Articles tagged “Iran”

This statement on behalf of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization was presented by Ali Reza on September 30, at the beginning of the Third Conference of the Iranian Left Alliance Abroad, Montreal, Canada – Editors

May Day greetings to Iranian workers, stressing the imprisonment of Tehran workers’ leader Mansour Osanloo and the situation facing Iranian labor in light of the Arab upheavals of 2011. — Editors

Date: Saturday January 29, 2011
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM
Place: Chicago Tribune building, Michigan Ave, Chicago IL

In solidarity with the people of Iran, lets’ stand worldwide along with many others who are concerned about the violation of human rights and condemn political repression and criminal acts of imprisonment, torture and execution of the pro-democracy dissidents in Iran.

A moving statement of solidarity from British students protesting education cuts with to “our fellow students in Iran” struggling against the fundamentalist regime — Editors

The massive crackdown on the independent labor activists continues in Iran. Several leaders and activists in the union movement remain in jails while others have been subject to summons and terminations from their jobs.

A report from the successfully concluded Founding Conference of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization, Chicago, July 3-4, 2010

The views set out in our Statement of Principles and our commitment to the dialectics of revolution place us in conflict with the dominant philosophical perspectives, even on the Left. Two of these dominant perspectives on the Left are:  (1) the tradition of democracy and civil society that emerged in the 1980s as a rejection of revolution and of Marxism and with which are associated thinkers like Jürgen Habermas; (2) the traditions of autonomous Marxism and postcolonialism, which are associated with thinkers like Antonio Negri and Edward Said.   The first of these trends is influential in the mass democratic movement in Iran today, while the second is influential in the anti-globalization movement. — Editors

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Statement of the Committee in Solidarity with the People’s Struggle in Iran — Chicago

The regime of the Islamic Republic, fearing the eruption of mass protests and challenges to its existence, has again intensified its barbaric detentions, tortures and executions.

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This article assesses critically the current state of the Iranian democratic movement, while disputing Postel’s contention that — despite Hugo Chavez’s support for the Iranian regime — the Iranian democratic movement has a lot to learn from the Venezuelan economic model.

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On September 23, 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the blatant thief of the June Iranian presidential elections, visited New York City to attend the United Nations summit conference. In opposition to his presence there, thousands of Iranian exiles, students, youths, activists, and women, young and old alike demonstrated in front of the United Nations building.

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The following statement by the US Marxist-Humanists, London Corresponding Committee and international Marxist-Humanists from Canada, India, and West Africa is a contribution for the events in solidarity with the democracy movement in Iran in September and the fall.