Demonstrating at the UN Against Rouhani and Obama
October 7, 2013 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
Hundreds of people streamed into Dag Hammarskjold Plaza across from the UN on September 24, the day Hassan Rouhani, recently elected president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke at the General Assembly. Among the many different signs from various groups, two nine-foot-long banners with big block letters could not be ignored. Each read: "Down with the Islamic Republic of Iran! Down with U.S. Imperialism! WE NEED REVOLUTION!" There were banners in Farsi (main language in Iran) with the same message. Signed by the Communist Party of Iran (MLM), they were the only banners there with such a message: that neither the Islamic Republic of Iran nor U.S. imperialism has anything good to offer the people—and that what was needed was revolution. The night before the protest, a special program at Revolution Bookstore, New York City, featured Anahita Rahmani, a supporter of the Communist Party of Iran (MLM), speaking on "Iran, Syria and America's Situation in the Middle East."
During the protest, supporters of the message "Down with the Islamic Republic of Iran! Down with U.S. Imperialism!" circulated among other forces, struggling that what was needed was revolution.
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