Re: [Marxism] The Left and Support For Islamic Resistance

["Ian Pace" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Lüko Willms" <lueko.willms@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>  The really big question is why attack Iran for oppression of women,
> because there are certain clothing rules for women, but where woman are
> the vast majority of university students, and enjoy civil rights, but 
> remain
> silent about the much more severe oppression of women in Saudi Arabia,
> where women can't decide anything of importance for their live themselves,
> but need the decision of a male caretaker (father, brother, son, or other 
> male
> relative), are not allowed to drive a car etc?
>
I don't know of a single Marxist who remains silent on the oppression of 
women in Saudi Arabia (the situation is very different with respect to 
confused liberal relativists) - it seems a little as if you're conflating 
reactionary bourgeois opinion with that of progressive Marxists. I would 
have thought that a Marxist ought *not* to make distinctions between the 
reactionary ideas and policies of third world ruling classes simply on the 
basis of how antithetical they are towards the imperialist nations.

Plus, whilst I don't know a great deal of detail about post-1979 Iran, in 
the early days of the Ayatollah, I believe the situation for women was a 
good deal worse than it is today. And in Afghanistan under the Taliban it 
certainly was pretty much on a par with Saudi Arabia in most respects.

Solidarity,
Ian 


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