Opposing dictators and imperialism

[OriginalGumby]

http://socialistworker.org/2009/08/18/opposing-dictators-and-imperialism

"In the fight for national self-determination, Marxists don't argue that masses of the oppressed nation forego the struggle for other rights."

This article is a well needed contribution to the socialist movement on how to understand the situation in Iran. I hope that it produces intelligent discussion on revleft.

[h0m0revolutionary]

I thought for a moment that was going to be an SWP UK article, unsurprsingly, i was wrong.

[Revy]

Well, the ISO used to be part of the IST, but was expelled.
Good article, if only PSL would adopt such a view.....


Marxists do not necessarily link their opposition to imperialism to political support for a particular regime. Indeed, we argue that the struggle against imperialism will be stronger if it is based not on the narrow interests of an oppressive ruling clique, but on the struggles of workers, poor peasants, women and national minorities. For example, Saddam Hussein, given the repressive and paranoid nature of his regime, was incapable of leading a strong resistance against the U.S. invasion in 2003.