hypocrites join forces Only the Iranian At the same time Tran's fundamentalists, identified for many years as the terrorist regime of the region, are suddenly wooed as the ally of the West, worthy of full However the mpidly changing events of the region also show the opportunist nature of the anti Western stance of govemments such as the Ba'ath regime in Irag or the Islamic nal contradictions and use the creation of an external enemy to justify past mistakes and such government in Iran and should make us wary regimes. Very often, in their pursuit of reac- fionary policies such goveruments Foce inter- he was fighting Iran and his own people: FEATURES of any illusions on the diplomatic relations. ally of the Countries guilty of recent invasions Kuwaiti rulers while in the name of "democracy" the West has rallied to save competed to condemn Iraq's illegal occupation and to support the compt Saudi Arabia, one of the most reaction- better epitomised the hypocrisy of paign Against Repression in Iran. Very few incidents could have reports MARYAM, an Iranian Western imperialism thao the socialist and member of Cam- events of the last few months ary, brutal regimes of the work!.
involving friendly local goverments such as fishment of an effective, local security pact Therefore our main task is to oppose the all external forces from the Gulf as a real threat to the revolutionary strugeles of the continued presence of American led forces in the region and to call for the withdrawal of quish this position al least until the estab prescnce in the region, and it will not ralin Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran. Anti-war mood grows in peoples of the region. The sudden reconciliation of lanian rulers with the West is proof that once more the only consistent anti imperialist forces in the region are the workers, the peasants and the national minotities, Govemments such as Saddam or the Iranian clergy might have temporary conflicts with the West but in the long run they romain the allies of world capi- Iran fought a costly ten year war with Lag, claiming it was fighting the agent of im- tal and Wester imperialism in the region. shortcomings. The military might of the US and Weitem organisation. All this is to defeat the man Europe has sider with local forces to punish their one time ally. Sadilam Hussein. The UN micans for the implementating of its many resolutions on occupation of Palestinian land by Fract, has suddenly hocome an effective ing chemical weapons from the very same Furopean and American goverments when who ohtained most of his armaments, includ which for docades has failed to
imperialist hearlands, Building a mass anti- Ar the days go by it looks increasingly likely that the shooting war will begin carly in the new year. It is the ABC of revolutionary marxism that war can only he stopped by the mass mobilisation of the working class in the war movement in every imperialist country has got to be the ummediate duty of every What is the extent of