I think there may be some confusion about what 'neo-liberal' policies are. Handing out oil money to the poor is not an example of neo-liberalism. Nor does that in itself seriously account for whatever inflation Iran is experiencing.
Xymph's sarcasm aside, Jacob's article informs that Mousavi's support within Iran comes mostly from the privileged classes. So if this conflict is a class war with the opposition supported by the U.S.A (both zionists and the oil elites) than you really only have socialism as means of opposing Western interference in your country's affairs (at least in the near future).
stevieb
· 6 months ago
I'm not sure that zionists are supporting Mousavi as much as they are simply looking to ferment chaos and division in Iran, to be a little more accurate...
Laurie
· 6 months ago
The U.S. is interfering in Iran. To think this is just the U.S. being opportunists, is naive. Iran's biggest trading partner is China. China can't be happy about the 900 billion it holds in U.S. phony money. Wouldn't it be nice for them if the Renminbi became the world reserve currency. Irans oil could help. So don't tell me the U.S. doesn,t have a dog in this fight.
"The Obama administration, while insisting it is not meddling in Iran, yesterday confirmed it had asked Twitter to remain open to help anti-government protesters.
The company had planned a temporary shutdown to overhaul its service in the middle of the night on Monday but the US state department put in a request to postpone this.
The New York Times last night identified the author of the request as Jared Cohen, a 27-year-old state department official. Twitter complied with the request, delaying its overhaul until last night."
stevieb
· 6 months ago
I would love to know what Obama has done in regards to Bush's covert operation in Iran - he certainly hasn't addressed it (not that anyone in the American press is going to ask him anyway). If you are trying to improve relations with Iran as you say than you'd probably want to make a point of disavowing your predecessor's terrorist policies - whether they are 'true' or not....
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· 6 months ago
Test
5 dancing shlomos
· 6 months ago
twitter is the national bird of usrael. appropriate since it puts its nose everywhere it doesnt belong and leaves shit.
hANOVER fIST
· 6 months ago
This is the same thing that happened in Venezuela in April of 2002...of course, you know how that ended.
I think that Mousavi might not even be given the option to quit, or be hung, drawn and quartered.
manfromatlan
· 6 months ago
My comment on Huffington Post: "PressTV isn't "Iran State Media" It's a private network (with Iran gov't supporters) out of London. The real Iran State Media's blocked in the west. It wasn't a million in the streets. Tens of thousands most likely. When you said the Mousawi supporters met in Vali Asri square you got it wrong; that was the Ahmadinejad demonstration. Most Twitter posts have been originating from outside of Iran, with unverified rumours passing as fact. The only sizeable demonstrations are in Tehran city, Mousawi lost in every province. This isn't a revolution, it's an attempt to take oever the legitimate government. The Mousawi plot's already failed, and in a month's time, Ahmadinejad will still be in power, and Mousawi will go back to hobnobbing with the neo-cons"
manfromatlan
· 6 months ago
Islamic nationalism, and not socialism, is the means of opposing Western interference in M.E. & AfPakIran affairs
stevieb
· 6 months ago
And Islamic nationalism would necessarily involve socialism, as it did in Venezuela. The way to any nationalism is to oppose western corporate economic integration....
stevieb
· 6 months ago
Socialism isn't necessarily communism - for our American conservatives...
stevieb
· 6 months ago
To be clear where I stand - I don't necessarily support the anti-democratic platform in Venezuela at the moment even as I understand it's necessity in the short term.
Of course this could back-fire in the long run, but I'd say it's that or having your country looted by western imperialism. But we appear to be heading in a complete restructuring of the global status quo so we can only see where that leads...
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Xymph's sarcasm aside, Jacob's article informs that Mousavi's support within Iran comes mostly from the privileged classes. So if this conflict is a class war with the opposition supported by the U.S.A (both zionists and the oil elites) than you really only have socialism as means of opposing Western interference in your country's affairs (at least in the near future).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/17/oba...
"The Obama administration, while insisting it is not meddling in Iran, yesterday confirmed it had asked Twitter to remain open to help anti-government protesters.
The company had planned a temporary shutdown to overhaul its service in the middle of the night on Monday but the US state department put in a request to postpone this.
The New York Times last night identified the author of the request as Jared Cohen, a 27-year-old state department official. Twitter complied with the request, delaying its overhaul until last night."
I think that Mousavi might not even be given the option to quit, or be hung, drawn and quartered.
"PressTV isn't "Iran State Media" It's a private network (with Iran gov't supporters) out of London.
The real Iran State Media's blocked in the west.
It wasn't a million in the streets. Tens of thousands most likely.
When you said the Mousawi supporters met in Vali Asri square you got it wrong; that was the Ahmadinejad demonstration.
Most Twitter posts have been originating from outside of Iran, with unverified rumours passing as fact.
The only sizeable demonstrations are in Tehran city, Mousawi lost in every province.
This isn't a revolution, it's an attempt to take oever the legitimate government.
The Mousawi plot's already failed, and in a month's time, Ahmadinejad will still be in power, and Mousawi will go back to hobnobbing with the neo-cons"
Of course this could back-fire in the long run, but I'd say it's that or having your country looted by western imperialism. But we appear to be heading in a complete restructuring of the global status quo so we can only see where that leads...