On Oct 4, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> The "leftist student activist from Amir Kabir University" and others
> like her might first clarify what they think of domestic aspects of
> socialism and populism in Latin America, of which Cuba and Venezuela
> are the most obvious examples, and how many Iranians think like them.
> Then, Castro, Chavez, Ortega, etc. can duly evaluate what their
> relations to them should be.
That's your reaction to the news that advocating socialism in Iran is punishable by death?
How many Monthly Review readers do you suppose "dear Imam" Khomeini had jailed or killed? I bet it's a nontrivial number.
Doug