The dance of Iran’s Nation
and a weapon called dance
Farah Notash World Anti-imperialist front Women’s Power
Vienna 26th May 2017
Not because I want to say it
not because you want to hear it
for the sake of the record and registration
a historical event
the Revenge Dance of a nation
the dance …
which traversed … town to town
and spread …
all through the Land of Iran
frightened… and made them tremble
and shook …
the pillars of hypocrisy and falsity
in Ahmadabad of Mashhad
When at a check-point, an Israeli soldier, by his looks, was
sending waves of hatred towards a slim and small Palestinian boy, the child
laughed and shook his shoulders in the style of an Arabic Dance. The teeth
of the Israeli soldier were locked with anger and his bayonet wounded the
little boy’s skinny shoulder.
The dance of the child was his weapon.
The Nazi soldiers, to spread fear, had gathered the people of a
village in Crimea, for the performance of Alexiy’s execution.
The glorious and imposing entry of Alexiy, his hands handcuffed behind
him, and his determined look, was not an ordinary entry.
He … instead of walking towards gallows, hanging platform, his courage
shown in his broad chest and raised head, started to dance. His exciting and
rhythmic dance, drew all the attentions away from his glorious face to the
hard strikes given by his dancing feet to the ground. Then… all of a sudden,
a shower of bullet poured over him. Alexiy… rotated half a circle, while
with the spurt of his blood, made a red drawing on the ground and fell.
With his fall, came the raise of the people’s cry. Spontaneously, the right
hands of the people went over their hearts in the circle. The men took their
hats off.
The hidden heads, between the sad shoulders, were raised with anger. And
all the people left the circle, with unreserved flames of revenge in their
hearts.
At that moment, Alexiy’s uproaring weapon was his dance.
The unique and historical dance of the nation of Iran, during and at
the end of the recent presidential election, in May 2017, was their crushing
Revenge Weapon: the Dance, which travelled from one town to another, all
through the land. Crowing and bragging against the coup makers of two
terms ago, and their new candidate, Iran’s prisons’ mass murderer Raisi, to
achieve total power for the fundamentalists.
The opposition to Mullah regime boycotted the election altogether. But
attention to the statistics gives a clearer picture.
80 million: Iran’s population
60 million: were entitled to vote
40 million: voted
24 million out of the 40 million: voted to Rohani
(with neo-liberal tendencies, fans carried violet- coloured banners, together with the green colour banners of the reformists, both resembling the imperialists colour revolutions. Rohani, the president of the last 4 years, the one who whipped in public the protesting workers for their months of delayed salary.)
16 million votes, bought, corrupt votes, plus, all illegal under aged voters.
for Raisi, the other Mullah.
24 million votes for Rohani+20 million who did not vote= 44 million out of 60 million, their anger was transformed to their street revenge dance.
They are against Iran’s leader, against the Islamic republic constitution,
Iran’s Guard Councils and all the fundamentalists with links to British Imperialism. The thieves, corrupt, crafty old conservatives.
The most interesting part, was the Revenge Dance of the people in
Ahmad Abad, a district in Mashhad. (Mashhad is a known holy city, because of the presence of the grave of 8th Shia Imam. Music concert and dance are forbidden there.) Mashhad is the territory of Mullah Alam Ol Hoda, who sweeps up all the money offerings by religious masses from sacred places
without any tax. His territory is a most luxurious kingdom. While Iran’s
jobless working class -women are for sale there.
The opposition to Iran’s Mullahs is upset of not having all the 60 million boycotting election, but the majority of Iran’s nation prefer an active struggle against the first-row oppressors, to a passive election boycott.
Their struggle has been directly against the leading house, the coup makers, and their thugs and hooligans armed with cold and hot weapons, and their “soole”, metal telephone cases like prisons with no windows, where victims are locked up in the heat of the burning sun.
The people of Iran are neither for Rohani, nor for Raisi. Their chest to chest struggle has been against the leader and fundamentalists. Their Uproaring anger, which has given them power to stand hours in queues to vote outside or inside the borders. Some media mentioned the joy of democracy.
There is no democracy in Iran, only the explosion of anger.
You…
Nation of Iran
explosion of your hatred
explosion of your anger
against stone age gloom…
so glorious and impressive
in your crowing… slogans and songs
and in your …
flame- like… spreading dance
the first “Revenge Dance” of a Nation
recorded … in historical memory
and your dance … a unique explosion
of your silent hidden anger
along ever rising oppression… slavery
for forty bloody years
going on and on…
crushing you… and your progeny
with the question of … when will you be free
Thousands of greetings and salutes
to your anger explosion
many merry congratulations
to this… impressive
merely glorious… cultural accusation
all by your side
along your accusation
be everlasting … your resistance
against the mafias…
plunderers of your wealth
against the imposers of gloom
and the sick … stone age frustration
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