Gaddafi Speaks

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Banda It is characteristic of political tendencies that adopt an opportunist position in current struggles that they lightmindedly turn their backs on the lessons of the past.

This has particular irony when the tendency concerned--as is the case with Mitchell As a result of the Open Letter at the end of 1953, the International split into an openly revisionist International Secretariat-led by Pablo and Mandel - and the International Committee, which attempted the defence _ of orthodox Trotskyism.

Cannon, in the course of the split, spellede out the essence of Pablo's attack on Healy Cannon's final sentence certainly has added significance in relation to the WRP's line on Libya today!

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But while Pablo's revision of the Trotskyist programme and abandonment of the perspective of building Trotskyist parties to lead an independent struggle began in 1949 on the question of Stalinism, declared its political alliance with the revolutionary movements in the Arab world, Africa, Ireland and Latin America.

"These represent the continuation of Trotsky' struggle to resolve the crisis of leadership in the working class and build the world party socialist revolution".

But the task of the Trotskyist movement to construct Marxist revolutionary parties, not to fuse with or tail in behind spontaneous petty bourgeois groupings or bourgeois nationalists. cake part with us in the great popular celebrations which are held loday to mark the eighth anniversar or september he lutions Free brother citizens. our celeoration today the eighth anniversary of the Great Fitst of September Revolution comes after the emergence of the power of the peopie and after the the mahsriyah and after the concept of the armed ped ole has become • lıving fact, witnessed by the world Today. I stand with you not as & President. King. not even the leader of Fas not spent on bear of anyone but 1 speak as a sec. retary of a popular congress on the one hand and as l free Libyan Arab citizen on the other There is nothing om derme the morement of the Free In the name of Got, Il gIVeS me pleasure salute the guests, brothers. and friends who hase enme fram all over the world to embarked on a violent forged a natoric sal aed accepled this trans. formation and chose this read - the road althe Third World Theory which and arms are in the hands of Unionists which sparked off the people (applausel le revolulion on the greet Tbus from now onward -arning of the First of Sep- and this must always bt so tember. 1968. - there will be other weapon on Libyan soil other Situation lhan thal which has come into the possession of the The situation which exists masses in the strees, in the on our soil is different from barracks and everywbere. any other situation existing From now onward there the world loday. Our will sot be a monopoly by Libyan Arab people on this any other section, 10 Do secdate. the dale of the eighth lion will be able lo mont anniversary of the upsurge poline power or monopolise Hand the po revolution. wealth, at the expense of the power ib their masses. The meapons in the hands. with wealt in their Socialiat People's Libyan hands. Arab Jamahirigah are no This bas not been longer the monopoly of chieved by any other peo traditional army as is the je on Ihe surface of the ase in the other countries estth: but il has been of the world. Weapons today bid in any sto are in the hands of every e word by the Libyan Arab nale and female citizen. it people. out of all the pea has become a right and duty ples of the worid all Libyans that they The reason for this is that should carty arms every. the Libyan Arab people has where (appleusel.

The emergence of the armed peopie is • crucial contemporary phenomenon Implementation on the soil lakirg course of the domahirisah. In has munry orphe Third world or any other, that the entire paople. men and women. ith ta hear weapons. ranging from The secret in this is tbal power in this country has rome into the hands of ibe people. whereas in the other countries of the world covet to the Peed of ive people possess arms.

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hande people it is neumbent that arine. da should be Jamabiriyah that fears an armed coup from any guar. ter, as the authority in Jamsabiriyah io that of the masses.

Therefore, those who protect their authority by arme are the messes. So the arms should be in the bands of the masses. This is what the lur Libyan Arab eople on this date, he date of the eighth nniversary of the psurge of the Great 'evolution, stand with lower in their hands, ‹ith wealth in their ands and with weapons n their hands...' following the revolutian. until il wes crowned by the proclamalion of the pea ples authority The regime in Libya, let ever see he The authoric ple's regime. in Libya is that of the Libyan peaple. through the peo ple's congress rade committees trade which end in the General People's Congress Community Thus today we announce that the Jamabirıyah L$ he new on me by, the thos communsly. declares todey that it is a formidable bastion for the struttlers for the freedom of the Arab nation. It is a refuge for the free from every part of the world.

On the eighth anniversary preat revolution, the Jemabitiyah announces to the wortd that its voice •)! be louder than in the a5t, alling for freedom ling for ocialiam, calling for Arab unity rople, who and who hold are bold wer and bold manith are