John Reimann, there is no comparison between calls for a boycott on Iran today and BDS or anti-apartheid boycotts of South Africa. I would need to think very carefully about a boycott that in effect supports existing sanctions being enforced by the US and EU. That is nothing like the popular boycott of Apartheid South Africa or BDS, neither of which were US government initiatives, because South Africa then and Israel now were/are US allies and the European countries toed the US line and do now.
when people like Mike Pompeo and Yoav Gallant are taking responsibility for the protests it gives me pause for thought. From what I can tell from what I am reading from leftists I know, "Stalin-aligned" comrades of mine are simply declaring this a US plot to overthrow the last state in the region to resist Israel. I'm not convinced of that. Anarchist and "Trot-aligned" comrades are more inclined to support the protests. I sincerely hope that you, John, are correct about this. I'm just not as certain as you, which is why I started my original message by saying "I'm struggling to fully grasp what is going on in Iran", rather than 'I love the "fascistic, theocratic and corrupt Iran regime"' or similar. Comradely, John On Fri, Jan 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM John Reimann via groups.io <1999wildcat= [email protected]> wrote: > Saman Sepehri and John Edmundson are consciously misrepresenting what I > meant. I made it clear: I wrote: "If you are a union officer, or are > active in a union, we suggest you try to get your union to pass a > resolution supporting the revolution and also asking the Iran Labor > Confederation their view on the call for an international labor boycott of > Iran oil." > > In other words, I was talking about a labor boycott. Maybe they oppose > that. In that case, do they also oppose the BDS movement? How about the > movement to economically isolate South Africa during the apartheid days - > maybe they would have opposed that too? In that case they can join today's > Zionists and the supporters of apartheid back at that time. Or maybe the > real issue is that they think there is something "progressive" about the > fascistic, theocratic and corrupt Iran regime because it's in conflict with > US imperialism and is in the camp of Russian imperialism instead? Maybe > they don't really want to see any practical support for that revolution. In > that case, they should say so. > > John Reimann > > > -- "All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks." Sarah Moore Grimke, abolitionist (1792-1873) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40203): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40203 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117275480/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
