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> Begin forwarded message: > > From: "'Frieda Afary' via Middle-east" <middle-east-...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Petition for Disappeared Iranian Socialist Intellectual, Yashar > Darolshafa (PLEASE SIGN BY FRIDAY) > Date: December 18, 2019 at 6:05:48 PM PST > To: Middle-east-ISO <middle-east-...@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: Frieda Afary <fafarysec...@yahoo.com> > > Dear Friends: > Below, please find a petition about the young Iranian socialist > intellectual activist, Yashar Darolshafa, who was arrested in Tehran last > month and has not been heard from. If you are interested in signing it, > please respond by Friday and say how you would like your signature to appear > (name, description, country or continent). It will be published on the > weekend. > Best, > Frieda Afary > > Where Is Iranian Socialist-Humanist Intellectual, Yashar Darolshafa? > > December 17, 2019 > > On Thursday November 21, five days after the outbreak of a popular uprising > against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Yashar Darolshafa was violently > arrested by government authorities at a friend’s home and taken away. > Since then, family and friends have not heard from him. Subsequent efforts > by family members inquiring about his status, have not led to any results. > > Darolshafa is a 33 year old PhD candidate in the School of Health and Social > Welfare at Tehran University, a journalist and an activist with deep > interest in student, labor, women’s and oppressed minority struggles and > rights. He represents the combination of brilliance, erudition and > compassion. > > He has paid a heavy price for his critical thinking and commitment to human > emancipation. His efforts in producing a youth journal, Sarpich > (Insubordinate) with a special 2009 issue critically evaluating the 1979 > Revolution, landed him in prison for the first time. Later he was > sentenced to five years in prison for his participation in the 2009 Green > Movement. > > While in prison (2012-2016), Darolshafa continued his research with an > extensive critique of the Iranian Shi’a reformist thinker, Ali Shariati. He > also closely followed the Syrian uprising against the brutal Assad regime and > the Kurdish struggle for self-determination in Rojava, northern Syria. > > After he was released on parole in late 2016, despite extreme pain from > beatings in prison, he was drafted into compulsory military service. He > then returned to his graduate studies in sociology, health and social > welfare. > > He responded to the December 2017-January 2018 popular uprising in Iran by > writing a series of articles on the history of Iranian labor struggles from > the early 1900s to today. He also wrote about and strongly supported women’s > rights activists known as the Girls of Revolution Avenue who took off their > scarves in public to oppose the compulsory hijab. > > Most recently Darolshafa was writing an essay, comparing and contrasting Ali > Shari’ati and Frantz Fanon with the aim of reclaiming Fanon’s critique of > Third World nationalist intellectuals. > > Darolshafa is a unique type of humanist intellectual activist who has broken > with the dogmatism, nationalism and sexism of many members of previous > generations of Iranian socialists. His contribution to emancipatory thought > and struggle at this critical moment in Iran’s history is urgently needed. > > > We urge socialists around the world to publicize the case of this brave > intellectual activist, demand to know where he is being held, hold the > Iranian government accountable for his safety, and call for his immediate > release. > > He needs and deserves our support! > > Signatures: > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Middle-east" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to middle-east-iso+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:middle-east-iso+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/middle-east-iso/1738565100.1187207.1576721148617%40mail.yahoo.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/middle-east-iso/1738565100.1187207.1576721148617%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. _________________________________________________________ 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
