in fundamental questions of political principle.
Ever since struggled for the interests people and for peace, struggles throughout the world for democracy, national liberation and Socialism. stand on that basis.
But we express intervention of the Soviet Union's armed forces in the internal affairs of Afghanistan änd call for their withdrawal.
And we will oppose with all our strength the efforts of the British and US governments to exploit the situation to increase tension, step up the arms race, and create new bases in Asia and the Middle East for imperialist adventures.
Morning Star, 15 January from the Left Afghanistan raise party working in solidarity with all We take our our disagreement with the foot SOCIALIST TROTSKYISTS thus in no way advocate the export of 'socialism' by armed invasion of the Army. condemn the Afghanistan, which involves trampling under the national rights Afghanistan, and which will blacken the name of Communism in the eyes of the multi-millioned Muslim masses of the East, impeding the struggle for socialist revolution.
- But in the situation that has arisen we are not indifferent on the question of the defence of the nationalised property relations of the Union. We stand unconditionally for the defence of the USSR against imperialist attack, from whatever quarter. Now that the Stalinist invasion has taken place, therefore, we must assess what would be the impact of an immediate withdrawal of Red Army troops.
Such a policy would in our view open up a vacuum of power in Afghanistan into which would step the imperialists, ' support for the anti-communist guerrilla forces.
The establishment of a pro-imperialist regime in Afghanistan would represent a severe danger and Middle East. or otheld it in any wast and Middle East. advance the struggles of the Afghan peoples for self-determination - a right they denied for centuries by the imperialists.
For this reason do immediate withdrawal of the invading troops. We give critical support to military actions by the Soviet army against imperialist aggression. But politically we must at the same time develop a programme which meets the needs of the Afghan peasants and nomads.
Socialist Press, y january Socialist DESPITE our doubts about the origins of the 'Islamic guerillas" socialists can have only one response to this: RUSSIAN TROOPS — GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN!
Socialist Worker, 12 January of Invasion peoples Soviet under the guise of would it in any way have been not demand the THE real war threat — NATO weaponry on parade
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