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On the Brink of Another War – The Trump Presidency Assassinates Iranian Leadertrump-iran-war

On the Brink of Another War – The Trump Presidency Assassinates Iranian Leader

Published by Hari Kumar on January 11, 2020

When Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914, the world was catapulted into World War I. Alarmingly, we are now in at a similar precipice, following an individual assassination carried out by order of the President of the USA. In a dramatic drone attack on 3rd January 2020 in Baghdad, Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani (or Soleimani), of the Quds (or Qods) and the Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah militia chief – Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, were killed. World tensions rose dramatically. Let there be no mistake, no progressive should mourn Suleimani, a ruthless man of ruthless times. He was an enemy…

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Kurdistan – A Marxist-Leninist Framework, Part Two

Kurdistan – A Marxist-Leninist Framework, Part Two

Published by Hari Kumar on January 1, 2020

(To read the first part of this work, click here) The intersection of the four countries of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria, lies in Kurdistan. As Kurdistan is within these borders, all these must be considered, in any sensible work on the Kurdish national movements. Iran and the Mahabad Republic, in relation to the Kurds, were discussed in Part One. Here in Part Two, we will focus upon Iraq and Turkey, highlighting history relevant to the Kurdish national movement. Part Three will focus upon Syria. In assessing the Kurdish struggles, it is impossible to avoid the details of what now…

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