[Marxism] 2 views on the Iran election

[Jacob Levich]

This is absolutely correct. Events in Iran are precisely following the 
"color revolution" playbook, as developed by the State Department, the NED, 
and a variety of Soros-funded NGOs -- doubtless with the enthusiastic 
participation of the CIA. These attempts to create "peaceful" regime change 
are _always_ kicked off by charges of a stolen election; the opposition 
(typically led by affluent college students and disgruntled sectors of the 
business class) is always supplied with lavish funds, media-friendly 
scripts, branding in the form of a distinctive color (Rose in Georgia, 
Orange in the Ukraine, et al.) , and so on.

Whether or not the election was stolen is immaterial -- the script calls for 
street demonstrations and strident charges of fraud even where the election 
is clearly legitimate. This was even tried in Venezuela in 2007, but the 
opposition is far too discredited and the government too popular for any 
traction to be created.

 Louis has written extensively about the CIA-connected Center on Nonviolent 
Conflict and its role in instigating these events. I've dealt with the issue 
myself (http://www.counterpunch.org/levich12062003.html), and see also a 
good piece in The Guardian 
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa) which names names.

Jake

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> 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, which now has US military bases on
> two borders documented US terrorist organizations operating inside
> it, and US agents with suitcases of cash.
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