[then defend the borders. This met with no…]
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then defend the borders.
This met with no response from the government. In fact the attacks on Kurdistan escalated.
When in June 1982 Iran invaded Iraq we also condemned this invasion, saying that it was for the people of Iraq to decide their own affairs and that the continuation of the war was a pretext for the government who were facing mounting turmoil and opposition in Through the war the Iranian government was trying to consolidate itself.
In spite of the bombardments we can say that without exaggeration our movement has become stronger. In June a new base was created in Urumieh in Western Azerbaijan which coordinated all the government forces, the Pasdaran, the army and a new force, the Basidij (young Islamic fanatics).
The aim was to open a new front against the The Socialist Worker: Party of the USA, an old-established Trotskyist group, has recently and suddenly announced that Trotsky's theory of 'permanent revolution' was wrong after all. This new pamphlet - 40p plus postage from PO Box 135, London NI ODD - looks at the argument:
An analysis of the political evolution of the American yist International Liaison Committee SWP
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