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.
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.