International Appeal: Stop the Repression!

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The movement for democracy in China has aroused the conscience of the world. Selfless and dedicated students, inspired by the highest ideals and the revolutionary example of their own predecessors in the May 4th Movement of 1919, aroused the Chinese people who rose in their millions in support of the student calls for political democracy and Chinese workers have sought to organize independent trade unions as their counterparts did in Poland. They have carried out factory occupations and a general strike in cities across China.

This vast movement expresses the desires and the will of the Chinese nation for political democracy, social justice and the selfA small, discredited and isolated oligarchy has used brutal force to slaughter and suppress the youth of China. Nothing so clearly marks the current regime as an enemy of its own people as the barbarous In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels repudiated what they termed "reactionary or feudal socialism" and the cynical officials who betray the ideals of freedom and social justice:

"In political practice, therefore, they join in all coercive measures against the working class, and in ordinary life, despite their pretentious phrases, they stoop to pick up the golden apples dropped from the tree of industry, and to barter truth, love and honor for traffic in wool, beetroot sugar and potato spirits."

We hereby declare that the students and workers of China are the true bearers of the revolutionary ideal. It is their selflessness, their devotion, their sacrifice and their banner of justice and democracy which have touched our hearts and galvanized our will.

It is the democracy movement of China which will triumph the reliance on force by the despised few must ultimately fail.

We call upon the Chinese government to end martial law, stop the executions, release all those imprisoned and bring to justice those responsible for the massacre of the youth and workers of China. We appeal as human beings to human beings: Join us — in the conviction that the people of China must not be allowed to stand alone.

Signers:

ALGERIA: Fawzia Abassa, journalist; Abderrahamane Arfoutni, OST; Mustapha Ben Mohamed; Luisa Hanoune, Gen. Sec., Alg. Assoc. for Equal Rights Between Men and Women; Omar Menouer, Hon. Pres., Alg. League for Human Rights. BELGIUM: Philippe de Menten, OSI; Philippe Larsimont, unionist, Liege; Ernest Mandel; Franck Slegers, SAP-POS. BRAZIL: Jacó Bitar, Mayor, Campinas, PT; Olivio Dutra, Mayor, Porto Alegie, PT; Eduardo Jorge, Federal Deputy, PT; Joao Machado, Exec. Com., PT; Jair Meneguelli, General Secretary, CUT; Luiz Ignacio (Lula) Da Silva, Candidate of PT for Pres.; Luiza Erundina De Souza, Mayor, Sao Paolo, Eduardo N. Suplicy, Pres., Municipal Council of Sao Paolo; Francisco Weffort, Chairperson, International Relations, PT. CANADA: Sir John Polanyi, FRS, Nobel Laureate/Chemistry; Barry Weisleder, Pres., Ontario Public Serv. Employees, Local 595; Andre Kolompar, Pres., United Postal Workers of Toronto; Ron Jones, Pres. UPW Scarborough. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Jan Kavan, Palach Press; Petr Uhl, journalist; Jaroslaw Sabata, political scientist; Sasa Vondra, geographer; Jiri Hajek, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs; Hana Holcnerova, engineer; Ivan Lamper, publicist; Jir Stenc., worker; Petr Pospichal, Journalist; Jan Klement, medical worker; Martin Kapecky, educator; Ludek Marks, public employee; Petruska Sustrova, publicist; Pavel Julgmann, librarian; Petr Bartos, economist; Petrich Koutly, worker; Vladimir Trlida, worker; Miroslav Odlozel, worker; Stanislav Devaty, technician; Anna Sabatova; Petr Holubar, mechanic; Jan Urban, journalist; Antonin Liehm. DENMARK: Anton Schou, unionist, PSP (SF); Borge Trolle; Bo Larsen, Vice Pres., Telecommunication Workers Union; Arne Nygreen, SID Trade Union Staff Dir. FRANCE: Laurent Jacquemin, AJR; Sam Ayache, League for Human Rights, MaisonLafitte; Daniel Singer, author; Maitre Mourad Oussedick, lawyer, Paris City Council; Dr. Jean Ayme, psychiatrist; Prof. Jean-Pierre Barrois, Univ. of Paris XII; Prof. M-Th. Cousin, doctor; Pierre Debat. doctor, union Iep.; Maitre Yves Dechezelles, lawyer; Prof. Druet, doctor; Béatrice Faucher, Pres., League of Human Rights, Versailles; Prof. Florence Gauthier, Univ. of Paris VII, historian; Daniel Gluckstein, National Bureau, MPPT Corp.; Prof. F. Guerin, doctor; François Guigue, Pres., League for Human Rights, St. Quentin; Prof. Catherine Kinstler, author; Jean-Jacques Marie, historian; Victoria Melgar Oberschmidt, translator; Serge Meusnier, Union Rep.; Richard Mijoule, mathematician; Zbigniew Kowalewski, author; Prof. Paul Milliez; Prof. H. Monod, doctor; Alain Montintin, Union Rep.; Pierre de Noyelles, Libre Pensée, Yvelines; Alain Pointillart, Research Dir., INRA; Dr. F. Pinon, doctor; Alain Roques, Union Rep.; Daniel Bensaid, LCR; Dr. W. Rosenbaum, doctor; Robert and Lise Sautereau, veterans of Résistance, FI-FTP; Prof. L. Schwartzenberg, doctor; Alexandre Hebert, unionist. GERMANY: Reinhard Buttner, Pres. Working Comm., SPD-Lower Bavaria; Prof. Ossip Flechtheim, Vice-Pres., Intl Human Rights League, Berlin; Carl Lohmann, Union for Workers Policy; Werner Uhde, editor, Sozialistische Arbeiter Zeitung; Freya Klier, filmmaker; League of Chinese Univ. Students in Berlin; Eva Quistorp, M.P., European Parliament, Green Party; Max Weber, M.P., Bavaria, SPD; Gert Weisskirchen, M.P., SPD. GREAT BRITAIN: Tariq Ali, author; John Berger, author, art critic; Tamara Deutscher; Quintin Hoare, author; Dave Packer; Pat Pottle; Arnold Wesker, playwright. ITALY: Alberto Pian, unionist, Turin; Franco Turigliattti, LCR. N. IRELAND: Bernadette Devlin McAliskey. ISRAEL: Prof. Akiva Orr, author, Meir Vanunu. LEBANON: Kameel Dagher, author.

an end to autocracy and official corruption.

organization of the people in their own interests.

methods it has used to preserve its hated rule. MEXICO: Rosario Ibarra, National Front Against Repression; Edgar Sanchez, former deputy, PRT; Efrain Calvo, former deputy, PRT; Sergio L. Rodriguez, Natl Comm., PRT; Lucinda Nava, Nati Comm., PRT; Manuel Aguilar Mora, author. NICARAGUA: Moisés Hassan, Former member, Junta of the Government of National Reconstruction; Melvin Wallace, Dir., CIRA; Luis Sanchez Sancho, First Secy., Nicaraguan Socialist Party; Carlos Luca, Natl Assembly, MAP; Oscar Rene Vargas, former FSLN economic advisor; Marvin Ortega, Dir., ITZTANI Research Institute. Peru: Jorge Villaran, Natl. Exec. Comm., Workers Party; Hernan Cuentas, Organizing Comm., Intl. Tribunal Against the Debt; Daniel Vasquez, Defense Front of Lambayeque. POLAND: Ceslaw Borowczyk, National Council, PPS-RD; Andrzej Gwiazda, Solidarity-Gdansk; Ryszard Kapuscinski, author; Jan Minkiewicz, Poland F.P.; Jozef Pinior, National Council, PPS-RD; Jarek Wardega, PPS-DR, Wroclaw; Piotr Ikonowicz, PPS-DR; Zuzanna Dabrowska, PPS-DR; Andrzej Kowalski, PPS-DR; Milka Tyszkiewicz, PPSDR. SOUTH AFRICA: Saths Cooper, Former Pres., AZAPO. SPAIN: Vincent Garces, M.P., Valencia; Raul Gomez, Sec., Alliance for the Republic; José A. Lago Celaya, Pres., Republican Left, Euskadi; Mikel Urriz Deusto, Municipal Council, Erandio, Herri Batasuna; José Ramón Agote, ex-leader PSOE, Guipuzcoa; Joaquin Nieto, Natl Exec. Comm., CCOO; Miguel Romero, LCR; Koldo Mendez, Socialist October; Miguel Gutierrez Aja, Pres., Cantabrica Commission on Human Rights; Vicent Ventura, journalist; Benjamin Bastida, Prof., U. of Barcelona; Juan María Bandres, M.P., European Parliament; Kepa Aulestia, M.P., Basque Parliament; Ion Larrinaga, Federal M.P., Koro Garmendia, M.P., Basque Parliament; Xabier Garmendia, M.P., Basque Parliament; Jesus Bejar, CCOO, John Deere; Angel Hernandez, CCOO John Deere; Teodoro Rivera, UGT, John Deere; Pablo Flores, CCOO, John Deere; Miguel Fernandez, CCOO, John Deere; Francisco Escudero, UGT, John Deere. Union Local USOUGT and UGT, Hispano Ollivetti. Manuel Cuso, POSI; Ni Ming Pong Ping, Chinese citizen; Mario Onaindia, M.P., Basque Parliament; Pablo Ruiz de Gordejuela, M.P., Basque Parliament; Xabier Gurruchaga, M.P., Basque Parliament; Ramón Penangaricano, Intl Secy., Euskadiko Eskerra; Jorge Diez Gomez, Gen. Secy, Bank Workers UnionFEBASO/UGT; Xabier Olaberri, M.P., Basque Parliament; Martin Auzmendi, M.P., Basque Parliament; Victoriano Sanchez Moreno, Gen. Secy, Transport and Communication Workers Union-UGT; Santiago Nieves Andreu, Gen. Secy, Public Employees Union, UGT; Xabier Markiegi, M.P., Basque Parliament; Rafael Recuenco Montoro, Gen. Secy, UGT, Valencia; Alberto Perez Garcia, Gen. Secy, UGT, Basque Country; Fernando Moreno, Natl. Secy, National Teachers Union-UGT; José Miguel Villa Antonana, Intl Secy, FEBASO-UGT; Evelio Angula Alvarez, Education Dir., FEBASO-UGT; José A. Llorente Gomez, Org. Secy, Transport and Communication Workers Union-UGT; Miguel Martinez Tapia, Gen. Secy, Madrid Teachers Union-UGT; José Luis Blanes Ibañez, Gen. Secy, Textile and Furriers SOCIALIST Union, Valencia; Paula Garcia Olaso, Gen. Secy, Commercial Workers Union, Valencia; Carlos Trevilla Acebo, Exec. Comm., UGT Euskadi; Iosu Frade Odriozola, Exec. Comm., UGT Euskadi; Felipe Pedrosa Velasco, Exec. Comm., UGT Bizcaya; José María Aldana Sansebastian, Exec. Comm., UGT Bizcaya; María Olga Zuloaga, Exec. Comm., Chemical Workers Union, UGT-Bizcaya; Angel Diaz Garcia, Exec. Comm., Chemical Workers Union, UGT-Bizcaya; Pedro Brigido, member, Xativa CCOO; Luis Lozano, Gen. Secy, Public Employees Union, UGT-Valencia; Maria Jesus Posada, member, Teachers Union, UGT; Ignacio Amestoy Landa, Economist, UGT; José Ortega Alcalde, member, Textile Workers Union, Bizcaya; Jesus Maria Perez Martinez, member, Chemical Workers Union, UGTBizcaya; Eduardo Marquina Nagore, member, Chemical Workers Union, UGT-Bizcaya; Felipe Pardo Titos, Org. Secy, FEMCA-UGT, Catalonia; Victorio Lopez Rubio, Exec. Comm., Health Workers Union, CCOO-Madrid; Trinidad Villanueva Perez, Org. Secy, CCOO Valme Hospital; Fernando Andujar Dominguez, Enterp. Comm., TUSSAM; Eduardo Benito Benitez, Enterp. Comm. TUSSAM SWITZERLAND: Jean Ziegler, M.P., Swiss S.P. SWEDEN: Hans Göran Franck, M.P., SAP; Marcus Carlstedt, Swed. Comm. Against EEC; Göran Malmqvist, Dir., Chin. Instit., U of Stockholm; Viola Claesson, M.P., Swedish Communist Party (VPK). TURKEX: Sungur Savran, editor, Sinif Bilinci. UNITED STATES: Grace Paley, author; Henry Zieger, Labor Solidarity Network; Paul Sweezy, editor, Monthly Review; Annette Rubinstein, editorial board, Science and Society; James D. Seymour, Sr. researcher, Columbia Univ.; Richard Smith, historian; Alan Benjamin, editor, Socialist Action; Nancy Holmstrom, Prof. Rutgers Univ.; Samuel Farber, edit. board, Against the Current; Manuela Dobos, Prof., College of Staten Island; Paul Siegel, Prof. Emeritus, L.I University; Holly Near, singer; Orville Schell, author; Steve Bloom, editor, BIDOM; Jerry Gordon, labor rights activist; Judith R Dushku, Assoc. Prof., Suffolk U.; John Berg, Prof., Suffolk U.; Michael Pattberg, Exec. Bd Boston DSA; Tom Gallagher, former Mass. State Assembly; Bill Russell, author; Rudy Sulenta, Sec. Treas., Local 209, UAW retirees; Lynn Adelman, Flight Attendants Union, TWA (L.A.); Dolores Huerta, Co-founder and First Vice Pres., UFW; Debra Evenson, Pres., National Lawyers Guild; Blase Bonpane, Dir., Office of the Americas; Maxine HongKingston, author; Deirdre English, Former editor Mother Jones; Helen Grieco, Exec. Dir., S.F. NOW; Daniel Ellsberg, peace activist; Daniel Berrigan, peace activist; Robert Bowman, former dir., Star Wars research program; Genora Dollinger, veteran labor activist; Kay Boyle, author; Allen Ginsberg, poet; Herbert Gold, author; Stephen Jay Gould, science writer; Dick Gregory, civil rights activist; Rod Holt, solidarity activist; Jim Lafferty, labor activist; Roy Lichtenstein; Prof. Robert Jay Lifton, Yale University; Jeff Mackler, co-Natl Secy, Socialist Action; Norman Mailer, author; Joan Mellen; Jessica Mitford, author; John Nathan, filmmaker; Aryeh Neier, journalist; Hugh Nissenson; Mayumi Oda, artist; Linus Pauling, Nobel Prize Laureate; Ralph Schoenman, former exec. dir., Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation; Mya Shone, photographer; Mike Smith, attorney; Frank Stella, artist; George Wald, Nobel Prize Laureate; Nat Weinstein, co-Natl Secy, Socialist Action; Suzy Weismann, radio commentator; Howard Zinn, historian. USSR: Alexander Fedarowsky, Editor, People's Front; Boris Kagarlitsky; Moscow People's Front; Vitaly Ponomarov, Chair, Information Ctr, Moscow People's Front. VENEZUELA: Perez Marcano, M.P., MIR/MAS; Tomas Armas Mata, M.P., MIR/MAS; Moises Moleiro, M.P., MIR/MAS. YUGOSLAVIA: Vladimir Dedijer; Pavlusko Imsirovic; Branka Magas; Shklezen Maliqi.

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to register. Every student has been warned. If anyone speaks, encourages opposition, or indicates disapproval of the party, he or she will be imprisoned 'for a long time!' "Many students are registering because spies or college administrators are reporting them. Administrators do it out of fear for themselves and their families. Reprisals take place when anyone refuses to work with the police. "Students also register because they