Schlagwort: Lynn Walsh
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Lynn Walsh: Nigerian War: Heritage of Imperialism
[Militant No. 31, November 1967, p. 1 and 3] The Biafran army is being mopped up. Colonel Ojukwu’s promotion to General marks the defeat of his bold attempt to set up an autonomous state within the Federation of Nigeria. In the long run his intelligent, determined manoeuvres, such as the swift seizure of the Mid-West,…
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Lynn Walsh: A Warning to Labour
[Militant No. 25, April 1967, p. 1 and 3] Pollock, Rhonda West, Nuneaton, Honiton A Warning to Labour Attack Capital to Regain Support The recent by-elections in Rhondda West, Pollock Nuneaton and Honiton have each registered a sharp rejection of the policies of the Labour Government. Neither the Liberals nor the Tories made any significant…
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Lynn Walsh: Tito – The Path to Power – And Conflict With Stalin
[Militant No. 503, 16th May 1980, p. 8-9] The post-war split between Russia and Yugoslavia gave rise to the myth that Tito was “different”, with wide-spread illusions that his regime was less dictatorial, more democratic than Stalin’s. Despite Tito’s undoubted popularity as the leader of the mass guerrilla struggle which liberated the country from Nazi…
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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: A Reply to Tribune’s Editor
[Militant 497, 4th April 1980, p. 2] By Lynn Walsh “Tribune” (28th March) published an extraordinary editorial, “Underhill, the Militant Tendency and the fight for democratic socialism,” which demands an answer. While purporting to oppose the right wing’s attempts to launch a witch-hunt against the Militant, the editorial in fact launches into a vitriolic attack…
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Lynn Walsh: Smear Campaign on CND Worthy of Goebbels
[Militant No. 653, 1st June 1981, p. 9] By Lynn Walsh Under Thatcher’s orders, the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence are engaged in “the most concentrated propaganda campaign to be launched in Britain in peace time.” And this comes from the Tory Sunday Telegraph. The Tory leadership has been shaken by the growing protest…
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Lynn Walsh: Right-Wing Rejects – And Labour’s Future
[Militant No. 536, 23rd January 1981, p. 8-9] The Labour Party must campaign to oust the Tories and fight for socialist policies The 24th January will be a crucial day for the Labour Party. By Lynn Walsh The great majority of Labour Party members will be waiting for the Special Conference to write into the…
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Lynn Walsh: Make Police Accountable
[Militant No. 571, 3rd October 1981, p. 8-9] By Lynn Walsh The riots which erupted in Brixton, Toxteth and other cities in the summer of 1981 once again focused attention on the role of the police. In particular, they highlighted the almost complete lack of accountability, and the need for the labour movement to campaign…