Schlagwort: Revolution
-
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…
-
Ted Grant: Die iranische Revolution
[Militant, 9. und 16. Februar 1979] Letzte Woche gingen in einer der größten Demonstrationen in der menschlichen Geschichte mehr als drei Millionen Iraner*innen auf die Straßen Teherans, um die Rückkehr des religiösen Führers Ajatollah Khomeini zu begrüßen. In der vorigen Woche hatte es Barrikaden und Kämpfe von Arbeiter*innen mit der Armee gegeben. In Szenen, die…
-
China
| want to ask about workers’ states. Two questions about China. The first question: I read your material. I read that at your last world congress that the nature of the Chinese state is not so definite, the process is not finished, and your Swedish section, or a majority of your Swedish section, supports the…
-
Peter Taaffe: Spain on the eve of revolution
(Militant No. 244, 21 February 1975, p. 6) Spain is on the eve of Revolution! The “ravings” of Marxism perhaps? No – this is the sober verdict of the Spanish Capitalists and their counterparts in this country. Thus the Spanish monarchist newspaper A.B.C. has recently declared … The regime is decomposing”. The right wing Catholic…
-
Lynn Walsh: Iran: Peacock Throne Crumbling
[Militant No. 436, 15 December 1978] Last weekend the whole of Iran was paralysed by massive demonstrations as millions and millions of people took to the streets demanding an end to the Shah’s dictatorship. On Sunday, a million people flooded the streets of Tehran. Next day, even more came out. The army, incapable of damming…
-
Lynn Walsh: Iran – Shah’s Overthrow Just the Beginning
[Militant No. 437, 5th January 1979, p. 1 and 16] Time and time again in the last few weeks over a quarter of Tehran’s 4½ million population have taken to the streets demanding the Shah’s downfall. Events in Iran have acquired a revolutionary momentum of their own. Day after day, in defiance of martial law,…
-
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…