The World - News from July 19, 1985
Poland’s underground Solidarity union has called for a boycott of parliamentary elections this fall to show that “freedom is not an empty idea,” a bulletin said. “Participation in the voting right now, after four years of repression, unlawfulness and arrogance . . . would be an act of renouncing social and national aspirations and assuming co-responsibility for martial-law crimes,” the union bulletin added. The elections are scheduled Oct. 13.
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