Viva Revolution against the Islamic Republic

Revolution is the only path to the emancipation of the 99%.(*) The coalition of the nationalist, anti-imperialist, Islamic, Ahmadinejad lover[1], co-opt with the Islamic Republic of Iran(IRI) lobbyists in the US/UK[2], pro-IRI who defends the  IRI under the pretext of war propaganda as well as the ultra right, pro-US who wishes a power transfer via misery [...]

Top 100 movies of all time, socially conscience

Happy 2012 You might have some extra time to watch a movie or two during the new year holidays. Here is a list I complied which I consider as the top 100 socially conscience movies of all time. Enjoy   See the list …

The winner of Elections in Egypt: The revolutionaries in Tahrir Square!

December 6, 2011 The election farce in Egypt is illegitimate becasue a) it took place while the rulers were massacring people in Tahrir Square and elsewhere, resulting in 42 deaths and thousands of injuries. b) The election farce was boycotted by almost half the population, the election turnout in the first round was only 52% (*) Both the Brotherhood [...]

STAY PUT IN TAHRIR SQ! OCCUPY EVERYWHERE. STRIKE AND WIN: THE ARMY RULE MUST GO NOW.

November 24, 2011 Against the alliance of the Generals and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt; In support of the battle in Tahrir Square, the birthplace of Occupy movement. FELLOW REVOLUTIONARIES IN TAHRIR SQUARE! The generals and the Muslim Brotherhood have come to an agreement to defeat your uprising in Tahrir Square. They are both against [...]

ALL POWER TO GENERAL ASSEMBLIES!

November 5, 2011 In order to find out what the occupation movement is seeking we need to objectively pay attention to its background, its characteristics, its form of protest, its content, and finally the way it runs its occupied squares. This is a brief outline of the above, which comes to a logical conclusion as [...]

A week in turmoil is 10 years in normal

If we step back to look at the 99% movement from a bit of distance, we see that this movement initially wanted to be heard as a negation to the system without any specific demand; “revolution”, “abolish capitalism”, “Turn it to Tahrir[liberation] Square”… The common denominator in these expression is “No to the system”. The [...]

“End the Fed” and “Tax the Rich”: Not my cup of tea!

“Occupy Wall Street and Ron Paul are different but together they are the only hopes for the US and the World right now.” a Tarig Anter claimed.   Sure Ron Paul is “different” from Occupy Wall Street (OWS), the same way that the dark is different from the light. One is the seed of fascism and the [...]

Whose law, what order, whose benefit? A brief look at the police role

The police might have a dual role in a society, an oppressive role and sometimes it might act as an enforcer of the rights we have earned! Oppressive role The police main function is to violently suppress, brutalize, terrorize the mass in favor of the capital order both at a time of social dissent and [...]

Charter of Universal Human Rights

* Free, high-quality, 3 daily Meals * Free access to: a) clean & fresh air, b) drinking water, c) adequate nature, d) electricity, e) Phone (latest communication tool), f) high speed internet, and related equipment * Free, high-quality Housing * Free, high-quality Healthcare * Free, limitless, high-quality Education * The right to Travel and Settle [...]

Even computers cry for Socialism

* The Neolithic Revolution was the technical ground for the turn from the initial communal (hunting/gathering) social form to slavery; * Perhaps, the so called Arab Agricultural Revolution was the techno ground for the switch to serfdom from slavery; * 18th century 1st Industrial revolution was the techno ground for switch from serfdom to capitalism; [...]

Quran burning, right or wrong or indifference?

Context Matters If it was 35 years ago, would Terry Jones’ announcement for burning Quran receive that much media coverage and responses from heads of governments and NATO? I have my doubts if it would even attract the local media. How about if it was 2000? It would very likely get a good deal of [...]

NATO intervention in Libya: Not favoring, Not codemning

What if no intervention? The political impact of the intervention which in turn leads to the choice of tactic is the core issue in this matter. In order to discuss that let’s think of a scenario when the military intervention had NOT occurred. And let’s just assume that the revolutionaries had the chance to withdraw [...]

What makes Sakineh free

In my opinion, there is no such a thing as an absolute self-relied phenomena in society. We can claim that the campaign to Save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is exclusively about Sakineh's life but then I would ask how come almost "nobody" cared about it last year or nearly 2 years ago when we launched the initial campaign? ("nobody" includes the mass-media). Is Sakineh's case isolated from what has been going on in Iran in the past year and a half? Is stoning a self-relied phenomena, has nothing to do with theocracy, specifically theocracy in Iran? What is so specific about

A response to Mohammad Mostafaei’s remarks

Abbas Goya September 6, 2010 Fact Sheet: Mohammad Mostafaei is NOT Sakineh’s lawyer. Sakineh’s children have dismissed Mostafaei officially. As per Sajjad’s open letter Mostafaei has never directly taken the status of Sakineh’s lawyer but via a female lawyer, and even that lasted for a short time and cost Sakineh’s family a considerable amount of [...]

Canadian G20’s Shock and Awe, a preemptive act for ending the Welfare State (I)

It was a ‘perfect’ occasion used as a pretext for a whopping $1 billion dedication on the upgrade of the armed forces for future suppression of public resistance. If the events were happening in its ‘natural course’, eg austerity attempts first and suppression next, we wouldn’t probably feel a shock. However, the precedence of suppression displayed itself in form of Shock And Awe.