THE HORRIFYING pictures of Iranian soldiers suffering from chemical weapons burns have filled British television this week. Even the United States weapons to Iraq.
The British govern ment has been plaving particularly dirty role.
While verbally stepping up ts condemnation of Kho. neini's executions Session Thatcher has encouraging a rapid up of British Iran since 1979.
British exports to Iran rose to £628 million last vear -anturing around uve per at of the Iranian market.
worked with the Iranian around negotiations on the world price of oil during the OPEC conference held in London last year.
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American and British warships have reinforced their natrols off the Straits 01 Hormuz - the entrance to the Gulf. Reagan, backed by Thatcher, has announcUnited States will use military force to re-open the Straits if they are closed by Iran.
Imperialism's aims in the Gulf are quite clear.
United States have no objections CULC barbarity of the Khomeini regime in tran or that of Sadam Hussein Iraq. decided on the continuation of the war with Iraq in SUBSCRIBE I enclose cheque/PO payable to Socialist Action for f ..... Send to: Socialist Action Subs. 328 Upper St. London N1 2XP. order to rebuild the Iranian intensify repression his OWI But the US and Britain fear a decisive victory for Iran would destabilise the entire Gulf region including the key ally, Saudi rabit Any imperialist intervention in the Gulf war would be aimed not at preventing Khomeini's repression but simply at shoring up US, British terests in the area. It would help recement Khomeini's popularity - making him an martyr of 'antiimperialist struggle' and would be actual obstacle to the Iranian people taking their revenge against his have few illusions in KhoBut they have to fight against any British imperialist intervention against Tran and not stand aside from Thatcher, Reagan and Mitterrand playing out, even Dy lner stan dards, a particularly vile policy in the Gulf.
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of poisonous gas, closure decision.
Jack Taylor, president of the Yorkshire miners, is asking Thursday's tional executive to spread the Yorkshire action throughout Britain in an all-out strike to put an end to lan MacGregor's threats to accelerate pit Closures MacGregor's latest 0 as. discussed al the joint management-union Coal Industry National Consultative Committee on Tuesday, would mean 20 pits closing in the next year. They would reduce coal output to 100 million tonnes, a fall in capacity of four to five million tonnes annually.
The action by Yorkshire comes wies MacGregor is under attack from an all-party Committee report which points out that financial Miners walked out of the pit last Friday to proafter reversing their original losses escalated MacGregor's first period as NCB chair.
The government will need to find f290 million fund the industry's deact during the coins financial year. This almost 50 percent up the amount originally allocated, ana represent: 25 per cent of all additiona tinance reguired by the government The pushing CONCEICHE hard for even more drastic pit closures The latest plans further confirmation of Arthur Scargill's claim of hit-list of for closure, which he made last year. Despite frequent official denials, each new move MacGregor and the NCB points in this Speaking after the Yorkshire executive's meeting, Jack Taylor said he would asking Thursday's tional executive to take all out action, and for support from other unions. Crushed between growing unemployment the OL COSUIC MacGregor line, the miners must take their protect wages and save their jobs.
has led the way. The namust call national action now. to reverse Dit closure decisions.
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government was forced to publicly condemn iraq for using mustard gas in the Gulf War. Iran has publicly accused Britain of supplying these chemical
British government complicity in chemical attacks, Britain, France and the United States are rapidly stepping up their intervention in the Gulf War.
YORKSHIRE MINERS AREA executive has called an all-out strike by its 56,000 members next Monday stop pit closures. Over 14,000 from South Yorkshire struck on Tuesday, closing all 15 of the area's pits, in the latest protest against coal industry closures. This follows the National Coal Board's latest move to shut down Yorkshire Main colliery
test against methods of recording the amount of work done. Management were later allowed back in for emergency maintenance to prevent the build-up
Yorkshire miners' president Jack Taylor calls on the national executive to take all-out action