CARVER reports.
Possibly the Berlin protests, in which police killed one person. were deliberately timed to show their contempt far the imperialist leaders defence of 'human The case of Wolf Biermann is good illustration of the distinctly tactical nature of Western After hi expulsion an tot Alter:
Marxist, faced criticisat from the right wing every hit as ferocious as the condemnations from the Stalinist regime The syn, Bukousky, Sakharov ather right-wing critics of the East European bureaucracies are contere to be seen when repres sion is aimed al Robert Havemann or RudoLf Events in two East European capitals last week showed two slighty different ideas of how to fight for human rights. While delegates at the Helsinki recail conference in Belgrade churned out the asual platitudes, bundred demonstrators in East Berlin demanded that the "Russians get out' and sang songs by the expelled left-wing dissident Wolf Biermann. RICHARD the way of Realpolitik.
Examination avowed ination bureaucracies are champions of Solzhenitand Biermann, several the issue.
The none too starting con dosion is that when a conso se big power polities human nights should not be allowed to get in important 10 Neither side at Belgrade would benefit from too close an caumhuman and ibe is determined that tuey alemala be only because the bourgeais yur will. the central issue of Belkrad The same is true of the Wes misly muted tone of the Briti codtribution in the carly session Lard Gorouwy-Roberts manago a few banal comiteats aocur it is to human beings that buman rights belong' and lett it al chat.
the imperialist delegations had inade an agreement to dowoplay mention was that a number of and net jus DIALE DUCHES -trom ine worsers scales - wol distinctly unhappy about Brit ain's human rights record Ireland. Internationally verified accounts of British tortire leave counter-attack i the UIS deles ation overplaya its hand ociesares may sag about violations damaging leble che issues are Just LLE murder, torture and suppression of democracy get in the way, Se the real point al issue in Belgrade Strategic Arms Limit Talks bi the future af peaceful co-existence, call it whal Agreement Since a recent statement by President Carler, Western newspapers have caken it as read that new SALT arreement limiting nuclear proliferation in in minent Without 800ess 10 11 actual aubstance of the taiks it i impossible to know wbether to But it is clear Liat no paper stop the arms race Recent alters innovationis in the West have forced che workers" states to respond. The met by a Soviet defence system and soun a Soviet cruise massaie - Convenona weaponty by the West Europear states - not covered by SALT answer from the workers" states.
And, mos! of all, Jimmy Carter's neutron bomb - bot thi most discriminating way of de Fending human rights will doubdes have accelerated Soviel rescatch in the sabo arch. The Americans are protesting that the cruise missile and outron homb are lactical a'capons fore not covered by SALT, but ultimatels it is irrelevant. Even if the USS accepts that argumenl it cannor but develop its response to imperialist noclear aggression.
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