhich se zed nawer throug't e coup in 1968) has led 10 ma or c'eshes in which several peopir havn ded Sino the arrest ot its ionders on 24 Oetabu The Soviet leadership undoubtedly hopes that such actions as the release of Dzyuba will help Lo snooth the path for its efforts at class collaboration with the imperialist countries. This may be so, But they will not halt the protests in the socialist and labour movement at the burcaucracy's continuing suppression of workers democracy, and its oppressive nationslities policy in the USSR. Hundreds of • Ukrainians remain in prison or lahour camps. and the very way in which Dzyoba has been released highlights the travesty of socialism in will (herefore be continuing its activity, compolitical prisoners in the Ukraine, Ie has just published a new pamphlet, (iradte: Uarer aud Repressten, and will he holding a public meeting on 3 December at 7.30 p.m. 13 London's Conway Hail.
the reschers' union SUTEP has organised a series of peneral controntetion between the regime and farge seetions of che working class Arequipa, Peri'1 second largest o ty with a popule Tien of 300,000, has beer praced undor dirsci military control in response to a virtual general strike, A state or emerceney nas a so beeri deciared in Pund and Curoo, where as in Arequipa clashes on the streets have eft several ocad ang memy injured. Onde again, the inherent instability af any 'nationar' sofation to the fande mental clash of imernels betroeen imperialism and she wor king masses in Latin America s beirg demonstrated, repeating the iessons of Bolivia and 1B ritish Section of the Fourth International! 182 Pentonvilla Road London N.1. / would tike mare infor maton about the /MG and its actiwibies
Red Weekly An enthusiastic audience in London's Irish exiles in Britain had a powerful
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