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In January and February 1979, a series of uprisings across Iran toppled the monarchy-dictatorship. However, the revolution was defeated from within by reactionary Islamic forces, under the learship of Ayatollah Khomeini. much to the surprise of many western leftists who had chosen to elude themselves about the balance of forces within the mass movement against the Shah's regime. Sedition, revolt, revolution, social disintegration - on the recent mass protests (2018): https://rdln.wordpress.com/2018/05/10/sedition-revolt-revolution-and-social-disintegration-on-the-recent-mass-protests-in-iran/ Veteran Iranian revolutionary Torab Saleth on the class nature of the regime: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/veteran-iranian-revolutionary-on-the-class-nature-of-the-regime/ The working class movement in Iran (22014), plus a 2008 interview with Torab Saleth: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/the-working-class-movement-in-iran-2014-and-a-2008-interview-with-torab-saleth/ Repression and resistance in Iran - an interview with Yassamine Mather (2013): https://rdln.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/repression-and-resistance-in-iran-interview-with-yassamine-mather/ Yassamine Mather (ex-Fedayeen) on Marxism and the Iranian revolution: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/marxism-and-the-iranian-revolution/ Phil _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
