Schlagwort: Reaction
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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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Our Correspondent recently in Tehran: Iran – Workers Resist Khomeini’s Attempt to Turn Clock Back
[Militant, No 448, 23 March 1979, p 2] „Sin may not be committed in Islamic ministries. Women should not be naked at work in these ministries … they must be clothed according to religious standards.“ With these words, Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the Central Revolutionary Islamic Committee, on 7th March launched a drive to force…
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Bob Labi: Iran: New stage in revolution
[Militant International Review, No. 17, Autumn 1979, p. 17-21] The rapid development of the Iranian revolution since the February 10/11 insurrection has demonstrated clearly that the Iranian masses saw the Shah’s overthrow as a green light for deepening their struggle for a better life. The past few months have shown how the tremendous pressure of…