The Mousavi campaign in Iran and the lessons of past “color revolutions”
Global Research / Niall Green
06-Jul-2009 (5 comments)

Like the campaigns to bring to power pro-US regimes in Georgia (2003) and Ukraine (2004), the campaign around Mousavi has been backed by powerful sections of the Iranian establishment and supported by Washington, the US media and the European powers. As in Tehran, better-off layers of the urban middle classes dominated the large opposition protests in Tbilisi and Kiev.

In the absence of a socialist alternative, the masses of Iranian workers and poor voted for the incumbent president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has built a base of support among them by adopting a populist persona, denouncing corruption within the clerical elite, and providing a measure of social welfare assistance. The working class remained aloof from the anti-Ahmadinejad protests, seeing nothing to support in the pro-market policies of Mousavi.

As with the opposition movement headed by Mousavi, the opposition movements in Georgia and Ukraine styled themselves as democratic, while promoting pro-market economic policies and the opening of the countries to Western investment.

Mousavi is a longstanding figure within the existing regime and is a proven defender of the interests of the Iranian bourgeoisie. Considered a protégé of Iran’s first supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, Mousavi was prime minister from 1981 to 1989, overseeing the suppression of left-wing movements and presiding over the slaughter of hundreds of thousands in the devastating war with Iraq.

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Article in "World Socialist"..

by IranFirst (not verified) on Mon Jul 06, 2009 04:18 PM PDT

Great,
Now Iranian people have to get permission from the "World socialist" web site regular writer Mr Niall Green to be approved to change their lives or not :-)

The regular alliance between you Arabs/Islamists and Socialists is well known, you are both prisoners of your dogma and can not imagine that educated people (as in Iran) can decide for themselves ! and it must be CIA's work to bring millions into streets over night ! You Arabs think everything is already decided by your Quran and the socialist know that they know everything, since it is written in their Quran (by Marx, Elgels,Lenin,..). Never mind that you were rejected in Russia and soviet block and now your Islam is in danger by brave people of Iran. Sorry History moves on :-)


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they want freedom

by Anonymouss (not verified) on Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:36 PM PDT

What part of a WE WANT FREEDOM don't you idoit understand! American's British or the Mullahs who gives a shit, these people want to be free to choose who steals their oil and gas.


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Basiji and IR mouth piece desperate for misdirection and failing

by rish kosh (not verified) on Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:35 PM PDT

Shah Gholam
your comments are so transparent and your IR support so blinded and brainwashed
do you really think people are actually believe your IR garbage you spew on this site??? are you actually this dumb? I cant believe you are an Iranian since most Iranians are very intelligent...Oh I got it you are one of those Lebanese Hezbollah guys beating and killing Iranians ...well you should be afraid I guess your golden egg goose is about to become my jujeh kabab!!


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Khaleh Mosheh

by Shah Ghollam on Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:59 AM PDT

I am glad that you do come out of your hole time to time to take in some "fresh air" for a change!


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Thanks Shah Ghollam

by khaleh mosheh on Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:44 AM PDT

Its good to see gogeh basege's exercising some rudimentary intellect and try their hand at propaganda rather than baton weilding. But do not tire your self out as you will be expected to get out there and beat up folks ...


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