issue, which came out last Saturday.
a single organisation. pan-Iranian paper is a step in that direction.
Money is THE Pahlavi Monarchy, the central bastion of all internal and foreign reactionary forces in Iran, is passing through the final stages of its death agony.
The extensive institutions of the Shah's empire of terror and repression have been smashed one after another by the impact of the relentless struggle of the masses.
Mohammad Reza Shah, the central cog in these ruling mas been put to flight and has taken refuge in the arms of his masters.
The hour of Iran's new revolution is approaching. The powerful waves OI revolution are surging forward one after another, each one The new wave, characterised by the presence of the working class, has turned imperialism's "island of stability" into the centre of the earthquake of world revolution.
The cities of Iran are once again speaking in the language of the Constitutional Revolution and the period followin the flight and exile of Reza Shah.
Every time the dictatorship has tried to provide the ruling class with the opportunity for a breathing space and preparamous for a counter-revoranion it has soon found itself confronted by a more militant movement.
After every brief lull the movement has reappeared with renewed vigour and oppressed masses have once again taken their historic path, adding new dimensions to their struggle and deepening their demands.
seduling class forces ly realised that its forces repression are no longer effective. With guidance from imperialism it is now therefore preparing a trick. name of a new revolutionary weekly published in Tehran. Here we reprint the editorial from the first As they explain in the article the editors stand for the unification of all Iranian revolutionary socialists into The appearance of short for Iranian revolutionaries particularly since the masses have taken to burning banknotes bearing the image of the hated Shah! Donations to help Che Bayad Kard can be sent c/o Socialist Challenge. Cheques payable to A Hamzeh.
The formation Bakhtiar government and the Shah's flight are signs of a plan intended block fundamental tendencies within the anti-dictatorial struggle and to divert the mass struggle from its revolutionary path.
On the inseparable link dictatorship and monarchy the Iranian state has fused the struggle for democracy with the struggle against the monarchy itself. *Death to the Shan", this slogan under which many of the anti-dictatorship mobilisations have taken place, is the first sign of this fusion.
On the other hand the strong bond between Iranian capitalism and the monarchy has given the anti-dictatorship struggle an anti-capitalist character.
The entry of the class onto the scene of politica 02S made possessing classes of Iran and their imperialist aware of this tendency.
The regime harness democratic aspirations through the Bakhtiar government by giving some concessions (limited abolition censorship, curbing SAVAK's powers, some political parties, etc.) and promising other reforms (such as free elections etc.).
In this way it aims to take the edge off the anti-dictatorship movement save monarchy, the basic foundation of the strength of the state, hence save Promises of a *Constitutional were ineffective. The Shah has therefore been sent on 'holiday' to prevent the further progress of the mass movement along the path of a revolutionary this of the two hand the between in the A mullah embracing a soldier working overthrow of the monarchy and the power of the ruling class. the In order to ensure the success of this plan they even threaten supporters the mass movement bloody coup: trying to Bakhtiar government or military rue. mis is me runng classes' answer.
of But the oppressed masses will legalising not be tooled by suca unreas They haven't given thousands of lives to keep the same regime in power, to imperial army 'maintaining law and order', the possessing classes in their place. They will continue until the complete overthrow capitalism. monarchy and the establishment of workers. return to toilers. This is the only solution Monarchy® to Iran's present political and social crisis.
The most important task of revolutionary socialists is help bring a DOUL solution. We must ensure that and the bourgeois state.
either the complete overthrow its power is based.
revolutionary socialist have the same give IcdyC the cooperation. the of the a government different peasants and other national revolutionary such ary programme of action. the overthrow of the Pahlavi dictatorship is linked to an attack on the capitalist system revolutionary Our most immediate task in this direction is to fight for the of the monarchy and all the social and political foundations on which We — a number of different groups oree see course dan and now in the process of MOCHICHL. fusion - have come together to response this important need. This publica- Our BICSUIL LOUI building Our aim is to link up the party sectors of the movement. movement by publishing this Without and to make our contribution to organising the revolutionary mass struggle by arming the impossible. vanguard layers of the mass movement with the revolutionOur success depends on the cooperation of all Iranian socialists. will make every attempt that they should see this paper as There are some who see the tasks of the socialist movement limited to scattered activities simply serving the spontaneous understanding of revolutionary socialist struggle is different. The basic task of the socialist movement is the of fused with the mass La struggle for building a national revolutionthis task Kard The crucial moments of the Iranian revolution have arrived and it is time for revolutionary socialists to take up these tasks unified manner. The columns of this paper are open to all those who agree with these aims.
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