Schlagwort: Military Coup
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Lynn Walsh: Poland: Defeat for workers – but military can’t solve crisis
[Militant No 583, 8 January 1982, p. 9] By Lynn Walsh With brutal efficiency General Jaruzelski’s military council has consolidated the reaction of Poland’s ruling bureaucracy. Thousands of Solidarity leaders have been arrested and interned or thrown into jail. Military trials, for the „crime“ of fighting for trade union rights and political freedoms for the…
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Lynn Walsh: Poland: Military crush workers rights
[Militant No. 582, 18 December 1981, p. 10] Last weekend (12/13 December) the army moved to establish martial law throughout Poland. The government of General Jaruzelski has arrested Solidarity leaders, „suspended“ Solidarity itself, declared strikes illegal „for the time being,“ and in effect clawed back for the bureaucracy all the democratic gains of the last…
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Lynn Walsh: Greece: The Meaning of the Coup
[Militant No. 185, 14th December 1973, p. 3 and 6] By Lynn Walsh (Ardwick Labour Party) With the latest coup, carried through with the much-practiced brutal efficiency of the Greek military, the political wheel has turned full circle. Many bones hove been broken in the process, but the country has not been token forward on…
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Lynn Walsh: What is happening in Ethiopia?
[Militant No. 395 – 3rd March 1978, p. 10] In the last few weeks the Ethiopian regime has begun a massive counter-offensive against Somali-backed forces in Ogaden, the region of Ethiopia claimed by Somalia. From all accounts, vast quantities of Russian arms have been air-lifted in and the Ethiopian army has been stiffened with about…