Tag: Iran
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The Political Economy of Starlink in Iran
Imagine a small white dish, something like a flat plate fixed on a rooftop, balcony or courtyard. Instead of using cables, telecom companies or a domestic operator, it connects directly to a satellite. In many countries, this is just an internet device. In Iran today, the same small object can cost several thousand dollars, be…
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Né quella di Stato, né quella occidentale: la terza storia di Marjane Satrapi
Marjane Satrapi, scrittrice e regista, è morta a Parigi all’età di 56 anni. È stata una persona che è riuscita a strappare una parte dell’esperienza iraniana dalle mani dello Stato, della guerra, della propaganda, dell’orientalismo (lo sguardo che vede l’Oriente dall’esterno, attraverso cliché fissi) e della nostalgia dell’esilio, e a trasformarla in una storia. I…
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Migration, War, and the Dirty Work of Empire
Last night, I had a long discussion with an anarchist friend about the movement that today calls itself anti-imperialism. The result was this: I returned to a text I had written a few weeks ago and prepared it for my blog. The argument is simple. Europe produces deniability through distance. It places detention camps in…
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İranlı işçiler davalarını ILO’ya taşıyor
Yurtdışı İran Emek Konfederasyonu, İran’daki işçilere yönelik baskıyı çalışma standartlarından sorumlu Birleşmiş Milletler organı olan Uluslararası Çalışma Örgütünde (ILO) resmi bir davaya dönüştürmeye çalışıyor. Merkezi Berlin’de bulunan Yurtdışı İran Emek Konfederasyonu; dünya sendikalarına, yıllık Uluslararası Çalışma Konferansındaki işçi delegelerine ve ILO üyesi devletlere yönelik bir talep hazırladı. Amaç, İran İslam Cumhuriyeti’ne karşı resmi bir şikayet…
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Cosa significa la guerra in Iran per i lavoratori
In tempo di guerra, gli Stati parlano di obiettivi militari, infrastrutture, deterrenza, stretti, negoziati e ricostruzione. Ma per la maggior parte delle persone, la guerra diventa reale quando i prezzi dei generi alimentari aumentano, le tariffe dei trasporti salgono, le officine rimangono senza materie prime, i turni di lavoro vengono ridotti, l’elettricità viene interrotta, i…
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Kurdistan, War, and the Failure of Ready-Made Narratives
During the five-week war waged by Israel and the United States against Iran, one name was repeatedly pushed into the media and political spotlight: the Kurds. The announcement of a coalition among Iranian Kurdish political forces before the war, Donald Trump’s calls during the war with Kurdish leaders in Iraq and later with Mustafa Hijri,…
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Komalah, Communism, and the Political History of Iranian Kurdistan
In a recent episode of Asraneh, Ebrahim Alizadeh, the First Secretary of Komalah, the Kurdistan Organization of the Communist Party of Iran, gave a long interview about the history of Komalah, the Iranian left, the Kurdish question, the formation of the Communist Party of Iran, the later splits, and the current political situation in Iran.…
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La guerra que cambió la cuestión iraní
Se suponía que la guerra contra Irán simplificaría el problema: presión militar, retirada de Teherán, negociaciones desde una posición de debilidad y quizás, incluso, un cambio de régimen. Pero la guerra rara vez obedece las fantasías de quienes la desatan. En lugar de simplificarse, la cuestión iraní se ha transformado. El Irán posterior a la…
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Ecocide in Tehran: When War Reaches the Air People Breathe
The issue is not simply the bombing of several oil depots. The real issue is that in modern wars, energy infrastructure is no longer just a military target. It has become the point where war, economy, environment, and everyday life intersect. When fuel storage facilities in Tehran, Rey, Shahran, Ghoochak, Fardis, and Alborz are attacked,…
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Bread, Speech, and Prison: Remembering Sattar Beheshti on Workers’ Day
On International Workers’ Day, Goahar Eshghi, the mother of Sattar Beheshti, published a message addressed to workers in Iran. It is a short text, but it carries the weight of a whole political history: the history of a worker killed in custody, a mother turned into a public voice of justice, and a society where…
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Bread, Freedom and Organisation: Esmail Bakhshi on Iran Today
Esmail Bakhshi is a well-known Iranian worker and labour activist. His name is mostly associated with the struggles of the Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers, the fight for independent workers’ organisation, and his own experience of prison, torture, dismissal from work, and resistance to repression. Over the past years, he has not been known as the…
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U.S. Maritime Blockade: Oil Trapped at Sea, Workers Abandoned on the Ground
In debates over oil, the main issue is not always what first appears. The usual question is how much oil Iran can sell under conditions of war, blockade, and disruption in maritime routes. But the more urgent question may be this: how much of the oil Iran continues to produce can it store? This seemingly…
