MB is absolutely correct. But blocing with fundamentalists is not the issue, no more than blocing with the Taliban was the content, meaning or program of fighting the US invasion of Afghanistan.
The issue isfirst, the recognition that the actual struggle going on has social, not religious roots, in the class structure; 2. the religious manifestation is inadequate, and will become, sooner rather than later, hostile to the tasks of that struggle-- changing the social structure at its root. 3. the only way to supplant the religious groups is in the development and practice of a combat program by revolutionists. That means being in the midst, and forefront, of every struggle against the occupation. dms ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Ballard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 2:01 AM Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Will more violence provoke an extension of the US occupation? Iranian workers, organized into workers' councils in the petroleum sector were instrumental in making the relatively peaceful political revolution against the Shah a success through the strikes they enforced. They were rewarded with death for their unity with the religious tendencies in this battle against an oppressive regime. Blocking with fundamentalists is not a healthy thing for proletarian revolutionaries to do.
