Czech general Stalinist gov't
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With an earthshaking general strike, the Czechoslovakian working class has today entered the center stage of history, responding to an appeal from students and from the Civic Forum-the most radical wing of the petty-bourgeois opposition to Stalinism.
At 12 noon on Nov. 27, factory sirens throughout Czechoslovakia wailed the signal for the work stoppage. For at least two hours the streets of virtually every town and city were pounded by millions of workers' marching feet. • The first sketchy reports received as of this writing indicate that the rest of the day was spent in factory meetings to formally adopt demands and elect representatives to carry the struggle of the workers through to the end, at least as far as they can presently see.
The world historic revolutionary upheaval sweeping throughout Eastern Europe has Reuter reached Czechoslovakia with a vengeance. The teeming masses who have taken the stage of history in Prague do not start from scratch.
They have picked up and attuned themselves to the unfolding revolutionary logic, which goes deeper into society as it sweeps from country to country and impels each national component to higher levels of consciousness.
The Nov. 27 general strike will not fail to (continued on page 14, in “Veteran Trotskyists conclude successful 12-city tour of U.S”)