Where was SO?
Socialist Organiser1983 1983-04-14Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 10 →
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FOR thousands of active socialists and tens of thousands of other militants in the labour and disarmament movements, the Easter weekend was a time of intense political activity. Whether, like me, they were involved a union conference, or in disarmament demonstrations, as were many, many more, it was an important period of debate and practical political education.
So where was Socialist aniser? On holiday!
Of course SO supporters were active in these events, but by not publishing that weekend we were effectively abstaining as a tendency in the labour movement.
TONY GARD, Lewisham. • Like the cocooned caterpillar awaiting the time to emerge as a bright new butterfly, SO was. not on holiday but preparing the 'new look' paper for the week after. OLEG Raozinsky, a 26 year old philologist, has been committed to the Serbsky Institutee of Forensic Psychiatry and the appalling conditions that exist in this type of instituțion may soon cause his death.
The only reason for all his suffering is his membership of the dissident peace group Two of Raozinsky's comrades have been on hunger strike in solidarity since March 1. Neither of these two is presently being detained by the Soviet authorities, but both have suffered arrest and detention in the past few months.
It only costs 20½p to send a letter or postcard to Moscow. Send one to the director of the Serbsky Institute demanding the immediate discharge of Raozinsky. Stress that you are a genuine Western peace cam• paigner and hold no cold war hostility towards the Soviet Write to: OR Georgy V. Morozov, Serbsky Institute of forensic Psychiatry, Kropotkinsky Pereulok, 1.9, Moscow, USSR.
ALEX SIMPSON, Cambridge
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