[lbo-talk] A Call from the Maoists of Iran

[Chris Doss]

>Sounds a lot like Russia, actually . . . . jks
>
>--- Jonathan Lassen <jjlassen at chinastudygroup.org>
> >
> > Very different picture among farmers and workers.
> > You'll find lots of
> > nostalgia there. Mao is used as a foil to protest
> > the corruption,
> > arbitrariness and powerlessness that people
> > experience daily.

I was on a date with a very nice young woman from the provinces recently. 
She has nothing but contempt for Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin, but loves 
Stalin, "because people who steal from the people deserve to be shot, and 
Stalin would have done it."

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