Schlagwort: 1976
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Peter Taaffe: Spain in Turmoil
(Militant No. 333, 26 November 1976 p. 6-7) 20th November was the first anniversary of the death of Spain’s blood soaked former dictator Franco. By way of ‘celebration’, and to show that nothing has changed for them under Franco’s royal heir Juan Carlos, eight days earlier at least one and a half million Spanish workers…
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Peter Taaffe: Cecil King Diary 1970-74
(Militant No. 286, 9 January 1976, p. 5) What the ruling-class really think When Cecil King published his diaries in 1972 – covering the period of 1965 to 1970 – it caused uproar [see Militant nos. 132 and 141]. The capitalists were outraged that their innermost thoughts, their fears and hatred of the Labour Movement…
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Lynn Walsh: Rhodesien: Weißes Regime verliert an Boden
(eigene Übersetzung des englischen Textes in Militant Nr. 316, 6. August 1976, S. 8) Unerbittlicher Druck der Guerillakämpfer*innen untergräbt die Position des Smith-Regimes immer mehr. Trotz der üblichen offiziellen Dementis ist es klar, dass die rhodesischen Sicherheitskräfte immer mehr Schwierigkeiten haben, sich zu behaupten. Die Einfälle der Guerilla halten nicht nur entlang der 800 Meilen…
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Lynn Walsh: 1936/1937 – Lessons of the Popular Front
[Militant No. 315, 30th July 1976, p. 6-7] Forty years ago, on the 18th July 1936, General Franco launched the military revolt which began three years of civil war and drowned the Spanish Revolution in blood. For Europe, the defeat of the Spanish workers and the strengthening of fascism meant a fatal step nearer to…
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Lynn Walsh: The General Strike: 1926 and Now
[Militant International Review, No. 11, August 1976, p. 1-12] General strikes are not accidental occurrences, simply the result of mistakes or misunderstandings between leaders. Nor can general strikes be brought about merely by small groups of political activists calling for general-strike action regardless of the time and conditions. A general strike inevitably arises from the…
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Militant: Trotsky and Revolution
[Militant No. 335, 17th December 1976, p. 9] Dear Comrades, Will ‘Militant’ be making any reply to, or a review of the recent Young Communist League publication COGITO entitled “Trotsky and World Revolution” (published May 1976 and now reprinted). This represents the second part of a major critique by the YCL of the ideas of…