[Marxism] Mahabad Republic

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

NPR yesterday had a segment on the independent Kurdish Republic (called the 
Mahabad Republic) of 1945-46. I missed some of the segment, but it was 
commemorating some kind of anniversary of that Republic. In any case they 
mentioned the role of Soviet troops in making the Republic possible -- and a 
quick Google search shows that the Mahabad area itself was not occupied by 
Soviets, the claim is rather that their presence was seized as an opportunity 
by independence forces (so no-one can claim it was a case of Soviet 
occupation). The flip side was that once Soviet troops disappeared after Truman 
threatened Stalin, Iran reconquered the area.

Needless to say had the Soviets not betrayed this revolution the Kurds today 
would not be so thoroughly under imperialism's thumb -- and their leadership 
such willing puppets.

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