Kurdish

Class struggle in Iraq - interview with a veteran

catch — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:08:41 +0000

The following interview was first published in 'Workers Scud - no patriot can catch us!' (London, June 1991), a collection of articles reflecting on the Gulf War.

The Class Struggle in Iraq - an interview with a veteran
Q: Can you briefly tell us about the class struggle in Iraq before the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958?

1991: The Kurdish Uprising

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:36:18 +0000

THE KURDISH UPRISING

KURDISTAN'S NATIONALIST SHOP FRONT

AND ITS NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE BAATHIST/FASCIST REGIME

(Plus an account of the Workers Councils)

(Note: text is as in original pamphlet; a few pictures and accompanying captions have been removed)

1988: The Halabja Massacre

Steven. — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:06:01 +0000

Eyewitness in Halabja

1991: The South Iraq and Kurdistan uprisings

Steven. — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:05:21 +0000

Crushed by Saddam Hussein's regime, the article covers the roles of the Allied forces and the Kurdish nationalist parties.

Ten Days that shook Iraq

1990-1991: Resistance to the Gulf War

Steven. — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 14:04:12 +0000

Do you remember the first time?

1990-1991: Iraqi mass mutiny in the Gulf War

Steven. — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:58:20 +0000

Iran: Prison sentences against labour activists repealed

libcom — Wed, 10 May 2006 11:00:00 +0000

The event was organized by “the First of May Council”, which was a committee consists of the city’s labour activists that acted independently from the government-sponsored Workers’ House.

1990-1991: A Comrade's Testimony: A Journey to Iraq (includes leaflets from Kurdish areas)

libcom — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:29:18 +0000

From Communism #7

On August 1st 1991 there was a loud bang during the night in Tehran and we heard that a food storage warehouse had been blown up in protest at delays in distribution of welfare food allowances. People had been waiting two months for their social security food supplies. Apparently, nighttime explosions are quite common, public buses being the most frequent targets.

1988: Massacre in Halabja - ICG

libcom — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:26:04 +0000

From Communism #6

1990-1991: The Kurdistan Shoras Resistance - AF

libcom — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:59:53 +0000

Short article with patchy information about the movements of Shoras - workers' councils - in Kurdistan, 1990-91, after the first Gulf War

[500 words]

1991: Ten Days that shook Iraq - inside information from an uprising, by Wildcat (UK)

libcom — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:18:14 +0000

An account of the uprisings in Southern Iraq and Kurdistan in 1990-91 which involved large numbers of mutinous troops who had deserted during the Kuwait Gulf War. The uprisings were crushed by Saddam, with the complicity of US and Allied forces

Read a short history of the Gulf War on libcom.org/history