Maliki Is a Marxist and a Third Worldist Ethos

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The idea of the military intelligence and broader intelligence force being specifically concerning itself with anti communism is as much longer standing in 20th century Iran. The two day party is so much bigger than the post split groups that the Maliki founds I want to flag something because there tends to be this kind of understanding of the post period as a time when the repressive apparatus of the Path of the government sort of dramatically expands. And for the this moment where the repressive arm of the state expands in the post coup moment it's already expanding in the night.

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