Under the Iron Heal by Akmid White is a dramatic deeply researched account of how legal repression and vigilantism brought down the Wobbly's. The book uncovers disturbing truths about the law political repression and the limits of free speech and association in class society. What was the balance of forces between Islamist and leftist forces in the revolution and to what degree were the two forces intermeshed? This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com or University of California Press which has loads of great titles perfect for dig listeners like you.
Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the third episode in our four-part series. We pick up in the wake of the US-British 1953 coup against Mossadegh, assess the Shah's repression and attempts to manufacture consent through passive revolution, and then close by laying out the 1979 Islamic Revolution in all of its wild complexity.
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