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I think Rebecca Gould did not seriously read the letter. It is very clear. It says: "As socialists, and as supporters of the international working class, we, of course oppose any aggression – economic, political or military – by US capitalism against Iran or any other country." It refers to the US government as being "repressive and aggressive". It says: "Any agreement reached between the US and Iranian governments will simply be an agreement for how to “peacefully” loot, plunder and repress the peoples of the world as well as the global environment." How could Trump - or the liberal representatives of US imperialism for that matter - possibly be happy with those comments? In fact, in supporting all the protests in Iran - the strikes, the women protests, the protests of various specially oppressed groups - it clearly differs from the position of US imperialism, which has never really supported such protests. They never did in Syria, for example! Let's be concrete: What will be the practical effect of this Code Pink visit? The Iranian regime will use it to trumpet that they are supported by the "people" of the US. This will strengthen their position domestically. In the US this visit will be followed by a round of "reports" from Code Pink. In those reports, they will report back on the excellent and friendly discussions they had with various officials, students, etc. To the extent that they have any comments on the protests there they will pretend that this shows there are (bourgeois) democratic norms there. Their role will be to strengthen all the worst tendencies of the alt left/"peace" movement here - the same movement that supports Assad and Putin... and also Rouhani. John Reimann -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
