Sociologist Chahla Chafiq was a 25-year-old Marxist activist during the 1979 Iranian revolution. Now in exile in France, she looks back on the tensions between socialism, feminism, and anti-imperialism that have roiled Iran’s opposition politics for decades.
  • newerAccountWhoDis [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    And what happened? By the end of the first decade, the Islamic Republic had dismantled labor unions, banned opposition, shuttered newspapers and summarily executed thousands, including many of its erstwhile leftist allies. This was so complete that many people today do not even know that leftists were allies in the overthrow of the Shah.

    12,000 communists and Islamist-Marxists left for the Ayatollah to execute

    This starts playing in my head every time some chapo has a not very ironic boner for the islamist republic

    • fifthedition [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Just because some group is opposed to US imperialism doesn't mean they're one of the good guys. Unfortunately the strong feelings are so intense that they override reason, as the Iranian Marxists found out to their sorrow. The automatic gainsaying of The Other leads to some dark places.