The Western drumbeats of war are a death threat hanging over their heads, and sanctions erode living standards and hope for a viable future. In this context, we feel it is necessary to lay bare sanctions against Iran for what they really are—the consolidation of geopolitical hegemony and war by other means. This article responds to the stated justifications for sanctions and outlines the impact of sanctions on ordinary people. As feminists, we insist that lasting peace and security will be built by people on the ground in Iran who are mobilizing for political and economic justice—democratizing Iran “from the inside out.”
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sanctions Against Iran: A Duplicitous "Alternative" to War
Click here to access article by Raha Iranian Feminist Collective from Jadaliyya. (An online magazine produced by the Arab Studies Institute based in Washington DC and Beirut, Lebanon.)