The History of Tude and Mosidek

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Tude was in many ways radically novel. But it also didn't come out of nowhere. Its program of anti-imperialist nationalism, women's enfranchisement, and worker power drew from long-running left-wing currents. Tude's support for giving oil to the Soviets did not sit well with broad-based nationalist sentiment hostile to any force that would break up or weaken Iran. This episode ends with the infamous 1953 coup against Mosidek carried out by the CIA and MI6, the British Intelligence counterpart.

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the second episode in our four-part series. We begin in 1941 with the British-Soviet occupation of Iran, the ouster of Reza Shah and his replacement by his son, Mohammad Reza Shah. We continue with the rise of the Tudeh communist party, the nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Mohammad Mosaddegh's National Party coming to power, and the 1953 US-British coup that overthrew Mosaddegh and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Shah as dictator. His brutal reign continued until the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which is where we will pick up in episode three. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out The Sinking Middle Class by David Roediger haymarketbooks.org/books/1879-the-sinking-middle-class