I completely agree with this and other critiques of any and all support for US sponsored so-called "protest movements". I also believe there is a way to be fully anti-imperialist and fully anti-capitalist at the same time. It's about maintaining a laser-like focus on calling out US covert operations while at the same time acknowledging that class struggles (the domination by the haves over the have-nots) exist everywhere and have been and continue to be highjacked by the US-NATO Empire.
The creation of front movements is an old strategy involving infiltration, subversion, and represents a classic form of black psyops. Coopting authentic demands for change was the main path to power for both the National Fascist Party and the National Socialist German Workers' Party. The secular left in Iran was decisively wiped out in the aftermath of the Mullah revolt of 1979. In keeping with its imperialist agenda, the US government sided with the Mullahs over the arguably much larger secular left. And in keeping with its strategy of back-stabbing betrayals, the US government is seeking another regime change of the very regime it sided with when it realized that the dictator it installed in 1953 had provoked a massive backlash. In the imperial playbook absolutely every actor is expendable as a matter of design.
Does this mean an authentic secular left has never been able to resurface in any way, shape, or form? Does this mean any and all mention of an authentic secular left is tantamount to being a victim and a tool of imperialist subversion? Perhaps we can do better by relentlessly exposing US covert operations, especially US sponsored and organized front movements, while also identifying historically authentic demands for change? Is it always true that the enemy of your enemy is always your friend? Imperialist covert operations require us to be vigilant of the entire gamut of consequences of our analysis.
I completely agree with this and other critiques of any and all support for US sponsored so-called "protest movements". I also believe there is a way to be fully anti-imperialist and fully anti-capitalist at the same time. It's about maintaining a laser-like focus on calling out US covert operations while at the same time acknowledging that class struggles (the domination by the haves over the have-nots) exist everywhere and have been and continue to be highjacked by the US-NATO Empire.
The creation of front movements is an old strategy involving infiltration, subversion, and represents a classic form of black psyops. Coopting authentic demands for change was the main path to power for both the National Fascist Party and the National Socialist German Workers' Party. The secular left in Iran was decisively wiped out in the aftermath of the Mullah revolt of 1979. In keeping with its imperialist agenda, the US government sided with the Mullahs over the arguably much larger secular left. And in keeping with its strategy of back-stabbing betrayals, the US government is seeking another regime change of the very regime it sided with when it realized that the dictator it installed in 1953 had provoked a massive backlash. In the imperial playbook absolutely every actor is expendable as a matter of design.
Does this mean an authentic secular left has never been able to resurface in any way, shape, or form? Does this mean any and all mention of an authentic secular left is tantamount to being a victim and a tool of imperialist subversion? Perhaps we can do better by relentlessly exposing US covert operations, especially US sponsored and organized front movements, while also identifying historically authentic demands for change? Is it always true that the enemy of your enemy is always your friend? Imperialist covert operations require us to be vigilant of the entire gamut of consequences of our analysis.