Iran-Update 10.07. 2009 – Marg Bar Jomhuriye Eslami!
Verfasst von entdinglichung am 10. Juli 2009
Weitere Artikel zum Thema auf dieser Seite unter http://entdinglichung.wordpress.com/category/iran/:
1.) Seiten mit regelmässig aktualisierter Berichterstattung: Revolutionary Road, News from the struggles in Iran (HOPI), Révolution en Iran, Rise of The Iranian People und LabourStart.
2.) Berichte und Bilder zur den gestrigen Demonstrationen zum 10. Jahrestag der StudentInnen-Bewegung von 1999 in Tehran findet mensch auf Revolutionary Road ((1), (2) und (3); ein ebenfalls dort gepostetes Video weist auf arabisch sprechende Repressionskräfte hin, einen weiteren Bericht zur Repression am gestrigen Tage findet mensch auf der Seite der International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
„Thousands of demonstrators commemorated the tenth anniversary of the student-led protests of 9 July 1999 in Tehran yesterday, despite a harsh crackdown by government forces. Dozens of protestors were detained.
Security forces and government-controlled Basij militia and plain clothes agents attacked the protestors, beating them viciously with batons, cables, and attempting to disperse them with heavy use of tear gas, several eyewitnesses told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.“
Auf der Webseite von Révolution en Iran findet mensch Bilder von einer Demonstration in Rasht/Gilan:
3.) Aus einem Interview mit Arash Azizi auf In Defence of Marxism:
„Well, anybody who has lived in Iran for a while knows that for them everything is organized by Israel and the CIA. Independent intellectuals, writers, poets, journalists, even youth who just want to have fun are usually attacked in this manner. This is because oppressive regimes never want to concede that people are actually against them!
Of course this is ridiculous. This is a genuine mass movement with millions on the streets.
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The conclusion of this movement has of course much more important implications in the region and internationally. The overthrowing of the Islamic Republic, in my idea, will lead to an end of Political Islam as an international movement because this movement will lose its main head. The resources for the Islamists in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria will dry up and this is only good news for the people of those countries! As I said, it will also prove to everybody that no regime is indestructible and one has to fight against dictatorships and once the collective power of the workers and people is on the scene, any regime will be brought down.
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The labour movement has its weaknesses and strengths. It lacks traditional mass organizations (like Trade Unions which are almost non-existent) but on the other hand it has great revolutionary traditions like the workers’ councils which were formed in the 1979 revolution. It also has a lot of potential militancy and has so far shown no illusions in any wing of the regime, which is extraordinary. But it is yet to decisively enter the struggle and when that happens, the fate of the Iranian revolution will be sealed.“
4.) Jörn Schulz in der jungle world:
„Es gibt Indizien dafür, dass Ahmadinejad einer apokalyptischen Randströmung der Schia nahesteht, die das baldige Ende der Welt erwartet und geneigt sein könnte, etwa mit einem Angriff auf Israel nachzuhelfen, wenn Gott sich zu viel Zeit lässt. Von Khamenei ist dergleichen nicht bekannt. Doch auch die Dynamik der inneren Entwicklung könnte zu einer Saddamisierung des Regimes führen.
Mit jeder Säuberungswelle wurde im Irak die Basis des Regimes schmaler und die Zahl seiner Feinde, die nur mit weiteren Gewalttaten niedergehalten werden konnten, größer. In den achtziger Jahren begann eine wirtschaftliche Öffnungspolitik, von der jedoch nur die Oligarchie der Loyalisten profitierte. Hofschranzen und Folterexperten sind nur selten gute Manager, überdies verschlangen die Militärausgaben gewaltige Summen. So kam das irakische Regime zweimal, 1980 und 1990, in eine Situation, in der es vor der Wahl stand, entweder seine ambitionierten Pläne aufzugeben oder einen potenziell lukrativen Raubkrieg zu führen. Beide Male entschied Saddam Hussein sich für den Krieg.
Im Falle des Iran wäre eine der Golfmonarchien das wahrscheinliche Ziel einer Invasion oder einer militärischen Erpressung. Dass Mitarbeiter der britischen Botschaft inhaftiert wurden und angeklagt werden sollen, ist ein erstes Anzeichen dafür, dass eine außenpolitische Konfrontation beabsichtigt ist. Die checks and balances der »Islamischen Republik« haben bislang wohl auch außenpolitische Abenteuer gebremst. Wenn nun die islamistischen Militaristen die Alleinherrschaft übernehmen, geht es bei Verhandlungen mit Ahmadinejad und Khamenei nicht allein um Fragen des guten Geschmacks.
Von ihren Atomrüstungsplänen wird man die iranischen Machthaber nicht abbringen können. Das Nuklearprogramm kann nur verzögert werden, vor allem durch Sanktionen. Siemens davon abzubringen, im Training Center in Teheran Kurse in »Gas Chromatography« anzubieten, obwohl diese Technologie zur Trennung von Chemikalien auch bei der Urananreicherung angewendet wird, wäre ein Anfang. Verhindert werden kann die nukleare Rüstung nur durch die Säkularisierung und die Demokratisierung.“
5.) Ein weiterer Text zur Kritik an MRZine, Galloway, Petras & Konsorten auf ESSF: The Tragedy of the Left’s Discourse on Iran von Saeed Rahnema
„The most bizarre case is the on-line journal MRZine, the offshoot of Monthly Review, which in some instances even publicized the propaganda of the Basij (Islamic militia) hooligans and criminals. The website has given ample rooms to pro-Islamist contributors; while they can hardly be considered to be on the left, their words are appreciated by the leftists editing the site. One writer claims that the battle in Iran is about “welfare reform and private property rights”, and that Ahmadinejad “has enraged the managerial class”, as he is “the least enthusiastic about neo-liberal reforms demanded by Iran’s corporate interests”, and that he is under attack by “Iran’s fiscal conservative candidates”. The author conveniently fails to mention that there are also much “corporate interests” controlled by Ahmadinejad’s friends and allies in the Islamic Guards and his conservative cleric supporters, and that he has staunchly followed “privatization” policies by handing over state holdings to his cronies.
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One of the most shocking pieces is by the renowned controversial Left writer and academic, James Petras. In his piece “Iranian Elections: ‘The Stolen Elections’ Hoax”, Petras conclusively denies any wrongdoings in the Iranian elections and confidently goes into the detail of the demographics of some small Iranian towns, with no credibility or expertise in the subject.
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On the basis of his limited understanding of the situation, Petras declares that “[t]he scale of the opposition’s electoral deficit should tell us how out of touch it is with its own people’s vital concerns.” Firstly, like many others he cannot distinguish among different groups and categories of this “opposition”, and worse, is telling Iranian women, youth, union activists, intellectuals and artists, that their demands and “concerns” for political and individual freedoms, human rights, democracy, gender equity and labour rights are not “vital”. It seems he’s telling the Iranian left: rofagha (comrades), if you are being tortured and rotting in prisons, your books are burned and you are expelled from your profession, don’t worry, because the “working class” is receiving subsidies and handouts from the government! Professor Petras and those like him will not be as forgiving if their own freedoms and privileges were at issue.
The left has historically been rooted in solidarity with progressive movements, women’s rights and rights for unions and its voice has been first and foremost a call for freedom. The voices that we hear today from part of the Left are tragically reactionary. Siding with religious fundamentalists with the wrong assumptions that they are anti-imperialists and anti-capitalists, is aligning with the most reactionary forces of history. This is a reactionary left, different from progressive left which has always been on the side of the forces of progress.“
