Activism in Isolation: The Tudeh party of Iran in British Left Discourse during the Long 1980s

IF 0.5 3区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
R. Abdul Razak
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In 1983, the arrest of Noureddin Kianouri, the first secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran came as a shock to the international community. In a letter of condemnation, communist parties from Indonesia to Jamaica pledged solidarity with their Iranian comrades. The optimism initially brought by the 1979 revolution was severely reversed and the suppression of the Iranian Left by the Islamic government was regarded as an attack on the international Left. A significant voice of opposition came from Britain, with the Communist party of Great Britain (CPGB), the British Labor party, the trade unions and solidarity groups coming out in full support of the Tudeh and to take on the cause of Iran as their own. Although interest had existed since the 1940s, it was the 1979 revolution that firmly placed the Tudeh within the discourse of the British Left, energizing the movement and solidifying its internationalist credentials. Similarly, for the Tudeh, which had become side-lined in Iranian politics and had lost members to more radical strands of the Iranian Left, the attention it received helped renew its activism and sense of purpose.
孤立的行动主义:漫长的20世纪80年代英国左翼话语中的伊朗工党
1983年,伊朗图德党第一书记努雷丁·基亚努里被捕,震惊了国际社会。在一封谴责信中,从印度尼西亚到牙买加的共产党承诺声援他们的伊朗同志。1979年革命最初带来的乐观情绪被严重扭转,伊斯兰政府对伊朗左翼的镇压被视为对国际左翼的攻击。英国发出了强烈的反对声音,大不列颠共产党(CPGB)、英国工党、工会和团结团体站出来全力支持图德家族,并将伊朗事业视为自己的事业。尽管自20世纪40年代以来就存在兴趣,但正是1979年的革命将图德人牢牢地置于英国左翼的话语中,激发了这场运动,巩固了其国际主义资格。同样,对于在伊朗政治中已经站在一边的图德党来说,它受到的关注有助于恢复其激进主义和目标感。
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期刊介绍: ILWCH has an international reputation for scholarly innovation and quality. It explores diverse topics from globalisation and workers’ rights to class and consumption, labour movements, class identities and cultures, unions, and working-class politics. ILWCH publishes original research, review essays, conference reports from around the world, and an acclaimed scholarly controversy section. Comparative and cross-disciplinary, the journal is of interest to scholars in history, sociology, political science, labor studies, global studies, and a wide range of other fields and disciplines. Published for International Labor and Working-Class History, Inc.
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