[Marxism] New support for Ahmadinejad

[Louis Proyect]

Online: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090625-20193.html
German neo-Nazis praise reelection of Iran's Ahmadinejad
Published: 25 Jun 09 16:02 CET

Neo-Nazis in Germany are applauding the repression of protests in Iran 
and publishing statements supporting the reelection of President Mahmoud 
Ahmadinejad and his hard-line government.

Two extremist parties, the NPD and DVU, have managed to contort their 
racist thinking to embrace the Iranian leader because Ahmadinejad openly 
advocates the elimination of Israel – and presumably has no plans to 
move to Germany.

The NPD website defended Ahmadinejad against what it called a “media 
attack on the Iranian people’s spirit,” referring to widespread doubts 
being expressed about the president’s reelection and described him as 
the “true leader of his people,” according to public broadcaster ARD.

The DVU website carried the message: “Congratulations on your reelection 
Mr President.”

Censorship in Iran, which makes listening to music a risky business, and 
outlaws dancing in public, is praised by the NPD, which says the music 
could be considered decadent and subversive.

The contradiction between this opinion and the complaints the NPD makes 
when neo-Nazi music containing illegally racist lyrics are banned by the 
German government does not seem to have occurred to the party's members.

Germany’s fascists first took to Ahmadinejad when he said he wanted to 
destroy Israel, and then in 2006 organised a conference for Holocaust 
deniers.

Meanwhile, the Islam Conference taking place this week in Berlin 
condemned the violence and abuse of human rights in Iran, with a 
statement signed by all associations taking part aside from the Central 
Council of Muslims in Germany.

The council said it had a policy of not making statements about events 
in other countries, but called for both sides in Iran to come to an 
agreement and allow freedom of opinion.

“Chain-of-light” demonstrations are planned in cities across Europe on 
Thursday night to show solidarity with the Iranian people and 
commemorate those who have been killed recently during demonstrations.

Organisers in Berlin have taken the title, “A light to show hope. 
Thousands of lights show themselves” for the demonstration which will 
take place for an hour from 9:30 pm in front of the Gedächtniskirche in 
the centre of the city. Similar demonstrations are set for Hamburg, 
Cologne, Frankfurt, Paris, London and Rome.