[lbo-talk] Free Contraceptives in Iran (was Re: Fashion industry thrives in Iran)

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Sep 7 09:27:22 PDT 2007


On Sep 7, 2007, at 2:10 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> No, I don't think so. Among those who are not members of the power
> elite and who are on the broadly left side of the political spectrum,
> perspectives on Iran do not appear to be determined by perspectives on
> the Democratic Party. If anything, this is probably one of those
> issues on which one is likely to encounter more useful approaches
> among those whose ideas of political economy and social change are
> moderate rather than radical.

Which doesn't make you think twice about your weird Iran-o-philia?

In any case, what moderates are you talking about? Certainly no one in the U.S. Europe? They've got a worse case of Islamophobia than we do.

Doug



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