Tag: Iran
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Workers’ Organizations and ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’: A Bottom-Up Solidarity in Making
On February 15th, twenty workers’ unions, feminists, students, and one human rights organization in Iran published the Charter of Minimum Demands of Independent Civil and Trade Unions of Iran, the … Keep reading »
Iran: A Post-Islamist Society Revolts Against an Islamist State
Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom) is the motto of Iran’s most recent democratic social movement, which sparked after the death in detention of Zhina Mahsa Amini by so-called Iran’s … Keep reading »
Western Efforts to Interfere in Iran’s Civil Uprising
Over the past three months, the news media have focused on the recent protests in Iran. We are writing this essay in order to draw attention to the current risks … Keep reading »
Iran: Secular Revolt against Clerical Tyranny
The Islamic regime in Iran is occupied with the brutal crackdown of the latest uprising of Iranians, who are fed up with 43 years of repression and are demanding change. … Keep reading »
Back to Year Zero of the 1979 Iranian Revolution: The ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ Revolt
The time seems to be ripe for the women and the Kurds to write the last year of the Islamic State’s history through rewriting the year Zero of the Revolution. … Keep reading »
Women, Life, Liberty: A Protest Promising a Revolution to End All Oppression and Exploitation
The song Baraye (For) composed by the singer Shervin Hajipour has been described as “the anthem” of the “Women, Life, Liberty” protests in Iran. Hajipour wrote the lyrics using a … Keep reading »
Rhythm of Revolution in Iran: In the Name of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini
On 16 September, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman named Zhina (Mahsa) Amini was murdered, being severely beaten by the Islamic morality police. Her death resulted in nation-wide protests that have … Keep reading »
Trade Union Activists Arrested in Iran: Teachers and Bus Workers Singled Out
Since May Day 2022, a number of trade union activists, especially related to the teachers’ unions and the bus workers’ union, have been arrested in Iran, and are being interrogated … Keep reading »
Into the Light of Hope: Iranian Workers Strike
It is now just over a month since Iranian oil contract workers began their strike. This action, called by the Council for Organizing Protests by Oil Contract Workers (COPOCW), is … Keep reading »
Iranian Workers Unite in Huge Protest
A strike that started amongst one section of oil workers in southern Iran has spread to all oil exploration, refinery, and petrochemical plants in the country and is gaining widespread … Keep reading »
No Short-Term Remedy to Iran’s Economic Challenges
Iran’s economy has never been more vulnerable and fragile. Last month, President Hassan Rouhani complained that the United States has been waging “economic warfare” against Iran by slapping sanctions on … Keep reading »
Iranian Workers Condemn the Killing and Violent Suppression of Protesters
On November 15, 2019, following a sudden 300% gasoline price hike, protests erupted across Iran, mostly by working-class and underprivileged people. Dissatisfaction among Iranians is at such high levels that … Keep reading »