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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