[lbo-talk] Class Divide in Iran (was Once Upon a time)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 8/24/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Aug 24, 2006, at 12:37 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi quoted:
>
> > "We love him. We love Ahmadinejad," says Mahnaz Dargahi, a young woman
> > in her 20s dressed in full hijab and ankle-length chador, who is
> > watching a rally in Nir. "He's very popular. He does a lot for the
> > youth. His focus is on the development of the country and on the poor
> > people." Her friends nod in agreement, giggle, then pull their scarves
> > closer to their faces.
> >
> > "He is a nice man," says Nafice Mohammadzade, 10, the daughter of an
> > Iran-Iraq war martyr, after presenting the president with a bouquet.
> > "He asked my name and what grade I'm in. He said he hoped I would make
> > progress in life and in Islam." Nafice was given a plastic
> > presidential ballpoint and a scroll.
> >
> > "We welcome the president," says Ahmad Asaadi, 40, a Turkish-speaking
> > man in the town of Parsabad Moghan. "He's defending our country. He
> > cares about people. He's hard-working. We need more jobs here. He
> > understands the problems we have with schools, with bureaucracy, with
> > the water. He will do something for us."
>
> So now you're quoting people at a political rally? You could have
> gone to a Bush campaign appearance in 2004 and gotten similar quotes
> about the leader of the free world.

Bush's supporters stand on the opposite side of the class divide to
Ahmadinejad's supporters, Chavez' supporters, Nasrallah's supporters,
and so on.
-- 
Yoshie
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