[lbo-talk] Hamid Dabashi on Iran

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jun 16 12:23:42 PDT 2009


On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Dennis Claxton wrote:


> Dabashi says:
>
>> It is important to keep in mind that Ahmadinejad's supporters come
>> from the poorest and most disenfranchised segments of Iranian
>> society, subject to his and his campaign's populism and
>> demagoguery. From this fact one should not conclude that all the
>> impoverished segments of Iranian society, suffering from double
>> digit inflation and endemic unemployment, are on his side or fooled
>> by his charlatanism.
>
>
> Wasn't Ahmadinejad Yoshie's Persian Prince?

Yes, though she seems to have evolved a bit, judging from what she's put up on MRZine lately.



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