February 18, 2008
Reviving the Iranian revolt (The Guardian)
Here is my latest column fro The Guardian's Comment is Free website:
Reviving the Iranian revolt
For sixteen years, Iranian government was in the hands of the Euro-American educated bureaucrats who were gradually departing from the specific subjectivity (rejection of the universals, in Foucault's term) which brought about the Iranian uprising of the 1979. The spectre of modernity slowly started to dominate everything, from the economy to the politics, and the two consequtive administrations picked up a similar project of modernisation which the shah had previously failed to continue, and with it, the gloomy consequences started to wane in too: corruption, incompetence, and socio-economic inequality.
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Posted by hoder at February 18, 2008 2:09 AM| TrackBackComments
Derakhshan, You are truly pathetic and a sell out. You are selling out the Iranian people, who hate this regime and everything it stands for. Name one thing the Islamic Republic has achieved in Iran economically or culturally? They're a failure, and the only reason they are in power is because they torture, imprison, and kill dissidents, just like the Shah's regime. Shame on you for supporting such a regime. You are not a true Iranian.
- By: True Iranian on February 24, 2008
- By: True Iranian on February 24, 2008
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Hossein, you took a lot of grief in the comments section of that Guardian article. It happens every time someone writes something objective about Ahmadinejad and Iran, let alone anything positive. In the past, I've presented historical comparisons between Churchill in 1940 and Ahmadinejad's defiance in present day Iran. I find the similarities striking. However, most people willingly subscribe to the MSM's Hitler analogy, and are appalled by my comparison.
As someone who lived briefly in Iran under the rule of the Shah and observed the Revolution and Iran-Iraq War, I encourage your positive attitude and courage to speak out.
- By: Mark Pyruz on February 19, 2008
- By: Mark Pyruz on February 19, 2008
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