A New Uprising in Iran

[carolina73]

According to what I read in Forbes recently

The Iranian Government flooded its stock market with public money to boost its value. Iranians that had money put their money into the market to take advantage of the government policy. The number of Iranian millionaires has increased significantly.


Apparently the Iranian government was spending the lunch money of the poor.

[RMNIXON]

Iran was decent place in the mid 70's and I very much doubt they ever get that back. Religious Fanaticism is no way to run a Government.

[Javad]

Well, Iran has been under assault from western powers for decades, so it makes sense that they would spend a lot of money on the military. Don't know if you noticed, but western powers have invaded and occupied at least two countries that share a border with Iran, to say nothing of the harsh sanctions regime they've had to endure. And it wasn't that long ago that Iraq invaded Iran at the behest of western powers. Obviously, the Iranian government is far from perfect, yet I find it very hard to believe that you, an avowed communist, would do a better job.

Yes, it makes sense for an autocratic regime which has no popular support and has imperialist ambitions to spend a lot of money for its military. They need a large mercenary army in order to repress their society and rival with other imperialist powers. But the people of Iran have no interest in any imperialist rivalry. Their interest is in overthrowing the current regime and replacing it with a democratic one.

Only democratic regimes are able and willing to cut the hands of foreign imperialist off their countries and ultimately guide their societies to socialism. It wasn't by accident that the Vietnamese managed to repel superpowers such as Japan, France and USA. The democratic government of Vietnam had popular support and was representing its people. But no matter how much military hardware and technology autocratic governments have, their military will fall apart when it faces a serious enemy, just like the puppet regimes which USSR and USA installed in Afghanistan, Napoleon III, Saddam, Assad and Saigon's regime.

Even Iran-Iraq war happened because both countries were ruled by autocratic regimes and were indifferent to their people's demands. The government of Iran could have avoided the war entirely or at least turned it into a short border conflict. But because of its imperialist and expansionist ambitions, it provoked Iraq by supporting and arming the reactionary Shia groups in Iraq. Later, despite Iraqi forces were driven outside Iran and Iraq was willing to sign a peace treaty, Khomeini insisted on continuation of war in order to conquer Iraq and install a puppet Shia government there.

You judge anyone by the standards you know. You assume that anyone who is fighting for power is willing to sit on a throne which Khamenei is sitting on it today and put his crown on his own heads. But communists and all democratic forces are looking forward to putting that throne and crown in a museum and installing a democratic government which is guided by soviets (councils) of working people representatives.

[Captdon]

Unlike you, I remember 1979. Iran gets what they deserve.

[Javad]

The uprising continues as workers, teachers and retirees hold demonstrations and strikes.



Teachers held several nation-wide demonstrations in May. As usual, the government responded by arresting their leaders and supporters. But the period which repressive methods could have worked has passed. The teacher associations announced that they will intensify their struggle and add the demand for freedom of their activists to their previous demands.



Retirees have become quite active in the recent years as well. Their associations have held regular protests and supported other working people in their struggle. Despite their protests have been peaceful, several of their leaders were arrested and sentenced to long prison times, which they have to spend in ordinary prisons meant for criminals, in very bad conditions. Some of them don’t even have access to clean drinking water in prisons and have been attacked by dangerous criminals.



Tehran’s bus drivers syndicate has organized a mass strike combined with street demonstrations. The strike has been successful in the sense that it has involved the mass of bus drivers and gathered public support. Again, the government responded by arresting several leading trade unionists and bringing strike breakers to drive the buses mainly from its armed forces. Since the strike breakers were not familiar with city buses, this resulted in several crashes which bus drivers syndicate published their pictures.



One importance feature of the recent bus driver strike is its simultaneity with the on going uprising. Street fighting and worker strikes can mutually intensity each other, lead the movement to a higher level and provide a leadership in the form of working people’s associations or strike committees for the present spontaneous uprising. Such organizations can evolve into soviets (councils) who represent the working people and are able to replace the bourgeois dictatorship in later stages of struggle.



Oil industry workers association has supported the ongoing strikes and other forms of struggle by working people and has announced it will call a nation-wide strike if its demands are not met.



Another significant thing has happened recently: Two French trade unionist who had traveled to Iran to discuss international support and cooperation with their fellow Iranian worker activists were arrested. Cécile Kohler and her husband Jacqeus Paris were arrested in Tehran when they were going to an airport to return to their country.



You can search for valid and credible news about them, but I suggest that you first open the link bellow which belongs to PressTV, an Iranian state media agency which repeats the state propaganda about them, in order to see how the government deals with any protest, even if it’s peaceful:



Iran's intelligence ministry arrests two French nationals for stoking social disorder



As you can see, the state lies are obvious and no further explanation is needed. According to them, “chaos and social disorder” is something foreign, brought by “spies for the Western agencies”.



The government stubbornly rejects any reform. Perhaps the ruling circles believe that if they show weakness by granting protestors demands in some instance, they will encourage further protests by other sections of the population who want to change their conditions. Since almost all people are discontent – and their discontent is not about this or that policy or official which can be corrected or replaced, but about the totality of the regime, its ideology and governing method – fulfilling their demands means the end of the current regime.

[stjames1_53]

The uprising continues as workers, teachers and retirees hold demonstrations and strikes.



Teachers held several nation-wide demonstrations in May. As usual, the government responded by arresting their leaders and supporters. But the period which repressive methods could have worked has passed. The teacher associations announced that they will intensify their struggle and add the demand for freedom of their activists to their previous demands.



Retirees have become quite active in the recent years as well. Their associations have held regular protests and supported other working people in their struggle. Despite their protests have been peaceful, several of their leaders were arrested and sentenced to long prison times, which they have to spend in ordinary prisons meant for criminals, in very bad conditions. Some of them don’t even have access to clean drinking water in prisons and have been attacked by dangerous criminals.



Tehran’s bus drivers syndicate has organized a mass strike combined with street demonstrations. The strike has been successful in the sense that it has involved the mass of bus drivers and gathered public support. Again, the government responded by arresting several leading trade unionists and bringing strike breakers to drive the buses mainly from its armed forces. Since the strike breakers were not familiar with city buses, this resulted in several crashes which bus drivers syndicate published their pictures.



One importance feature of the recent bus driver strike is its simultaneity with the on going uprising. Street fighting and worker strikes can mutually intensity each other, lead the movement to a higher level and provide a leadership in the form of working people’s associations or strike committees for the present spontaneous uprising. Such organizations can evolve into soviets (councils) who represent the working people and are able to replace the bourgeois dictatorship in later stages of struggle.



Oil industry workers association has supported the ongoing strikes and other forms of struggle by working people and has announced it will call a nation-wide strike if its demands are not met.



Another significant thing has happened recently: Two French trade unionist who had traveled to Iran to discuss international support and cooperation with their fellow Iranian worker activists were arrested. Cécile Kohler and her husband Jacqeus Paris were arrested in Tehran when they were going to an airport to return to their country.



You can search for valid and credible news about them, but I suggest that you first open the link bellow which belongs to PressTV, an Iranian state media agency which repeats the state propaganda about them, in order to see how the government deals with any protest, even if it’s peaceful:



Iran's intelligence ministry arrests two French nationals for stoking social disorder



As you can see, the state lies are obvious and no further explanation is needed. According to them, “chaos and social disorder” is something foreign, brought by “spies for the Western agencies”.



The government stubbornly rejects any reform. Perhaps the ruling circles believe that if they show weakness by granting protestors demands in some instance, they will encourage further protests by other sections of the population who want to change their conditions. Since almost all people are discontent – and their discontent is not about this or that policy or official which can be corrected or replaced, but about the totality of the regime, its ideology and governing method – fulfilling their demands means the end of the current regime.

rugged redo, but still straight out of The Communist Manifesto
Communism has failed wherever it has taken root unless it has an army to enforce its policies on a weak nation and a weak people.

[Jen]

We are going to see famine, food shortages, and uprisings all over the world. It doesn't have to happen. It is all contrived. It's sad that a few wealthy families have decided the world population ("useless eaters") must be reduced by millions and they have begun the purge.

[Peter1469]

The uprising continues as workers, teachers and retirees hold demonstrations and strikes.



Teachers held several nation-wide demonstrations in May. As usual, the government responded by arresting their leaders and supporters. But the period which repressive methods could have worked has passed. The teacher associations announced that they will intensify their struggle and add the demand for freedom of their activists to their previous demands.



Retirees have become quite active in the recent years as well. Their associations have held regular protests and supported other working people in their struggle. Despite their protests have been peaceful, several of their leaders were arrested and sentenced to long prison times, which they have to spend in ordinary prisons meant for criminals, in very bad conditions. Some of them don’t even have access to clean drinking water in prisons and have been attacked by dangerous criminals.



Tehran’s bus drivers syndicate has organized a mass strike combined with street demonstrations. The strike has been successful in the sense that it has involved the mass of bus drivers and gathered public support. Again, the government responded by arresting several leading trade unionists and bringing strike breakers to drive the buses mainly from its armed forces. Since the strike breakers were not familiar with city buses, this resulted in several crashes which bus drivers syndicate published their pictures.



One importance feature of the recent bus driver strike is its simultaneity with the on going uprising. Street fighting and worker strikes can mutually intensity each other, lead the movement to a higher level and provide a leadership in the form of working people’s associations or strike committees for the present spontaneous uprising. Such organizations can evolve into soviets (councils) who represent the working people and are able to replace the bourgeois dictatorship in later stages of struggle.



Oil industry workers association has supported the ongoing strikes and other forms of struggle by working people and has announced it will call a nation-wide strike if its demands are not met.



Another significant thing has happened recently: Two French trade unionist who had traveled to Iran to discuss international support and cooperation with their fellow Iranian worker activists were arrested. Cécile Kohler and her husband Jacqeus Paris were arrested in Tehran when they were going to an airport to return to their country.



You can search for valid and credible news about them, but I suggest that you first open the link bellow which belongs to PressTV, an Iranian state media agency which repeats the state propaganda about them, in order to see how the government deals with any protest, even if it’s peaceful:



Iran's intelligence ministry arrests two French nationals for stoking social disorder



As you can see, the state lies are obvious and no further explanation is needed. According to them, “chaos and social disorder” is something foreign, brought by “spies for the Western agencies”.



The government stubbornly rejects any reform. Perhaps the ruling circles believe that if they show weakness by granting protestors demands in some instance, they will encourage further protests by other sections of the population who want to change their conditions. Since almost all people are discontent – and their discontent is not about this or that policy or official which can be corrected or replaced, but about the totality of the regime, its ideology and governing method – fulfilling their demands means the end of the current regime.

Thanks for the update.

[Javad]

This thread is a little old. But another uprising has began. The protests began when the "Moral Security Police" killed a 22-year-old girl: Mahsa Amini.
8 People have been killed so far, street demonstrations and strikes are ongoing. The government has cut the internet in Kurdistan, where the protests were more intense. The government forces are shooting protestors with live ammunition. The death toll is likely to increase.

[Peter1469]

This thread is a little old. But another uprising has began. The protests began when the "Moral Security Police" killed a 22-year-old girl: Mahsa Amini.
8 People have been killed so far, street demonstrations and strikes are ongoing. The government has cut the internet in Kurdistan, where the protests were more intense. The government forces are shooting protestors with live ammunition. The death toll is likely to increase.

Good to see the people stand up for their rights.