Re: Re: Re: [Marxism] Re: Anti-Iran actions on International Women's Day

[Mahmood Ketabchi <mekchi@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
>I wholly disagree with the conclusions you seem to derive from my
>statement. I feel like it is crucial to continue struggling against
>all oppressive regimes as part of the struggle against imperialism
>under which they arise.I am sorry that the particular pain inflicted
>on you by the torturers in Iran seemingly makes you unable or
>unwilling to understand the basic strategic point I was making. The
>particular moment of struggle against the clerics - as seen in the
>streets of Jackson Heights Queens - seems of very limited value when
>weighed against what it means in providing ideological cover , here
>'at home',  to the US empire's war-making against Iran.
>
>I also feel obligated to add that the "I remind you of your Islamic
>torturers" line is completely unacceptable except in exposing the
>weakness of your position. You failed to deal with my arguments and
>know nothing of me or my history. And even if you did (eg. as a start,
> I have family who were tortured in Somoza's prison in Managua and
>very close friends who equally suffered under the apartheid regime in
>S. Africa) this is a starting point for outrage and fury but not a end
>point for any argument.
>
>So I am left more in sadness than disgust...
>
>-aa


You are just repeating what you said in your previous email.  Your ?basic 
strategic point? is that no one should fight against the brutal Islamic regime 
of Iran because it provides an ?ideological cover here at home to the US 
empire?s war making machine against Iran.?

What you do not say is that the march and rally in NYC was an action both 
against the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as against the US war mongering 
and aggression against the people of Iran.   In fact, it is you who provide 
justification and cover for the crimes against humanity committed by the 
Islamic regime by refusing to condemn the Islamic regime and even more 
outrageous demanding that no one should criticize and fight the Islamic regime.

First of all, my personal outrage against the Islamic regime is political.  
Second, I do not need your petty; keep it to yourself.   It is quite outrageous 
for you to undermine my discussion by portraying my experience as if have some 
sort of "blind vendetta" that makes me illogical.

I did not say ?you remind me.? Do not change my words. I said ?your statement 
reminds me of my Islamic torture and interrogator who kept telling me that I 
was working for America by opposing the Islamic regime.?  That is right, I do 
not know.

Mahmood



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