Schlagwort: 1975
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Peter Taaffe: Marxism opposes Individual Terrorism
[Militant, No. 278, 7 November 1975, reprinted in ‚Marxism opposes Individual Terrorism‘, London ²1982, p. 19-29] Hardly a day now passes without a political assassination, attempted assassination, kidnapping or bombing taking place somewhere in the world. The Herrema kidnapping in Ireland is only the most recent example of what has become almost a world epidemic.…
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Lynn Walsh: Franco – Schlächter der spanischen Arbeiter*innen
[„Militant“, Nr. 282, 5. Dezember 1975, S. 4-5] Francisco Franco, Generalissimus und selbsternannter „Caudillo”, wird als Schlächter der spanischen Revolution von 1936-39 und als Diktator, der dem spanischen Volk über 30 Jahre lang eine totalitäre Herrschaft auferlegte, in die Geschichte eingehen. Als Führer des nationalistischen Aufstands gegen die Volksfrontregierung war er für den Tod von…
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Peter Taaffe: Greece – After the Election – Only the Workers Movement can Guard Against Reaction
(Militant No. 240, 24 January 1975, p. 4-5) By Peter Taaffe The biggest demonstrations in the history of Greece, the referendum which gave the thumbs down to the monarchy by a margin of more than two to one, the clamour for the former dictators and their accomplices to be punished; this is the situation in…
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Peter Taaffe: Spain on the eve of revolution
(Militant No. 244, 21 February 1975, p. 6) Spain is on the eve of Revolution! The “ravings” of Marxism perhaps? No – this is the sober verdict of the Spanish Capitalists and their counterparts in this country. Thus the Spanish monarchist newspaper A.B.C. has recently declared … The regime is decomposing”. The right wing Catholic…
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Peter Taaffe: Tribune and the struggle for socialism – policies do not break with capitalism
(Militant No. 255, 9 May 1975, p. 4-5) The two elections in 1974 marked a decisive turning point in the post-war development of the Labour movement in Britain. In the preceding four years under the whip of Heath’s ‘counter-revolution’ against their rights and conditions the working class had been enormously radicalised. This was reflected in…
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Peter Taaffe: Transitional Demands and the Question of the Student Grant
(Bulletin December 1975 p. 8-10) In recent months a discussion has taken place in the student caucus which has a certain importance for the tendency as a whole. It revolved around the issue of student grants but the discussion naturally touched on the nature of transitional demands, the correct way to pose them and the…
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Lynn Walsh: Right Wing Revolt in Portugal – Arm Workers Against Reaction
[Militant No. 247, 14th March 1975, p. 1 and 8] Lisbon. Tuesday March 11th 1975 At 12.00 pm today there were attacks by paratroopers and some of the airforce on three barracks in and around Lisbon. The main one was the barracks of the Light Infantry regiment, the key unit supporting the Armed Forces Movement.…