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Socialist Challenge 17 December 1982 N. October Books, SUNDERLAND: The Ceolfrich Ar YORK: Community Books, a2XPkshop, 328 Upper Si, London N is to the oth 061-236-4905 LEF Vale Rd, Mansfield politics that united action, the united front, is some sort of right wing policy. The 'really revolutionary everybody and go it alone.
The falseness of such an idea is shown by the Russian Revolution of 1917. Probably the single grease were the the where the so sheviks cainee une sug port of the majority of the working class. was one of the greatest examples. history of the application of the united front.
At the beginning of August 1917 a great right wing purge was being car ried out by the provisional Russia.
This government was dominated by the retormust parues (Mensheviks and Revolutionaries) in alliance with the capitalists. Under its Prime Minister Kerensky, it had imprisoned Trotsky, forced Lenin into hiding, and was disarming the working class and smashing organisations.
Emboldened by these moves the most extreme wing forces Russia, grouped round General Kornilov. decidec to overthrow even the provisional Government aimed to restore the situa tion prior to the overthrow the Tsar in February 1917. The provisional government itself, torn between its fear of the working class and its fear of Kornilov, remained paralysed.
The Bolshevik leadership made government, began the class •WOLKILLE ties which arresting imprisoning leaders This tactical LUTH.
visional Practical polemic the A few provisional government then and more important groud however started id support it was nervisional SuDDOrt provisional government as it was betKornilov. This Lilal debate was to become very important in later history and was used by the Communist Parties Stalin and his successors as justification for their policies of support progressive' capitalist forces.
Lenin however exCommemoration of the death of 13 guerillas killed in the war of liberation. Gladys Baez a guerilla who survived the defeat speaking to part of crov On Friday 10 December, world news reported the deaths of 75 children in a helicopter crash as they were evacuated from an area near the border which was under tack revolutionary forces hostile to the revolutionary government of Nicaragua. ANDY TOUR was in Nicaragua for the 19 July celebration of the third anniversary Sandinista-led against the dictator Somoza. He is presently touring Britain with a slide show and he spoke to Toni Gorton about happening Nicaragua today.
Nicaragua has just renewed the state of emergency that has existed since May last year, what's the situation now?
Nicaragua is at war. That's the simple reason why the state of emergency has ocen mamtamca. Inere was a big artcle in Newsweek in November which and that's what it is. That's why these children died.
Since Day One of the revolution, Honduran atcounterde la of the revolution of his visit in there done with the agreement of the people
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