There has been a debate by cerain leftists as to whether or not Marxist should join with
Moslem groups opposing imperialism and US invovlemnt in the Middle-east. We are not Muslems and we ust stand our own ground in our fight against imperialism. –Salimander សតិវ អតុ
Here are some views on that matter.
--- In MAOIST_REVOLUTION@yahoogroups.com, green_man2010@... wrote:
Report from supporter of the World People's Resistance Movement
(Britain) at the annual Al Quds Day demonstration in London:
After the debate on this list about whether or not we should attend
the
Al Quds demonstration I decided to go along as an observer and duck
out
or join in depending on what I saw. This is my report... Lurid
predictions of the march being dominated by overtly homophobic
anti-women and anti-Semitic groups like Hizb ut Tahir and Muslims
Against the Crusades were proved false as neither group had a visible
presence. The Muslim Association of Britain who were listed as one of
the organisers didn't appear either, though even if they had, their
presence (and even that of Hizb) would have proven little as both have
been regular attenders at anti-war demos for years. The demo was
mainly (80%) Shia - not surprising as Khomeni initiated the idea 30
years ago. Hizbullah flags and Hamas flags were in evidence but -
again contrary to the expectations of the demo's critics, only two or
three Iranian flags (there were actually more Lebanese flags). This is
about the same as you would get on any anti-war demo. There were a few
people hawking pictures of Khomeni and I saw a couple of people
holding
them but the chant 'we are all Hizbullah' was eclipsed by the more
secular 'we are all Palestinians'. There was the occassional Allah
akbar but most slogans were of the 'Free free Palestine' variety. As
for the gender issue; I saw a number of Asian women not wearing any
head
covering (and plenty of white women too) and only two wearing the
Niqab.
I mention this only as a measure of fundamentalism or lack of. Men and
women marched together which is ironic given that I can remember being
on various demos (gay rights, womens' rights and anti-nuclear) in
which
there was a degree of segregation introduced by feminists. One man
leading the chanting with a megaphone was wearing a Rolling Stones
tee-shirt - hardly Taliban material! and a woman who was wearing a
headscarf wore a tee shirt with the slogan 'live to love' on it; again
probably not the sort of thing the moral police in Tehran woud have
liked! As for anti-Semitism there were more Jewish people on the Al
Quds demo than on the pathetically small counter demonstration (about
30) which included fascists, Zionists and, sadly, the Iranian Green
Movement.
--- In MAOIST_REVOLUTION@yahoogroups.com, josephball924@ wrote:
Despite previous exposures some on the 'left' are still inclined to
give support to the Fascist Green Movement that is uniting with
United
States imperialism against the people of Iran. On 4th September 2010
an Al Quds demonstration was held in London. Members of the Green
Movement staged a counter-demonstration against it alongside members
of
the English Defence League who have been compared to the British
Union
Of Fascists. Watch this video:
(If the link doesn't
work try to find 'Al Quds 2010 London EDL member exposed Youtube'
via
your search engine). 3 minutes in we see members of the Green
Movement
demonstrating alongside England flag waving EDL supporters. The
picture is a little grainy but in the close-up you can see the Green
Movement members wearing their green regalia and wearing green wrist bands.
I am issuing an urgent call to all Marxists not to be taken in by
the
Green Movement. A fascist movement does not have a left-wing that
can
be united with! I realise no genuine Maoist will support the Green
Movement but I am issuing this call here because I believe there may
be
those with some interest in or sympathy for Maoism who have been
taken
in by the Fascists of the Green Movement. All Maoists must oppose US
imperialism as the principal enemy of humanity. We must never again
repeat the grievous errors of the Three World's Theory.
Best Joseph Ball
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