In Conference Room 3 of the United Nations, the most powerful Socialist organization held a two day meeting to discuss their future. While much of what was discussed was technical, many of the members seemed to have their own nations in mind first and foremost. As the finances were discussed, there were many independent conversations happening between and within nations’ representatives. As if they were on vacation, photos in front of their large power point screen were taken while the future of the organization was debated as well as acts they would take on for their international agenda.

A great deal of the thoughts turned to not only the representative’s nation, but the nation which they currently stood in. Sitting in the back right of the Socialist International Conference, Logham Ahmedi of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan reflected about the leader of the nation he was standing in openly and in some ways questioningly. When it comes to his own homeland, Ahmedi said he understood the questionable reaction to what he calls the freedom movement or green movement within the government.

          “They didn’t know how to trust the movement,” Ahmedi said. As to Obama’s “collective” reaction toward Iranian’s illegal activity regarding nuclear weapons, Ahmedi said he was happy to see the President work toward the illegal activity but hopes to see more “trust” in the new movement. The Constitution, he stated, still wasn’t completely involved but saw that the movement spread easily as the Islamic Republic reorganized itself.

              Democratic Party of Kirtdistan Representative Sharif Behruz called the United States recent response to Iranian infractions something done in a “collective manor”. “They are pressing Iran Issues but I expected (even) more from the United States.” He sees the “complicated” revolution of the nation, something that the United States is “reluctant to support the opposition and support the freedom movement (but) the U.S. was involved in other revolutions.”

          The President’s reaction to the BP Spill was also positive according to the Member of Kurdistan’s International Relations Committee. “He was doing what he must hand and has been very firm,” Ahmedi said. Looking out to the podium in front of him he understood that the situation that came from the explosion was “complex” and Obama was keeping the event in the public eye as much as possible so the companies know they have to repair the damage.

          While Ahmedi showed support for Obama in those perspectives, stating that the President reacted well, financial objectives were another story. While he understood the need for regulation, he did not understand the phrase ‘Too big to fail’ being used to bail out banks. “People said Russia and Rome were too big to fail, big companies have perished,” with no detrimental impact. Discussing income levels he seemed to only understand challenging incomes such as “a singer who sings one song has mansions, while a man has to take a double shift to take care of his family.”

          The national political agenda as a whole also seemed confusing to Ahmedi. “United States politics are strange in the sense of labeling leaders (via being) policy inclusive.” One example he stated is how “Socialist” has become in his perspective “a curse word” when in his nation and others it is seen as “a beautiful thing”. “The State and government take care of its people and people need to be involved in government.”

          His position on the current “regulation” of the Obama Administration, Ahmedi said was “at the moment” positive but they should focus on reorganizing, “not the whole system but regulation of the economy”.

           A young member of the Socialist International, he seems to know that it’s his perspective which will make the distant future. Although policy was important to him, he seemed to get more emotional about the objective the “label” Socialism receives in America.

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