that the gains of the Iranian revolution are under seige from The mullahs and Islamic fundamentalists are organising new attacks on the rights the workers, peasants and oppressed nationalities because their regime is in cris They have decided to sign of oprepress every position, including, CYCl the 'liberal' bourgeois op. position of Bani-Sadr.
The wave of repression, which the banning of all opposition newspapers has culminated with the summary executions of dozens of members of the main left wing opposition group, the Moujahedeen, who the Fedayeen played important role in the overhrow of the Shah. But the bombing cannot obscure the fact the Islamic Republican catastrophic effects of the war with Iraq.
The result is massive disillusionment clergy among the masses.
The struggle against Bani-Sadr as the first two being the struggle against the Shah, second the mobilisation around the American hostages.
But until the bombing of the IRP headquarters the numbers mobilised bs the IRP tiny compared these previous events.
Both the IRP and the 'liberal' Bani-Sadr reprebourgeois political forces. The bourgeois character of the Khomeini regime is demonstrated by its failure to mobilise the masses against the Iraqi Litical. its opposition to land reform and its attitude to the Kurds and other oppressed tionalities.
The IRP has svstemati-cally tried to co-opt and dismantle every form of self-organisation of the masses. While Bani-Sadr has defended certain rights, including liberty of expression, he represents sections Socialist Challenge for the incredibly low price of f2 With 12 month subscriptions we are giving away a FREE COPY of The British Economic Disaster by Glyn and John Harrison, published by Complete the form below and rush your order to:
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Unfortunately the major left organisations have either tied themselves politically Khomeini (the pro-Moscow Tudeh Party, the majority of the Fedayeen) or to Bani-Sadr (the Fedayeen minority, the Moujahadeen and the Maoists). BOCAIS S give no political support to either side.
But today Iran is in the The urgent need is for a unitec front in defence of demo. cranc nignis, to acical lic fundmentalist Support Despite their political allegiance to Khomeini, it is the Moujahadeen are in the vanguard of that struggle, struggle which Socialist Challenge solidarises.
When Bani-Sadr makes demands in suppor of democratic rights, then revolutionaries should support these demands, while warning the workers that if they have to fight LIC Islamic fundamentalists today, they will have Bani-Sadr tomorrow.
Only a policy based on the independent mobilisation of the workers and the Dome and BanKhomeini and BaniSadr can take the ira nian revolution forward. "blackspot' to select their targets. The list was published in issue 2 of 'Islington Press' published by the National Front at the end of last year.
Targets on the list include other left wing papers and bookshops, . Isl ington Town Hall and the ethnic clubs local paper, and community centres abortion and gay rights ad visory centres the Guardian newspaper The same issue of the advert in your thousands to the SAS (Specia Action Squads) c/o PO Box 40, Islington. NF leader Martin Webster had admitted that Islington Press is their Despite this obvious campaign of violence and hatred against local socialists and anti-fascists the police have yet to make arrests for thes tacks. They even had te ring up Socialist Challeng to ask for a copy of the NI 'hit list'!
Nor have the three local Labour MPs opened their mouths yet to protest against these outrages il their constituencies. Loca have been more respon sive The local Anti Nazi League and Trades Counhave called for demonstration against fascist violence on Sunday July which has been backed by a number of the local Labour party wards and trade union bodies. Collections held for Sheila Malone in labour ment bodies have alread raised more than f200 Racist and violence is on the increase are daily attacks on black people by right wing thugs Coventry And as munderca blood by racists.
must act to protect the democratic rights of black people and all those under trom fascist violence. A start can b made a concor oy sut porting the 12 July march.
Rally against
fascist violence Sun 12 July, 10am Islington Green to Chapel Market Supported by Islington ANL and Trades Council
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Party and their armed thugs - the so-called 'revolutionary guards' and the 'heztolhah' - the street gangs organised by the IRP.
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