Union of the communist combatants

The Union of the communist combatants is a revolutionary Marxist organization, created with Teheran in 1978. One can also translate by Union of the Communist militants. It is generally indicated under the name of Sahand, which was its first name.

Politically, she was sometimes regarded as trotskist, because of her opposition to the socialist countries, of her stress laid on the working class at the detriment of the other classes and of her designs on the transition towards socialism. But she never claimed herself of Trotski, nor of the trotskism.

The Union of the communist combatants published many booklets of discussion on the Iranian Révolution. It firmly gives an opinion against any support for the islamist , contrary to the other left organizations who regard those as representative the anti-impérialiste national middle-class woman. This standpoint attracts to him the sympathy of militants come from other currents of the left, which refuse the choices of their own organizations.

In 1981 vis-a-vis the repression carried out by the mode of Khomeiny, its militants withdraw themselves with the Kurdistan, in the zone controlled by the movement of guerilla Komala. Noting their community of sight on many points, the two organizations create together the Communist party of Iran, whose Komala remains the armed wing. The central committee is composed of three members of Komala and two members of the Union of the communist combatants, of which Nader - which will be later known under the name of Mansoor Hekmat.

The Union of the communist combatants also developed in the emigration, in Germany, France and Great Britain. In this country existed a group named SSUCM (supporters off the Union off communists student militant), which took part in several International Conferences at the sides of organizations bordiguists, with which it shared many designs.

Today, the parties Communist-workmen claim heritage of the Union of the Communist militants, from which number of militants result.

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