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This question may have already been asked & answered on this thread, but, what do these protesters want, exactly?
Anti-West reformists say they want the return of the Shah:
“For weeks now the Iranian expat opposition, made up primarily of monarchist and far right fascists on the payroll of the US, Israel and the Saudis, have been promoting three days of nationwide strikes in Iran, set to begin yesterday. So yesterday, today and tomorrow the entire country of Iran, with a population of over 85 million, is shut down. Every shop, workplace, factory, public transit, busses, trains, trams, metros, kindergartens, middle schools, high schools, universities—it is all shut down, and the evil Islamic regime is on the verge of collapse now.
“At least, that’s what every media outlet has been spewing since yesterday, from the Guardian to the BBC to German and French state media. It’s over. Rejoice, the Great Iranian Revolution of 2022 has been completed. The son of the fascist monarch who was overthrown will return gloriously to sit on his rightful throne again, and everyone will cheer and celebrate as the oil industry is handed over to Shell and Exxonmobil and Chevron. Democracy has returned, finally.” SOURCE: https://zeisquirrel.substack.com/p/a-simple-exercise-in-dispelling-media?fbclid=IwAR2i0wNJ23u3AeQwxF4oR2LFsOHywHAA7skZRh9eZAQFCAEzPZIfSwn11sA
The General by Dispatch
(Along with “Revolution” by Tracy Chapman, I also have to hold back the tears while listening to this song).
I haven’t completely caught up with this thread, so I apologise if these songs have already been posted.
Peace Train by Yusuf Islam
Here’s a marvellous scene from John Carpenter’s They Live (1988), which shows how real socialists see the world. The whole film is available to watch for free on Youtube. While it’s true John Carpenter was/is against free-market-capitalism, this film can very easily be interpreted as anti-capitalism (in general).
How Ukraine’s Plan to Retake Crimea would Tear Russia Apart
“Frankly, the Russian Federation could come apart at the seams over the next maybe five years or so.”
Reading that made me laugh because I watched this a couple of weeks ago: The WORST Predictions from History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRUbzLzjDQI
“In this video, I take a look at some of my personal favourite predictions made throughout history that have truly aged horribly with time. This video was inspired by the absurd prediction that the US would collapse in 2010 and be split among various other countries.”
The SNP won 50% of the vote at the 2015 general election, so it is conceivable. SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Scotland#Results
Yes, I know the majority of SNP voters back then voted for them because they’re left-wing, and not because they (the voters) wanted independence.
In my opinion, the general election result can only be turned into a vote for independence if over 50% of the people in Scotland who vote (or spoil their ballots) vote for the SNP & Scottish Greens.
Check out this excellent quote from author & physician Gabor Mate (taken from an interview):
“I don’t think it’s a matter of generations. I think it’s a matter of social transformation on a broad scale, a process in which the younger generation will play a role. But I don’t think we can do this wilfully. You don’t transform the system just because you decide to. Systemic transformations happen. They’re an historical movement of their own. The challenge is: at whatever stage we are at, what are we going to do? Are we going to act, and are we going to persist? We cannot by ourselves turn the wheel of history. That’s beyond the will of any particular generation or any particular group. We can contribute. And what I’m hoping people will get from [my new] book is the awareness that it’s not only possible to contribute, but it’s also the best thing anybody can do. The rest of it is not necessarily in our hands.”
“Where did you get the idea?” Chelmsford, don’t you agree that the history of humankind (post-primitive communism) is the history of class conflict, and that it was inevitable the capitalist class would take over the world?
Capitalism continues to dig its own grave year by year. I mean, since the industrial revolution technology has become better & better, making the idea of world socialism more & more conceivable (the internet is a great example of this). I believe technology will advance so greatly that capitalism will look undeniably redundant from the point of view of the proletariat.
The world socialist revolution is inevitable (Capitalism will not & cannot last forever). This is due to the materialist conception of history. All we (as socialist) can do right now is help it along & make sure the revolution comes at least a little sooner than it would have done without our help.
The SPGB is sort of like a fire extinguisher, in that the working class don’t want to use it now, but they will when the majority of them have become class conscious & they want to peacefully take over the state.
“Peace is at the heart of the ITUC’s values, and the absolute rejection of the atrocity of war must drive the achievement of a framework for common security, cemented on the principles of the United Nations, that addresses the ideological, social and economic causes of conflicts and holds to account those who are responsible for initiating and sustaining wars and for committing war crimes as well as terrorist attacks.”
Does this mean the USA will stop selling weapons to Israel & the Saudi-led coalition?
