The Seamen and the Left

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PERSECUTION OF POLISH SOCIALISTS The Week has received an appeal from Berkeley, California, signed by leading members of the Free Speech Movement, the Du Bois Clubs, and the Vietnam Day Committee, concerning the imprisonmentof a number of Polish socialists for — distributing literature of protest and political opposition. The most well-known of ear udwig Haas , a Polish Trotskyist and collaborator of Isanc Deutscher who was imprisoned in the Soviet Union for eighteen years, and only released in 1957. Hass i eater a man of deep principle, and that he should now be in Gomulka'§ is a mark of how : -far ~ the Polish October of 1956 has fallen short of the high hopes we all had of it, Naturally The Week adds it voice to thet of our U.S. comrades, This is appalling repression, which will cause socialists all over the world the most serious concern. Next week we shall publish a protest by Isaac Deutscher on this matter, and news of the activities of solidarity by British socialists. We understand that there is to be a demonstration this Sunday outside the Polish Embassy in Portland Place, at 3.00. The demonstration will be preceded by a march leaving speakers corner at 2.30.