tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21351773.post693535689007167951..comments2023-09-10T08:36:21.578+01:00Comments on Maryam Namazie: Nothing is inevitableMaryam Namaziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580229703737060601noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21351773.post-23212485289975456332008-03-18T14:23:00.000+00:002008-03-18T14:23:00.000+00:00I'm sorry, but the opposition to communist ideolog...I'm sorry, but the opposition to communist ideology has nothing to do with any sort of "red scare"-era paranoia.<BR/><BR/>I don't see how someone can continue to support a big government ideology after the disasters of north korea, cuba, etheopia, the soviet union, Zimbabwe, etc, etc.<BR/><BR/>Communism is the belief that the state should be the owner and operater of the capital of the nation, in order to produce a classless society that would then be free of the social ills that (allegedly) follow the wealth inequality of capitalism around.<BR/><BR/>Well, does it strike you as a good idea to make the government the main employer? Would you march against the corruption of your employer(the government), if there was hardly any other employer to go to in town?? This is cuba! This is zimbabwe! No livelihood free from corrupt governments that usually wind up in the hands of megalomaniacs.<BR/><BR/>Or take a look at zimbabwe. They decided to put the state in charge food distribution, and now areas of the coutnry that voted against the incumbent party are being starved in an engineered famine while all foreign aid is redirected to maintain Mugabe's iron grip over his country!<BR/><BR/>And don't give me this tired excuse that that isn't "real" communism. It's what we see everytime it's practiced. It's the same lame excuse used by the islamists, that the shariah we see in the developing world isn't "true" islam, just like zimbabwe style Marxism isn't "real" communism", obviously because it gives the movement you support a bad name.<BR/><BR/>It isn't red scare paranoia, it's historical and intellectual honesty!<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengistu_Haile_Mariam#The_Red_Terror<BR/><BR/>Remember, Mugabe was once a revolutionary left wing hero too.Nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347835928896464668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21351773.post-84703095846420586972008-03-16T20:20:00.000+00:002008-03-16T20:20:00.000+00:00Maryam, you are wonderful. I am begging you to tak...Maryam, you are wonderful.<BR/><BR/> I am begging you to take care of your life and in particular do not take chances or allow the police to ignore threats people may make against you.(as I have just read in the Times)that you do. No martyrdom..please. If the do not respond or investigate fully, please engage a lawyer to pressure them. Threatening emails should also be forwarded to the police and followed up. This is how the police works in the UK; they are busy and need reminding.<BR/><BR/> The people who wish you ill are both mad and bad. And you might consider--as I am sure you are the target of much hate mail--going public with it all--to let everyone see the dark monsters that lurk beneath the surface of things. Maybe put them altogether in a book or a blog and call it "the voice of islam".<BR/><BR/>I only know you from the internet but I..and my friends wish you well.<BR/><BR/>This blog item strikes are your involvement with the Worker Party. And I would say to you that certainly in hope to mobilise American action--the word "communist" over there (after 60 years of red scares)is equal to "devil on earth"..so this in not something that works..though Europeans understand it well enoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21351773.post-5206549333055798112008-03-08T19:25:00.000+00:002008-03-08T19:25:00.000+00:00Wonderful article Maryam, i'll be sure to spread i...Wonderful article Maryam, i'll be sure to spread it around. I agree with you on this issue one hundred percent.<BR/><BR/>I have to wonder about one thing though - i noticed that you are a <B>"Central Committee member of the Worker-communist Party of Iran"</B>. How can it be that a person who has seen the disastrous effects of coercive state power could turn to an ideology like communism, an ideology of collectivism and statism that destroys the individualism of any society it rules over? An ideology that concentrates power in the hands of <B>"central committees"</B> that speak for the mythical "masses" is hardly preferable to an ideology that concentrates it in the hand of a few clerics allegedly representing "the muslims".<BR/><BR/>You may be truly disgusted by the treatment of women in islamic countries, under the domination of a select elite, as we all are, but why in gods name would you want to change their masters for the tyranny of a big-brother government capable of using their dominating position over the economic activity of a nation to silence criticism. We can see this in all examples of "communist" states.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, i anxiously await your response. I can be reached through e-mail at dgtjasse@hotmail.com, or you can of course reply here.Nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347835928896464668noreply@blogger.com