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them which Hall, London by, the on 30 August.
Namibia Day LIS ALCI detention by Mary Court, the successors of Mr. Satarian.
socialist reminis defend TU day schools Rights the members is unknown to us fate in our absence.
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group has centre THE FATE of the 12 Trotskyists of the HKS [Socialist Workers Party] previously sentenced to death in Iran remains in the balance. It is vital to continue the worldwide campaign to solitary Britain, Ipm on Saturday outside the Iranian Embassy [16 Princes Gate, London SW7].
The campaign is also demanding the release of two womer members of the HKS, Mahsa Hashemi and Fatima Fallahi, who were sentenced to life The following is the bulk of an open letter was sent from Dezful Prison in northern Khuzestan LIFE SENTENCES will not silence days illegal Mr. Satarian, the prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionwe. two women members of the HKS, were tried in absentia by This court - whose very existence we question — did not even allow us to read the prosecutor's brief or allow GUISELYCS. The elementary right to have a lawyer and consult with him was denied us. This identity of whose ruled behind closed doors and decided our struggles and the martyrs who died fighting against the criminal courts of the Pahlavi regime, this unjust ruling will forever remain in the history of the struggle between the rulers and the oppressed people of will die on the spot.
UnIs •way they began our psychological torture.
In Dezful Prison they threw us into confinement, into roughly four paces • ov three paces Then they began to physically torture us, beating us up. We were told: 'You were brought here to be killed by us.
We protested that have no security here and that we want to see the prison officials. Their response was: "This prison has no officials'. They even refused to give us a doctor to take care of our wounds..
The meaning of our conviction by the prosecutor is clear. After a year and a half of struggle, the millions of people LING VICIONOUS insurrection of 9-10 February opened the Shah's jails and overthrew the tyrannical regime of Pahlavi. In this struggle women, who constitute half the population of Iran, played a major role.
This victory brought about the possibility of establishing a society of reedom, abundance, social justice peace and showed through their heroic actions that they can run this society. We have been sentenced because we have not abandoned this realistic and realisable perspective.
have also been convicted because we are women. The first attack by the central government after the insurrection was directed against women. Women are supposed to be driven back into their homes. They are only supposed to be means production and to remain slaves as far as their mental abilities are concerned But women - through their great demonstrations — have shown thus cells far that they are driven out of social and political life. The central government mented anti-woman policies family, society, employment, etc. Our conviction is another effort to sow the seeds of tear in the hearts sisters, the women of Iran who are fighting for freedom.
It the prosecutor and the governhave arrested, sentenced us to life imprisonment to prevent us from telling the truth or to drive us out of political and social life by means of terror, they should know that they will not succeed.
Proud You cannot forever imprison the call of the heroic women and people of Iran for unfounded charges ions, nor slanders will be able to hide our true faces for long.
The record of our struggle against the Pahlavi regime exists and we're proud of it. struggling for a society which replaces Freedom of opinion, or association and of political parties is one of the basic gains of our revolution. A lot of blood has been shed for this.
We demand to be tried in public court demand the right to be present at our trial, in front people, not behind their backs.
Weask all organisations, all people fighting for freedom, all defenders of the iranian revolution throughout the world to help us win our freedom.
HOW YOU CAN HELP TELEGRAMS protesting the death sentences handed out to the 12 HKS prisoners in Ahwaz and demanding the immediate toilers socialists should be sent to Ayatollan Ruhollah Khomeini, Prime Minister Director, National Company, Tehran, Iran.
Copies Tehran daily Avenue, Tehran, Iran; to Ettela'at, Avenue of Ferdowsi Avenue, Tehran, Iran; and to Socialist Challenge.
THE not willing to be has imple- in Conway in the of our Socialist jailed, and consolidation president freedom. Neither Camp ratification falsificatIsrael and Egypt We will nol stop child-care Cuba 'THERE - not behind closed doors. We States eyes of the the Carter in Cuba.
never of all Qom, Iran;
Mehdi Bazargan, Hassan these Iranian Oil Cuba.' Takht Jamshid Avenue, Apart should be sent to the about Baamdad, Hafez Zartoshtian Alley, Khayam • Iran Kayhan, no officially recognised multi-racial rugby clubs or integrated leagues at either club or provincial level under The tour dates are as follows: 3 Exeter; Camborne (Cornwall); 10 October, Edinburgh; 13 October Borders; 17 Coventry unknown venue in Northern Irelanc 24 October, Llanelli; 27 Coordinating Committee is organising an evening of 'homage to Nicaraguan children this Saturday, 22 September, at 7pm Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1. There will be a folk talk about recent developments in Nicaragua.
FURTHER Slash the of the Socialist organised pro-imperialist block seems likely al its forthcoming congress in Lisbon.
At the congress the Israeli Labour Party will be proposing the admission of the Egyptian state party led by Sadat. The move obviously intended as a symbolic the US-sponsored David agreement between an agreement rejected by the Palestinians and the vast majority of the Arab world.
The question is: will the British Labour Party delegates go along with this? And if so, what do party activists intend to do about it?
are foreign troops on Cuban soil against the will of the government and the people of that country. They are the 2,800 United troops stationed at the Guantanamo naval base. They should be withdrawn immediately.' This was of Andrew Pulley, Socialist Workers Party candidate for president of the United States, to the administration's campaign against the presence of Soviet troops As Pulley pointed out: 'Cuba has inyaded the United States Cuba has never bombed the United States. Cuba has never blockaded the United States. Cuba has never tried to assassinate US leaders. It is the government that has committed all crimes against revolutionary military personnel 1,800 "civil servants Washington delicately calls them are also stationed at Guantanamo But you'd never guess the base existed reading the British press. say: US troops out of Cuba - now!
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