[Marxism] 2 views on the Iran election

[Michael Smith]

It's bad manners on a list like this 
to write a me-too post. But: 

On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:33:03 -0500
Craig Brozefsky <craig at red-bean.com> wrote:
 
> However, I am also sure that US money is going to the opposition, they
> have been given support in many forms
> 
> What saddens me most is that so many of my peers seem to have
> forgotten the Ukraine, Serbia, and the color revolutions, let alone
> the rest of the context in Iran 
> 
> The narrative we are seeing here is not one of
> imperialism and resistance to neo-liberalism, but a spectacle of "what
> message does this send to Obama"  
> 
> I feel
> like I'm reliving the breakup and invasion of Yugoslavia at
> fast-forward -- not because the material situation is the same, but
> because the response of my peers is. 

Me too. 

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Michael Smith
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http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org