The Great Sour Revolution Was Not a Soviet Backed Cop

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What they called the sour revolution was not a soviet backed cop as it was often thought of in the west. It also, as you mention, really didn't have much of a popular base either. The calklader, havizula amin, who in 19 79, would become prime minister. Had this remarkable quote: "The toilers should know that there does exist a short cut which can transfer the power from the feudal class to the working class"

Legendary socialist scholar Tariq Ali on the long history of Afghanistan: the 19th and early 20th-century wars against the British Empire; the communist coup, Soviet invasion, and US-backed mujahideen war; the rise of the Taliban; and the 2001 US-led NATO invasion through the recent US defeat and withdrawal. Plus, a lot about Pakistan. Pre-order Ali's forthcoming book The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold versobooks.com/books/3939-the-forty-year-war-in-afghanistan Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig and receive our weekly newsletter