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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6Soon Iran will be democratic and free like Iraq is today.
You mean that a million Iranians will die violent deaths over the next six years, one third of them at the hands of US forces? Keep your hypocritical good wishes to yourself - the Iranians who want more political freedom in their country don't need "help" from bloodthirsty keyboard warriors who celebrate mass murder as long as the stars and stripes are flying over the mound of corpses. Nothing would suit the clerical regime better than for the US and its cheerleaders to try and hijack the protest movement in Iran - it has nothing to do with you and your sordid agenda of conquest and domination.
Hands off People of Iran supporters attended the demo at the Dail and handed out leaflets with our slogans advertising a demo we are having on Saturday 2pm at the Central bank. We believe that it is essential to support the stuggle of the masses in Iran but we also warn that there should be no imperialist intervention. Since we set up our campaign in Ireland two years ago we have consistently campaigned for an end to the threat of war and sanctions but we have supported the people of Iran, not the Islamic state.
We have seen the kind of mass destruction that US/British regime changes bring - in Afghanistan and Iraq. There should be no illusions in them - Obama is an enemy, not a friend of the Iranian people. It should be the working class internationally that comes to the support of those in struggle in Iran. That is what we are about.
Under the picture of the woman in the burqa ,men never seem to opt for this particular item of clothing,it says "the complex face of the fight for democracy in Iran" I don't see any face?
Fair play to the woman, she's not going to have been recognised on the demonstration unless they followed her around the corner. Surely people realise that those Iranians would likely have been logged by someone attached to the embassy? She's not wearing a burka. She's not even wearing a niqab which is the name for covering not only the hair but the forehead and face below eyes with a seperate fold which can be lowered "yashmak" style or kept up. In fact she's wearing what appear to be designer sunglasses and head covering which were it not for the gold braid would not appear out of place on a black block protester. Now put her in context of the protest and her peers and the message clearly sent in front of the Dail & I reckon she was very sensibly dressed & Paula's caption succintly brings our attention to her right eye (left from view point). What do we need for a face and more to the point how do we describe faces of protest movements? Can one of us describe the nostrils of sub-Commandant Marcos of the Zapatistas? Do we need to know the strength of his jawline, the depth of his cupid's bow or the density of his beard to accept that his masked face from eye downwards is one of the powerful faces of protest?
http://www.hopi-Ireland.org
I do not think it matters even if a woman is wearing the burka/hijab or not, why start this shit its going off topic, if a woman chooses to wear burka or hijab and it is her choice and not by force is it not her right to do so?.
As leftist are we not suppose to advocate a persons indivdual right and liberiteis to wear as they choose obviously if forced it is wrong and we should condemn it but again if her choice leave it with that.
Moafaq basheed wa khaily alley ast. Zindabad Iran