[lbo-talk] Hamid Dabashi on Iran

[ravi]

On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:52 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:43 PM, ravi wrote:
> On Jun 16, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Doug Henwood quoted Dabashi:
>>> This nation, as always, can take care of itself. It needs nothing  
>>> but the active solidarity of ordinary people around the globe to  
>>> be a witness to their struggles and demand from their media an  
>>> accurate and comprehensive representation of their movement. So  
>>> please, hands off Iran! No “democracy project,” no sanction, no  
>>> threat, no military attack, no regime change.
>>
>> Yoshie! Yoshie! Yoshie! ;-)
>
> Your obsession is your own business, but how could she improve on  
> Dabashi?
>

My obsession with what... Yoshie? ;-) I don't think she needs to  
improve on Dabashi to meet the bar!

On Jun 15, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2009, at 11:45 AM, ravi wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>>> * 70% favor Western aid & investment, and 80% favor Western  
>>> medical, eduational, and humanitarian assistance
>>
>> I wonder if this 70% can define what is "Western" about the Western  
>> medicine or education mentioned above. ;-)
>
> I think "Western," which you can call "imperialist" if you prefer,  
> modifies "assistance" and not medicine or education.

I don't call it (medicine, education) Western or imperialist because  
its neither. Assistance... well that's another thing altogether and  
may indeed well be a Western innovation.

	--ravi