A long way to go on gay rights
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According to the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) seven majority Muslim countries still maintain the death penalty for homosexual activity.
Afghanistan
"Troops out of Afghanistan" demonstration called by Stop The War Coalition
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Date:
24 October, 2009 - 14:00
Location:
Assemble Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park
The Afghan Tragedy and the Socialist Party (Militant)
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The Afghan Tragedy: USSR troops out - the socialist case. Published by Socialist Organiser as 'Socialist Forum' magazine no.3, July 1985.
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- PART 1: THE STALINIST APRIL 1978 COUP AND THE RUSSIAN DECEMBER 1979 INVASION
- PART 2: GRANT, TAAFFE AND WOODS HAIL THE STALINIST COUP AND BACK THE INVADERS
- PART 3: AND STALINIST REVOLUTIONS
- PART 4: MILITANT/SOCIALIST PARTY AND STALINIST EXPANSION
Afghan tragedy - the Militant/ Socialist Party and Afghanistan, part 4
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Part 4: The next stage for the working class: submission to totalitarian suppression.
The Afghan Tragedy, part 3: Militant (the Socialist Party) on the "Third World"
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Militant (the Socialist Party) on the "Third World".
The Afghan Tragedy: Part 1. The Stalinist April 1978 Coup and the December 1979 Russian Invasion
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The Afghan Tragedy: USSR troops out - the socialist case. Part 1 The Stalinist 1978 Coup. Published by Socialist Organiser as 'Socialist Forum' magazine no.3, July 1985.
The Afghan Tragedy - Part 2: Grant, Taaffe, and Woods hail the Stalinist coup and back the Russian invaders
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Grant hails the PDP coup.
Obama tries to escape Afghan ratchet
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In October 2010, Ahmed Rashid, author of much-read books on the Taliban and the Afghan war, wrote: “In the past year, violent incidents have risen by 50 per cent, the Taliban have spread to the north and west of the country and the battle for control of the Taliban-dominated Pashtun south and east gets bloodier by the day”.
US looks for deal with Taliban
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The USA is stepping up its efforts to negotiate a deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Editorials: Israel-Palestine, 2 nations 2 states; industrial fightback; USSR moves towards pulling out of Afghanistan
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The insurgent Palestinian Arabs in Gaza and the West Bank are now teaching the people of Israel that Karl Marx was right when he wrote that "a nation which enslaves another can never itself be free". The first intifada started in December 1987.
Nurses began strike action in January 1988, the first big industrial flare-up since the defeat of the miners' strike in 1985.
After eight years of unsuccessful efforts to crush the peoples of Afghanistan, the government of the USSR started talking openly about withdrawing from Afghanistan.