The resurgence of the Arab nationalist movement coincides with the renewal of workers, struggles throughout strikes sur- demonstrations taking place in the oil and steel industries in Ahwaz.
The government in Tehran has attempted to discredit the demands of the ment bv talk of iradı plots to take over Iran's oil fields. much the same way, the struggles of the Kurdish people have been slandered by Khomeini, Bazargan, (motozzen Bani Sadr, who accuse them of being CIA spies, agents of US imperialism or of Iraq.
But while it may be true that both movements material aid and support from other Kurds and Arabs outside Iran, both movements seek to rectify years of oppression by fighting for their emanicpation within Iran itself.
Socialists around the world should for hesitate in supporting the just demands of the minorities for the right of self-determination against Islamic government.