Building a Movement for Change in Iran

Bahareh Hedayat writing at the Anarchist website Libcom shares wisdom on building resistance to the clerical fascist regime in Iran, which has, as Bahareh points out, little in common with intellectually stimulating, progressive and open Islam.  Bahareh says "It’s been long established that to argue that the Islamic Republic is the enemy of this land and its nation is redundant. This government’s fate and essence is destruction; therefore, it must go. To tear down this criminal government will undoubtedly be costly and dangerous. Still, there’s no other recourse than to take on these costs and face these dangers, for the power structure does not have the capability to digest and formally recognize new social forces within itself. In other words, there’s no way for the current system to escape these current circumstances, for none of the protestors’ demands can be met within the current structure, nor can the majority of people overlook any of the demands.  These demands cannot be met by the government because all possibilities for flexibility on the part of this current power structure have been previously eradicated or discredited, and the majority of people cannot overlook this because it’s become tied to their everyday, normal lives. From any perspective that we look at these demands, they are legitimate, decisive, and obvious. Therefore, these demands have now clashed with the power structure itself. Both moving in the direction of meeting these demands and resisting them will demolish the structure. Therefore, revolution is inevitable".  Bahareh touches upon Islam, violence, replacing the current regime and the resistance of women and youth to the government of Iran.  For the full article, check out the website of the Anarchist Federation of Libcom.org.