“Woman, Life, Freedom” - On Iran's protest movement w/ Narges Bajoghli

Narges Bajoghli returns to PTO to talk about the ongoing protests
in Iran, which erupted in mid-September following the killing of
the twenty-two year old Mahsa Amini, by officers of the so-called
guidance patrol. We talked about why Amini's death has sparked such
wide scale opposition to the Iranian regime, and the class
composition and geographical spread of the protests. We also talked
about how the regime is seeking to portray the protest movement as
being instigated by foreign powers, and finally we talked about how
the left should respond to those who seek to weaponise the cause of
women's rights in Iran to justify Islamophobic politics or to
advance geopolitical objectives.