Congratulations to the #Coup53 documentary film-makers - a genuine tour de force, revealing the leading role played by the UK’s security services in the 1953 coup to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iran’s democratically elected PM - a dirty tricks operation signed off by Churchill!
The 1953 coup in Iran has been a blueprint for subsequent coups that have been repeatedly used against democratic govts.
#Coup53 has chilling echoes of the dirty tricks used against Corbyn and his allies, which would have undoubtedly intensified had he actually got into power.
#Coup53 has chilling echoes of the dirty tricks used against Corbyn and his allies, which would have undoubtedly intensified had he actually got into power.
#Coup53 reinforced my view that the way to defeat enemies of democracy (who often masquerade as defenders of democracy) and opponents of an ethical foreign policy, who spout pompous clichés about 'the national interest', is through solidarity & by raising political consciousness.
In tonight's follow-up Q&A to the #Coup53 documentary, we've been reminded that Mohammad Mosaddegh offered to compensate BP when his govt nationalised Iran’s oil. But BP wanted all their assumed profits to the year 2000, which shows the avarice of global capitalism.
