History

1979 Iran revolution – a Marxist perspective

The Iran revolution in 1979 was taken over by Ayatollah Khomeini and the mullahs which most on the Left saw as a reactionary development

1979 saw the overthrow of the Shah of Iran and the coming to power of Ayatollah Khomeini – an event that split the Left inside the country

Leon Trotsky could not have anticipated the horror of the Holocaust as he corresponded with Jewish socialists before WWII

1980s Liverpool saw a huge political battle between the Militant dominated Labour Party and the Liberals in the city