John Reimann correctly denounces groups to the "left" of the DSA which for years have supported the Iranian regime. Besides PSL and Answer, WWP could be mentioned. On January 14, Workers World carried the notorious article, "the only correct anti-imperialist position", in which they denounced anti-regime protesters in Iran. This article insisted that you're either with the regime or against it; there are only two positions possible, and the only correct one is to defend the regime. This was right at the time the regime was slaughtering thousands of protesters in the streets.
Since the war began, WWP's only comment on the regime is to mourn the loss of its great leader, ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the man who oversaw the January slaughter and who set up morality police to harass, intimidate and beat women like Mahsa Amini. WWP, PSL and Answer are all very active in the anti-war movement, of course, denouncing the U.S. attack on Iran. But we should encourage activists to develop a principled, all-round anti-imperialist politics, and that means opposing repressive governments like that in Iran as well as opposing U.S. imperialist aggression. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41172): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41172 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118369160/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
