EXPRESSES. SOLIDARITY WITH HUGO BLANCO |
[The following letter to Mary Henderson was sent. by Jack Kling, state secretary of the Communist’ party of Illinois, to be read at a meeting held in solidarity with Hugo Blanco at the Friday Night Socialist Forum in Chicago February 24.]
* * * Dear Miss Henderson: . Your letter to James West, inviting him as.a speaker at a meeting being held on Friday, Feb. 24th, to protest the imprisonment of Hugo Blanco, leader of the Peruvian Peasant Union, was turned over to me to be answered.
We are really very sorry to have to inform you that because Mr. West has another commitment, he will be unable to attend this meeting. We are also sorry that at this writing we are unable to get a speaker to replace Mr. West.
However, in behalf of James West and of the Communist Party of Illinois, we join with you to protest the shameful imprisonment of Hugo Blanco.
The continued imprisonment for ‘the past three years of Hugo Blanco and his coworkers represents not only a blow to the heroic Peruvian Peasant Union and to the heroic peoples of Peru who are struggling for democracy, freedom and independence , but also a blow: for all democratic and freedom-loving people ‘the world over.
Americans must raise their voices in solidarity with the peoples ‘of Latin America and South America, in condemning the continued imprisonment: of Hugo Blanco and his coworkers.. -
Sincerely yours,
Jack Kling
~ State Sécy. Communist Party of I11.
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