The real issue of self-determination Argentina's right to exercise sovereignty over its own Grossling, international expert formerly the US Geological and American Bank, says "many Argentina against Britain does not mean to serve the millary regime. supporting the fight against despite the military regime. By supporting the Mexican who balked at taking the side of China, The revolutionary struggle of the Irish feudal aristocracy ... at all events, against imperialist miserable caricature of Bolshevism perialist and reactionary. progressive Ho-Lavor.
neperber trioes leadership of Abd-el-Krim 2. The French Socialist Party. The following is from a September 1937 letter sent Rivera. When Japanese imperialists opened up a war against China in Julv 1937. there were some communist.
which was ruled by the dictatorship of Chiang Kai-shek al that time. The considerations raised by Trotsky in regard to the Sino-Japanese war are also relevant to the conflict between Britain and Argentina tocomplete letter is printed in Leon TrotWe do not and never have put all wars on the same plane. Marx and Engels supported the even though in these two nationalist wars the leaders were, for the most part, members of the democrats and Social Democrats spoke with hate of the struggle of The party of Léon Blum? supported this point _ a pro gressive war. Lenin wrote hundreds of pages which comprise the great majority of humanity. To speak of 'revolutionary defeatism' general, without distinguishing between exploiter and exploited countries, is to make a put that caricature at the service of the imIn the Far East we have a classic example. China is a semicolonial country which Japan is transforming, under our very eyes, into a China's struggle is But Chiang Kai-shek? We need have no illusions about Chiang Kai-shek, his party, or the whole ruling class of China, just as Marx and Engels had no illusions about the ruling workers and peasants. But today he is forced, despite himself, to struggle against Japan for the remainder of the independence of China. Tomorrow he may again betray. It is possible. It is probable. It is even inevitable. But today he is struggling. Only cowards, scoundrels, or complete imbeciles can refuse to participate Let us use the example of a strike to clarify the question. We do not support all strikes. If for example, a strike is called for the exclusion of Negro, Chinese, or Japanese workers from a factory, we are opposed to that strike. But if a strike aims at bettering - insofar as it can - the conditions of the workers, we are first to participate in it, whatever the leadership. In the vast majority of strikes, the leaders are reformists, traitors by profession, agents of capital. They oppose every strike. But from time to time the pressure of the masses or of the objective situation forces Let us imagine, for an instant, a worker ticipate in the strike because the leaders are ultraleft imbecile would serve to brand him by his real name: a strikebreaker. The case of the Sino-Japanese War is, from this point of If Japan is an im perialist country and if China is the victim of patriotism is the hideous mask of worldwide Chinese patriotism is legitimate and But can Chiang Kai-shek assure the victory? I do not believe so. It is he, however, who began the war and who today directs it To be able to replace him it is necessary to gain decisive influence among the proletariat and in the army, and to do this it is necessary place oneself in the midst of the struggle. We military struggle against the foreign invasion weaknesses, the deficiencies, and the interrevolted against Spanish colonial rule in 1921 under the After defeating the Spanish colonialists, they attacked the French sector of Morocco but were defeated by a combined Spanish and French ar Socialist Challenge 6 May 1982 page 13