Schlagwort: Jimmy Carter
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Jim Chrystie: Iran – Carter Imposes Sanctions
[Militant, No 498, 11 April 1980, p. 16] President Carter and the strategists of US imperialism are caught in a contradiction. They know that the new sanctions against the Iranian people will not ensure release of the American hostages. But direct military intervention would provoke a mighty explosion. and almost certainly seal the fate of…
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Militant: Iranian Fiasco
[Editorial, Militant, No 501, 2 May 1980, p. 2] The abortive attempt to rescue the 50 American hostages from the embassy in Tehran was a desperate measure on the part of Carter. The President himself had earlier said that any such attempt would almost certainly lead to the death of the hostages. Yet clearly, the…
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Militant: „Kommunistische“ Führer schließen sich der Unterstützung für den Schah an
[eigene ältere Übersetzung, Militant, 8. Dezember 1978, S. 11] Nach Berichten wurden bis zu 3.000 Demonstrant*innen Im Iran erschossen, seit sich die Proteste gegen die autoritäre Herrschaft des Schah dieses Jahr entwickelten. Die besten Industriearbeiter*innen haben die schwer bewaffnete Diktatur durch politische Massenstreiks herausgefordert, die die Freilassung politischer Gefangener, die Erlaubnis zur Rückkehr der politischen…
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Militant: ‚Communist‘ leaders join in support for Shah
[Militant, 8 December 1978, p 11] The best industrial workers have challenged the heavily armed dictatorship in mass political strikes demanding the release of political prisoners, exiles to be allowed to return and other democratic rights. It is upon their poverty that the tiny ruling class has built personal fortunes in their barbaric society. Behind…
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John Pickard: U.S.A. Perspectives
[Militant International Review, No 19, Spring 1980, p. 19-24] In the mid-term Congressional elections in November 1978, the last major national elections, two thirds of the registered voters didn’t even bother to take part. That in itself is an indictment of the American political system, a clear expression of the widespread contempt shown to Congress.…
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Militant: Iranian Fiasco
[Editorial, Militant no. 501, p. 2] The abortive attempt to rescue the 50 American hostages from the embassy in Tehran was a desperate measure on the part of Carter. The President himself had earlier said that any such attempt would almost certainly lead to the death of the hostages. Yet clearly, the pressure of public…