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, by GASPER Phil
Why are some U.S. leftists siding with the repressive Iranian regime against pro-democracy protesters?
At the beginning of August, the government of Iran launched a trial against more than 100 of its most prominent opponents, claiming that they had conspired with foreign governments to (…)
, by SEPEHRI S., SUSTAR Lee
THE GREAT mobilization that followed Iran’s disputed elections has transformed that country’s politics irrevocably. A blatant attempt to steal an election by incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has turned into a coup, creating a profound split in the Iranian ruling class. The regime’s (…)
, by BINA Cyrus
“You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” Mark Twain
Introduction
In this essay, I intend to focus on the origin of the trigger-point that led to Iran’s post-election uprising in the summer of 2009, and lay bare the consequences on the diametrical, yet (…)
, by SEPEHR Houshang
What is happening in Iran is a spontaneous, ingenious and independent revolt by a people frustrated by thirty years of tyranny by an obscurantist, religious regime, a revolt that was unleashed by electoral fraud.
The present situation is only the result of a long and complex process which has (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
We, the undersigned human rights organizations and advocates from the Arab region, express our utter condemnation of all forms of brutal repression undertaken by the Iranian authorities against large masses of the Iranian people involved in peaceful demonstrations and protests against the course (…)
, by HELIE LUCAS Marieme, SIAWI
Dear friends of Iran Solidarity,
It is my strong regret that i cannot be with you today, July 13, 2009, for the launch of the campaign in London.
The network ’Secularism Is A Women’s Issue’ extends its warmest support to your initiative.
The people in Iran who are on the streets everyday - (…)
, by SULEHRIA Farooq
A columnist in the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv told his readers on the day of election in Iran: “If you have friends in Iran, try to convince them to vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today. There is no one who will serve Israel’s PR interests better than him.” (12 June 2009)
It seems Israelis (…)
, by MUNCKTON Stuart
“The US Vice-President, Joe Biden, says America will not stand in the way of an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities”, a July 7 Sydney Morning Herald article said.
“Responding to questions on the American ABC TV’s This Week, Mr Biden said three times that Israel was free to do (…)
, by RAHNEMA Saeed
The electoral coup and the subsequent uprising and suppression of the revolting voters in Iran have prompted all sorts of analyses in Western media from both the Right and the Left. The Right, mostly inspired by the neo-con ideology and reactionary perspectives, dreams of the re-creation of the (…)
, by HARRISON Thomas, LANDY Joanne, LEMISCH Jesse, SHALOM Stephen R.
(July 7, 2009) — Right after the June 12 elections in Iran, the Campaign for Peace and Democracy issued a statement expressing our strong support for the masses of Iranians protesting electoral fraud and our horror at the ferocious response of the government. Our statement concluded: “We express (…)
, by KIA Babak
Thanks to a huge, planned electoral fraud, Iran’s outgoing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was declared victor in the first round of the country’s presidential elections, with an unlikely score. As the height of irony, the regime itself recognised irregularities concerning 3 million votes. In (…)
, by JOHNSON Robert, RIDDELL John
Introduction by Robert Johnson and John Riddell
June 29, 2009 — Socialist Voice — The mass protests in Iran, sparked by charges of fraud in the June 12 presidential elections, express deeply felt demands for expanded democratic rights. The establishment press has been silent on the aspirations (…)
, by ERLICH Reese
When I returned from covering the Iranian elections recently, I was surprised to find my email box filled with progressive authors, academics and bloggers bending themselves into knots about the current crisis in Iran. They cite the long history of U.S. interference in Iran and conclude that the (…)
, by EHSANI Kaveh, KESHAVARZIAN Arang, MORUZZI Norma Claire
The morning after Iran’s June 12 presidential election, Iranians booted up their computers to find Fars News, the online mouthpiece of the Islamic Republic’s security apparatus, heralding the dawn of a “third revolution.” Many an ordinary Iranian, and many a Western pundit, had already adopted (…)
, by FRSO
FRSO Statement on Iran: Our Strategy, Theory, and Vision
National Executive Committee of FRSO/OSCL
It is no easier for Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO/OSCL) to understand and respond to the dramatic events now shaking Iran than anyone else. The situation there is confused and (…)
, by Fourth International
Since June 13th, after the faked presidential election, millions of Iranian are expressing their anger with cries of “down with the dictatorship”. Their mobilization increases the crisis of the regime. Ferocious repression has already caused hundreds of dead and wounded. Our place is at the side (…)
, by WHARTON Billy
June 26, 2009 — A creeping assumption lies just beneath the surface of arguments concerning the disputed election in Iran. Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is cast as an anti-US populist crusader resisting the materialistic advances of the West. His opponent, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, as his foil – a (…)
, by ERLICH Reese
June 26, 2009 — Iran is not undergoing a ``Twitter Revolution’’. The term simultaneously mischaracterizes and trivialises the important mass movement developing in Iran. Here’s how it all began. The Iranian government prohibited foreign reporters from traveling outside Tehran without special (…)
, by Socialist Alliance (Australia)
The Socialist Alliance stands in solidarity with the millions of Iranians who are bravely demanding their rights in the streets despite huge state-sanctioned repression. These are the biggest protests in Iran since the 1979 protests in which the US-backed Shah was deposed.
Millions of people, (…)
, by Trade Unions (Iran)
Four international trade union organisations (ITUC, ITF, IUF and EI) have declared 26 June as the international day of solidarity with Iranian workers to support their struggle for their basic rights. Members of these confederations around the world will organize practical support towards (…)
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