Afghanistan

Submitted by Anon on 5 March, 2006 - 11:39

The Afghan Stalinist coup d'état of April 1978 had enormous consequences.

It led to the Russian invasion of Afghanistan on 25 December, 1979, and then to a war in which six million Afghans were made refugees, and millions more killed, before the Russians eventually withdrew in disarray and Afghanistan fell prey to Islamist militias. Quite a few working class militants in Britain who wanted to "tear the head off capitalism" supported the Russian army in Afghanistan. That was foolish. We opposed the invasion and called for Russian withdrawal. We supported the self-determination of the peoples of Afghanistan against Russian Stalinism.

Further reading:
'Afghanistan and the shape of the 20th century', Workers' Liberty 2/2

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