IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

Khomeini, for a workers' army

· Socialist Challenge No. 170, 30 October 1980 · pp. 13-14 of the scan · 251 words

The scan: sc-n170-oct-30-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 13 of the scan

CRITICS of your support Iran have been accused ov oras ToaE O UCE OI defeatism and IncitTerence to the horrors of an Iraqi victory.

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page 14 of the scan

THIS Tory government gains this in CULL to go onto the oftensive; to de mand the unqualified right of all

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