Are religious resistance groups in Iraq fascist?
Siyaves Azeri responds A WPI Briefing reader has written: A friend and I had an argument about the Iraqi resistance. I argued that the religious groups of the resistance are kind of religious fascists, because if they gain power, they would oppress the working class. My friend said that fascism is not possible in a country like Iraq, because it’s mostly under imperialist control, and fascism is a movement based on petit-bourgeois parts in society. I am very interested in the standpoint of the Worker-communist Party of Iran (WPI). So what’s your attitude? Are these religious groups in Iraq equal to fascist groups? Siyaves Azeri, the WPI correspondent responds: There are a number of different points in the above debate, which need to be distinguished and clarified in order to provide a sound answer. I will try to proceed through the scheme of the discussion you have been involved in and address the issues your discussion has brought up. In this way, I hope, you might get a response. The
