The rise of Islamism as the principal vehicle for opposition to US Empire in the dominant order in the region. It's is this Islamist revolution that's fundamentally influenced by Marxist to third worldism and prior currents of secular anti-imperialist nationalism. That also signals the decline of Marxistthird worldism and secular nationalism more generally.
Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the fourth episode in what is now a FIVE-part series. We pick up in the wake of the Islamic Revolution as Khomeini consolidates power, represses his rivals, and confronts an invasion from Saddam Hussein's Iraq. We continue through the Iran-Iraq War, the mass execution of thousands of leftist prisoners, and Khamenei and Rafsanjani's rise to power after Khomeini's death.
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