Schlagwort: Argentina
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Peter Taaffe: Introduction to ‚Marxism opposes Individual Terrorism‘
[Marxism opposes Individual Terrorism, London ²1982, p. 1-8] We are reprinting here three articles on the socialist case against terrorism which are of great relevance today and should be of considerable interest to active members of the labour movement. The first article, “Why Marxists Oppose Individual Terrorism“ by Leon Trotsky, first appeared in Der Kampf…
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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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Alan Woods: Latin America on the brink
[Militant International Review, No. 24, November 1983, p. 12-26] The ending of the exceptional period of upswing in the world economy from 1950 to 1975, and the beginning of a new period of organic capitalist crisis, has opened up an entirely different situation on a world scale, a fundamental feature of which is the phenomenon…
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Peter Taaffe: Right-Wing Terror in Argentina
(Militant No. 231, 15 November 1974, p. 4-5) Arm the workers against reaction A few months before his death on 1st July, Perón, speaking of the challenge to his government from the revolutionary movement of the workers and peasants declared to a delegation of Young Peronists … “If we do not have the law we…
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Lynn Walsh: Argentina General Strike
[Militant No. 51, July 1969, p. 2] Worldwide Repercussions of French Upheavals On 30-31 May Argentina was shaken by one of the biggest general strikes in its turbulent history. This massive movement, which affected all the main cities, was set off by what the capitalist press lightly called a ‚trivial incident‘: the prices of meals…
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Lynn Walsh: The Impasse of Argentine Capitalism
[Militant No. 603, 28th May 1982, p. 8-9] By Lynn Walsh Galtieri launched his expedition to seize the Falklands in an attempt to escape from the consequences of Argentina’s profound social crisis. Despite the regime’s dictatorial powers, which have been used to crush trade union rights and imprison and torture the regime’s opponents, the military…