Schlagwort: 1988
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Militant International Review: Why has the slump been delayed?
[Militant International Review, No. 38, Autumn 1988, p. 24-25] Dear Comrades, The editorial of MIR Number 36, Winter 1988, on the world economy said: “While one could not theoretically rule out the possibility of a temporary agreement which would only serve to postpone the slump a year or two, while making it more severe when…
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Jen Pickard: Women in the Soviet Union
[Militant International Review, No 37, Autumn 1988, p. 19-23] In his book Perestroika: New Thinking for our Country and the World, Gorbachev claims that women in the Soviet Union have “the same right to work as men, equal pay … every opportunity to get an education, to have a career and to participate in social…
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Lynn Walsh: Führende russische Vertreter*innen geben Justizverbrechen zu
(eigene Übersetzung des englischen Textes in Militant Nr. 884, 19. Februar 1988, S. 6) Eine der berühmtesten „Unpersonen“ der russischen Revolution wurde offiziell wieder in die Geschichte der Sowjetunion aufgenommen. Von Lynn Walsh Nikolai Bucharin, prominenter führender Bolschewik und Freund Lenins, war kein Verräter, Spion oder faschistischer Agent. Wie zwanzig andere Angeklagte war er das…
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Peter Taaffe: Liverpool – A City That Dared to Fight
(Militant International Review, No. 36, Winter 1988) An MIR interview with Peter Taaffe, Editor of Militant and co-author, with surcharged Liverpool councillor Tony Mulhearn, of an important new book on the historic struggle of Liverpool council from 1983-87. Liverpool – A City That Dared to Fight MIR: Why write a book on Liverpool Council? PT:…
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Lynn Walsh: Russian leaders admit frame-ups
[Militant No. 884, 19 February 1988, p. 6] One of the most famous ‘non-persons’ of the Russian revolution has been officially readmitted to the pages of soviet history. By Lynn Walsh Nikolai Bukharin, prominent Bolshevik leader and friend of Lenin, was not a traitor, spy, or fascist agent. Like twenty other defendants, he was the…
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Lynn Walsh: Out of the Night – An epic story
[Militant No. 919, 28th October 1988, p. 4] Fact, fiction or fantasy? reader asks To mark the republication of Jan Valtin’s classic, Out of the Night, Militant (Issue 916) reprinted a review by Peter Taaffe which first appeared In Militant 291. In response, Mick Jones of Chester wrote criticising this as an „uncritical and romanticised…
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Lynn Walsh: 1688 – The myth of the ‘glorious’ revolution
[Militant No. 904, 8th July 1988, p. 8-9] The events of 1688 had a happy ending for the ruling class. Without any real conflict, the dangerous James II was replaced by the admirable William and Mary. The contending factions, Whigs and Tories, were harmoniously united in adopting the Bill of Rights. By Lynn Walsh This…
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Lynn Walsh: Tories incite bigots
[Militant No. 883, 12th February 1988, p. 6] The Lords last week approved a pernicious law. Clause 28 of the Tories‘ Local Government Bill will become infamous. The Bill now says that local authorities „shall not promote homosexuality or publish material for the promotion of homosexuality“. Nor shall they „promote the teaching in any maintained…
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Lynn Walsh: Spycatcher, Thatcher and the State
[Militant International Review, No 36, Winter 1988, p. 28-35] Thatcher’s prolonged battle to suppress Spycatcher, the memoirs of former MI5 officer Peter Wright, have once again focussed attention on the role of the secret security and intelligence services. Enormous resources have been used to prevent Wright’s disclosures reaching a mass audience. At least £1 million…
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Lynn Walsh: Die Wirtschaft der Perestroika
[Militant International Review, Nr 37, Sommer 1988, S. 19-21] Abel Aganbegjan ist Gorbatschows Haupt-Wirtschaftsberater. Die jüngste Veröffentlichung seines Buches „The Challenge: Economics of Perestroika“ (Hutchinson £8.95) im Westen ist ein Hinweis auf die tiefe Krise, in der sich die herrschende Bürokratie der Sowjetunion befindet. Bis vor kurzem haben die offiziellen sowjetischen Ökonomen geleugnet, dass es…