Video transcript: ... But when it comes now, to the struggles in the street of Iran, for many they remain silent. Why? Because they see the Iranian regime in solidarity with Palestinians and I affirm that solidarity. But that Iranian regime is repressive. That Iranian regime right now, is engaging in forms of vicious attack on precious Iranians in the street, everyday Iranians. So, we have to be able to be morally consistent on the one hand, with solidarity of all of those folk who are struggling against forms of oppression, be it internally within a repressive Iranian regime, even as that regime supports the Palestinians.
Yes I understand that but that's no excuse to not be in solidarity with those people. Yes the Israeli government, yes the American government would like to manipulate the people's struggle but their suffering is independent, their suffering has its own logic and life and will never be fully engulfed by the ugly aims and ends of the Israeli and American government. We have to be morally in solidarity with whoever struggles, no matter how difficult and seemingly contradictory it is.
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