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Saturday September 01, 2007 14:01

by Reza Fiyouzat

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A progressive, anti-imperialist, Iranian case against Iran's nuclear program

Here an Iranian Socialist and Anti-Imperialist explains why it is not a good idea for Iran to develop or to maintain Nuclear Power stations. Full text at the link.

Those in the Iranian socialist opposition arguing for a nuclear-free Iran
have either been absent from the Western left's discourse or have been
getting the short end of the stick from some in the US left. Trapped in a
mentality as simplistic as that of George Bush's, a good part of the US left
has been repeating a similar logic, by saying that either you go along with
the imperialists' plans and support Bush or find excuses to support Iran's
government's pursuit of nuclear energy.

This, in spite of the fact that the same American left-leaning activists and
writers have a strong tradition of anti-nuclear stance when it has come to
the US society. May E. P. Thompson's soul rest in eternal peace, but I know
that his spirit must be spinning in his grave.

What those so-called leftists do not understand, or willfully ignore, is
that imperialism feeds on oppressed, un-represented people. To the extent
that the Iranian regime stifles 'its own people' and their potentials by
increasingly exposing them to larger harms, without providing any
opportunities for their flourishing and development, to the extent that
Iranian people are undermined by their government, they as a whole are more
likely to be swallowed up by the plans and designs of the imperialists.
Empowered people are the best defense against imperialist aggression.

Those who, like the Islamic regime in Iran, insist that pursuing nuclear
power is an automatic right, must also be prepared to bear the
responsibility to fully account and be accountable for any and all
activities relating to the handling of nuclear materials, especially if
nuclear facilities are built near dense population areas, and most
definitely if those reactors are located on active tectonic plates, as is
the case with the Bushehr reactor.

rfiyouzat@yahoo.com.

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Comments (55 of 55)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	why the hell shouldn't iran have nukes?	dr strangelove	Sat Sep 01, 2007 22:30
2	Iran and nukes	Sceptic	Sat Sep 01, 2007 23:50
3	exempt	Watcher	Sun Sep 02, 2007 15:15
4	Again	Watcher	Sun Sep 02, 2007 15:26
5	NPT	Sceptic	Sun Sep 02, 2007 16:47
6	Sceptic	pat c	Sun Sep 02, 2007 16:55
7	Nuclear issues	Sceptic	Sun Sep 02, 2007 18:22
8	What's the problem?	Watcher	Sun Sep 02, 2007 19:54
9	Big deal?	Sceptic	Sun Sep 02, 2007 20:34
10	you bet	Watcher	Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:16
11	All nuclear powers in breach of NPT	Electra	Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:37
12	Is this a dodgy article?	Aragon	Mon Sep 03, 2007 13:33
13	Aragon	Socialist	Mon Sep 03, 2007 17:13
14	Dumping on Iran	Watcher	Mon Sep 03, 2007 18:36
15	Respsone to comments	Sceptic	Mon Sep 03, 2007 20:17
16	the only people ever to drop a nuke were the good 'ole USA. TWICE!! And On civilians!!!	wageslave	Mon Sep 03, 2007 21:38
17	Mask has slipped	Watcher	Tue Sep 04, 2007 08:55
18	It is not racism	Sceptic	Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:53
19	Watcher	Socialist	Tue Sep 04, 2007 14:49
20	"Socialist"	John H.	Tue Sep 04, 2007 15:18
21	John	Socialist	Tue Sep 04, 2007 15:30
22	Anti Imperialism	pat c	Tue Sep 04, 2007 15:48
23	HOPI	pat c	Tue Sep 04, 2007 15:56
24	More ado about nothing	John H.	Tue Sep 04, 2007 16:04
25	John	Socialist	Tue Sep 04, 2007 16:15
26	Whatever	John H.	Tue Sep 04, 2007 16:27
27	I've had opportunity to read a lot of rightwing Brit propaganda & watch similar US telly stuff.	iosaf	Tue Sep 04, 2007 17:11
28	Correction	Sceptic	Tue Sep 04, 2007 17:32
29	To John re Surveys Valid In a Dictatorship.	Socialist	Tue Sep 04, 2007 17:59
30	Attacks on Iran	Watcher	Tue Sep 04, 2007 18:36
31	Watcher	Socialist	Tue Sep 04, 2007 18:48
32	ps	Socialist	Tue Sep 04, 2007 18:53
33	PS	Lefty	Tue Sep 04, 2007 19:11
34	selective?	Watcher	Tue Sep 04, 2007 20:09
35	Irish and Iranian revolutions	Alan	Thu Sep 06, 2007 15:18
36	Laugh out loud funny	Lefty	Thu Sep 06, 2007 16:04
37	"lefty"	Curious	Thu Sep 06, 2007 16:29
38	Curiously Odd	Lefty	Thu Sep 06, 2007 16:55
39	The Left Support The Iranian Opposition	HOPI	Thu Sep 06, 2007 16:58
40	'Lefty'	Curious	Thu Sep 06, 2007 17:02
41	Lefty	HOPI	Thu Sep 06, 2007 17:06
42	name dropping	Watcher	Thu Sep 06, 2007 17:37
43	Watcher Is A Liar	pat c	Thu Sep 06, 2007 18:21
44	Liar?	Critical	Thu Sep 06, 2007 18:50
45	Take That!	pat c	Thu Sep 06, 2007 18:51
46	More two year bitching	Critical	Thu Sep 06, 2007 18:55
47	Outed	Watcher	Thu Sep 06, 2007 19:16
48	Re 'Outed'	Anne	Thu Sep 06, 2007 23:22
49	Fudge.	Watcher	Fri Sep 07, 2007 08:23
50	Watcher Is A Fraud	pat c	Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:27
51	Other Countries	pat c	Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:51
52	A bit of sanity	MichaelY	Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:16
53	Michael Y	pat c	Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:34
54	iran's nuclear programme	tomeile	Thu Aug 21, 2008 17:02
55	Article in full. Outlines clearly the mistakes that HOPI make, either wilfully or otherwise.	Watcher	Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:30

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