History
Fedayeen defending Khomeini not the revolution
Mon, 08/12/1980 - 14:33From Workers Power 19 by Charlie Shell
Wars in general expose with unprecedented sharpness the weaknesses of self-proclaimed revolutionary organisations. As far as the war between Iran and Iraq is concerned, the political short-comings of the Iranian Left have been exposed with a vengeance. WORKERS POWER No 18 carried a detailed account of our understanding of the tasks facing revolutionaries during this war. Read more...
The Iran-Iraq war: Generalised Defeatism - not the Marxist method
Sun, 02/11/1980 - 14:36“We Marxists differ from both pacifists and anarchists in that we deem it necessary to study each war historically (from the standpoint of Marx’s dialectical materialism) and separately.” (Lenin-Socia Read more...
Iran: Mullahs' new offensive
Sun, 01/06/1980 - 14:28From Workers Power 15 by Dave Stockton
The vicious attacks on the left and the Kurds in Iran still do not denote a finished character to the Iranian revolution. In fact the major social forces in Iran have still as yet failed to forge society and politics in their own image. Such a situation poses ever more acutely the need for a revolutionary workers party to lead the workers, poor peasants, minority nationalities and the intelligentsia out of the bloody trap into which the Khomeini regime is dragging the country. Read more...
Khomeini's dictatorship rocked by anti-imperialist storm
Mon, 10/12/1979 - 14:24From Workers Power number 11 by Andy Smith
As the anniversary of the great mobilisations which drove out the Shah and cracked his blood-soaked dictatorship approaches, the mullah-dominated clericalist regime faces its most profound crisis yet. Khomeini's project of an Islamic Republic, despite his overwhelming personal influence is still far from any form of stability. Iran faces economic collapse and massive unemployment. The problem of the non-Persian nationalities and the agrarian question are both far from any solution. The total wave of anti-Imperialist feeling generated by the occupation of the U.S. Embassy and the holding of fifty hostages whilst, in the short term, acting as a rallying point behind Khomeini, is already allowing the forces opposed to a theocratic dictatorship to mobilise for the first time since the repressive coup of July/August 1979. Read more...
Ireland: Labour's Bloody Years
Mike Evans Sun, 30/09/1979 - 23:00Despite all the sabre rattling between Callaghan and Thatcher in the run up to the election, one issue provoked no lively debates, no clashes where Labour 'lefts' could let off a bit of anti-Tory rhetoric. That issue was Ireland. Read more...
Executions protect Khomeini's allies
Fri, 01/06/1979 - 14:21The Iranian bourgeoisie and the Khomeini led Islamic establishment are continuing their offensive against the independent organisations of the working class in Iran. Read more...
Break with the Mullahs! Break with the Bourgeoisie
Tue, 01/05/1979 - 14:14The alliance of forces that overthrew the Shah in Iran is in disarray. Khomeini and the Mullahs are set on firmly establishing a repressive and reactionary male from the mosques. Read more...
Khomeini prepares attack on the left
Thu, 01/03/1979 - 14:08From Workers Power issue 5 Read more...
Opportunists and sectarians on Iran
Sun, 11/02/1979 - 14:05From Workers Power issue 4 by Dave Stockton - an analysis of the positions of the IMG (Fourth International) and the Sparticist league on the Iranian revolution Read more...
Beware of the religious leaders - no to an Islamic republic
Sun, 11/02/1979 - 14:02From Workers Power issue 4 Read more...
