Schlagwort: Ayatollah Khomeini
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Bob Labi: Iran – Revolution in Deadlock
[Militant, No 506, 6 June 1980, p. 10] The first meeting of the newly elected Majlis, parliament, opened the way for a further round in the power struggle which has been unfolding in Iran. The recent sharp manoeuvres and infighting around the Presidency and the Revolutionary Council have reflected the deadlock which the Iranian revolution…
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John Pickard: Iran-Iraq war
[Militant, No 529, 21 November 1980, p. 10-11] Which future for Middle East revolution? The Iran-Iraq war exploded onto the world almost without warning, like a thunderbolt from a clear blue sky. Such is the underlying instability and uncertainty of our time. Only in August the Economist Intelligence Unit concluded that, „For the short term,…
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Bob Labi: Iran – Religious Dictatorship Strengthened
[Militant, No 479, 16 November 1979, p 10] The resignation of the Bazargan government and the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran are only the latest manifestations of the revolutionary turmoil which is gripping Iran. The Shah’s overthrow has not solved, for the masses, the immense problems they face. On the contrary, unemployment has…
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Bob Labi: Decisive Action Needed to Carry Through Iranian Revolution
[Militant, No 489, 8 February 1980, p 10] With over 70% of the vote Banisadr has won the Iranian Presidential election. Although using Islamic phrases it was his radical rhetoric which attracted support and enabled him to defeat his more conservative opponents. Banisadr becomes the President of an Iran still deep in crisis. Unemployment is…
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Bob Labi: Mullahs Struggle to Consolidate Power
[Militant, No 484, 4 January 1980, p 11] The seizure of the United States Embassy and diplomats in Tehran can only be fully explained against the background of the continuing turmoil in Iran. The Iranian revolution did not come to an end with the final collapse of the Shah’s regime in February last year. On…
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Our correspondent, recently in Tehran: Iran – How Can the Workers Achieve Power?
[Militant, No 450, 6 April 1979, p 10-11] The two months after the overthrow of the Shah have made it plain that the Iranian masses saw the Pahlavi monarchy’s downfall as only a stage on the road to national and social liberation. As ‚Militant‘ reported last week there has been an enormous ferment in the…
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Our Correspondent recently in Tehran: Khomeini Tries to Hinder Revolution, as Pressure from Workers Grows
[Militant, No 449, 30 March 1979, p 10-11] With the downfall of the Shah, Iranian society has been shaken to its foundations. All the social and political contradictions repressed under the old order have now come to the surface. The repression of women, the denial of national rights to the Kurds, Baluchis and other nationalities…
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Militant: Iran – Die Macht liegt bei den bewaffneten Arbeiter*innen
[eigene Übersetzung des Leitartikels, Militant, Nr. 444, 23. Februar 1979, S. 2] Der Marxismus erklärt, dass die Staatsmacht auf „bewaffneten Formationen von Menschen” ruht. Die Richtigkeit davon wird durch den Verlauf der Revolution im Iran gezeigt. Die verbleibenden dünnen Fäden der Macht des Schahs im Iran ruhten auf seinen Armeekommandeuren und dem Rest der Offizierskaste,…
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Militant: Iran – Power Rests with the Armed Workers
[Editorial, Militant, No 444, 23 February 1979, p 2] Marxism explains that state power rests on ‚armed bodies of men‘. The correctness of this is shown by the development of the revolution in Iran. The remaining thin threads of the Shah’s power in Iran rested on his army commanders and the rest of the officer…