[Marxism] British Government Refuses To Discuss Sovereignty of Malvinas

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Jon Cloke:
 
And therefore, had the Argentinean military dictatorship 
and its  supporting clique amongst the bourgeoisie defeated 
the UK armed forces and  re-established control over the 
Falklands, thus reinforcing itself in power  and 
strengthening its ability to oppress and commit mass 
murder against  the Argentine working class, petit 
bourgeoisie and, well, lefties,  academics, activists, the 
usual suspects, that would have been a step  forward in the 
international class struggle, would it?

Reply:
 
The short answer is 'yes' it was in the interests of the international  
working class that Britain was defeated in the war over the Malvinas, which it  is 
notable you continue to call the Falklands, thus revealing where your  
sympathies like on the issue. I'm positive that many of the Argentine leftists  and 
trade unionists, etc. who suffered under the Junta would have supported  
Argentina's claim over the islands and viewed Britain as an imperialist power  whose 
writ still extended to the Southern Hemisphere. It is exactly why the  Junta 
attempted to resolve the issue through military means,  because it was 
guaranteed to win them a lot of support and, as you  previously noted, distract from 
the increasingly parlous state of the  Argentine economy during that period. 
But the notion that a moral  relativism can exist when it comes to the struggle 
against imperialism is naive  at best, and utterly devious at worst, smacking 
as it does of  liberalism. Whilst the Argentine working class was indeed 
suffering the  depredations of a brutal military regime, it paled when compared to 
the  role of Britain as a major ally of the United States, and under Thatcher 
a  champion of the free market. She and Reagan were hawks committed to  the 
destruction of communism, to the system responsible for the  immiseration and 
death of millions throughout the developing world, to the  destruction of any 
semblance of social and economic justice at home and  abroad. Thatcher's 
victory over the Malvinas was a victory for  the free market at home and abroad. It 
was a victory for imperialism. The Junta  in Argentina was a disaster for the 
Argentinean working class. Britain was, and  still is, a disaster for the 
international working class and the developing  world.