Re: [Pen-l] A velvet revolution in Iran?

[ken hanly <northsunm@xxxxxxxxx>]

   I would think that a Zionist-American millionaire is Zionist who is an American and also a millionaire. What's the problem with undestanding that?

 So you do nothing to show that what Khameni says is wrong you simply engage in an ad hominem diatribe. Given that the US is spending money to destablise the Iranian regime and have engaged in attempts at regime change elsewhere what Khameni says is on the face of it quite plausible.

   By the way there are pristine pure Marxist groups that do support the protesters such as the MEK and the Tudeh party.

Cheers, k hanly


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--- On Mon, 6/22/09, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Pen-l] A velvet revolution in Iran?
> To: "PEN-L list" <PEN-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 2:38 PM
> The post-election crisis in Iran has
> prompted individuals and groups on the left to reduce it to
> an imperialist plot to foment a âcolorâ or âvelvetâ
> revolution. In doing so, they are following the lead of Ali
> Khamenei, the countryâs most powerful leader and a man who
> has never run in an election himself. In a speech delivered
> to the country last Friday, Khamenei said:
> 
> "The amateurish behavior of some people inside the country
> made them (the West) greedy. They have mistaken Iran with
> Georgia.
> 
> "A Zionist-American millionaire claimed that he spent $10
> million to change the regime in Georgia through a velvet
> revolution. [What exactly is a Zionist-American, btw? Is
> that an ethnic category or what?]This claim was published in
> the papers. Those fools thought the Islamic Republic is like
> Georgia. To which countries do you compare Iran to? The
> enemyâs problem is that they do not yet understand the
> Iranian nation."
> 
> As might be expected given its Manichean brand of Marxism
> that divides the world between the âimperialistâ and
> âanti-imperialistâ camps, the Workers World Party stood
> firmly in the Ahmadinejad camp. After denying that fraud
> took place, they made the elections sound like a referendum
> on the world revolution:
> 
> "Ahmadinejad is closely identified with militant support
> for the mass-based resistance movements in Palestine and
> Lebanon, and also with the determined public defense of
> Iranâs nuclear power program. With a high vote for him,
> the Iranians thumb their noses at the imperialists. This
> also explains the strong hostility from the U.S. ruling
> class.
> 
> "In Iran, the reelected president is also considered a
> populist who will fight for economic concessions to Iranâs
> poorâwhich explains his strong popularity outside the
> middle-class and wealthy districts."
> 
> full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/a-velvet-revolution-in-iran/
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