Re: [Marxism] MRZine: voice of the Iranian state

["Johannes Schneider" <Johannes.Schneider@xxxxxxx>]

Louis Proyect wrote:

> That's the view of the Angry Arab:
> 
> http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2009/06/mrzine-and-iranian-state-propaganda.html
> 

As'ad AbuKhalil likes to bend the stick sometimes a bit to one side.
(and even he puts adds a question mark to it: "MRZine and Iranian state 
propaganda?")

I dont think a quote like this sounds like the voice of the Iranian state:

"Iran's civil society is fighting; it is giving blood for a just cause.  It is 
displaying its power, the power of the people.  Today, Iran must be considered 
one of the most vibrant democracies in the world because it is the people who 
are speaking.  The role of the supporters of the status quo has been reduced to 
reaction, which is why they are lashing out violently at those who question 
their legitimacy."

The above quote is from a piece that is from MRzine itself:
http://monthlyreview.org/mrzine/aam230609.html

Other than that MRZine mirrors news, commentaries and videos from sources like 
the British Guardian, Al-Jazeera or YouTube, hardly to be considered being 
mouth-pieces of the Iranian state. And yes they have news from PressTV. But 
even before PressTV news have appeared on this list and the Marxism list has 
not been accused of being the voice of the Iranian state.

MRzine does not jump the Mousavi band-waggon and they might be a bit skeptical 
about the prospects of the present demonstration, but I consider this kind of 
an antidote to all those proclamations of a second Iranian revolution.

Johannes

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