Although this will probably get me thrown off leftist_trainspotter, this
is an exchange between Kevin Murphy, the dubious winner of an Isaac
Deutscher prize, and John Mage, a powerful figure at MR whose judgment
is even more dubious than Murphy's politics. In fact, the two of them
are reverse images. Murphy, the frothing-at-the-mouth Stalinophobe.
Mage, the crypto-Marcyite.
> Another blithering third-worldist knucklehead duped into supporting
> a regime of executions, torture, and slaughter against its own people.
>
> Fortunately, in the U.S., the knucklehead block is limited to the
> Wally Worlders, MR, James Petras, and a few dinosaurs on Louis
> Proyect's list. Am I missing any others?
>
> Kevin Murphy
FALSE spot!
MR has not been "supporting" the Iranian "regime."
Ignored are our posting opinion and factual matter on MRZine critical
of the Iranian government and its response. Such as - among others -
Asmi Bishara "Iran: An Alternative Reading" (Iranian system is
"totalitarian"), linking to Abbas Barzegar in the Guardian ("the
Iranian government has pursued a self-defeating policy of blocking
international press access"), posting an excellent opinion piece by
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam ("These brave men and women on the streets of
Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, and other cities are moved by the same
utopia that inspired their fathers and mothers three decades ago: the
utopia of justice"), videos of the large "day of mourning" protest
June 18th, videos of the doctors and nurses protest in Tehran of June
16th (protesting "the deaths of seven people last night, reportedly
shot by basij."), and the Amnesty International "Iran: Recommended
Action" urging viewers to appeal to the Iranian government to respect
the rights of those arrested, stop using basij, and "to stop
unlawfully restricting the freedoms of association, assembly and
expression, including the freedom to seek, receive and impart
information and ideas."
"Supporting" the Iranian "regime"?
We have been attacked for posting on MRZine material that some don't
want to see (and won't on the US media), such as - among others - the
facts as to the opinions of Chavez, Lula, the position of the Chinese
government, the actual (and very important) statement by Khameini
week age Friday, or what in one case - deemed particularly heinous -
the fact that Iranian TV was asserting that 8 Basijis had been killed
"during Teheran unrest."
And, yes, opinion pieces such as that of Michael Veiluva ("IRAN:
Message to US Peace Groups: A Little Humility Please") suggesting
that the lap-top bomber US "peace" groups look at what company they
find themselves in ... again.
Oh noes, perhaps MR thinks the CIA is involved in events in Iran...
what knuckleheads.
But, does that mean we're "supporting" the Iranian "regime"?
We do not doubt that some of our critics are merely lazy, and not
looking at MRZine to see for themselves. Others I do not care to
characterize (but fuckingfailbuckets would be a good start).
But here I would have expected a little more care.
John Mage
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