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|name = Socialist Workers’ Party of Iran |
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|native_name = حزب کارگران سوسیالیست ایران |
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|colorcode = Red |
|colorcode = Red |
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|logo = [[File:Logo of the Fourth International.svg|center|Emblem of Socialist Worker’s Party of Iran|50px]] |
|logo = [[File:Logo of the Fourth International.svg|center|Emblem of Socialist Worker’s Party of Iran|50px]] |
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|foundation = {{start date|1979}} |
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|foundation = {{start date and age|1979}}<ref>{{Citation|first1=Ali|last1=Mirsepassi|title=Reformers and Revolutionaries in Modern Iran: New Perspectives on the Iranian Left|chapter=The Tragedy of the Iranian Left|publisher=RoutledgeCurzon|year=2004|at=Table 10.2 Characteristics of principal secular left-wing organizations, 1979–83|isbn=0-415-33128-5|editor=Stephanie Cronin}}</ref> |
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|ideology = [[Communism]] |
|ideology = [[Communism]] |
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|headquarters = [[Potters Bar]], [[United Kingdom]]<ref name="RW"/> |
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|international = [[Reunified Fourth International|United Secretariat of the Fourth International]]<ref name="Iranica">{{cite encyclopedia|title =COMMUNISM iii. In Persia after 1953|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|date=October 27, 2011|orig-year=December 15, 1992|publisher=Bibliotheca Persica Press|location=New York City|url =http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/communism-iii|volume=VI|last1= Ḥaqšenās|first1=Torāb |editor-last=Yarshater|editor-first=Ehsan|editor-link=Ehsan Yarshater|access-date=September 12, 2016|series=Fasc. 1|pages=105–112}}</ref> |
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'''Socialist Workers’ Party of Iran''' ({{lang-fa|حزب کارگران سوسیالیست ایران|Ḥezb-e kārgarān-e sūsīālīst-e Irān}}) is a small Iranian [[communist party]] exiled in England.<ref name="RW">Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Iranian Revolutionary Socialists League and the Iranian Socialist Workers Party (Hezb-e Kargaran Socialist) including number of members, political activities in Iran, publications, reports of ill-treatment by authorities (1996 - June 1999), 1 June 1999, IRN32154.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac0114.html [accessed 18 March 2017] |
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</ref> The party is a merger of two Trotskyite groups based abroad, "Trotskyites", the first Trotskyite group in the history of Persian communism that was founded by Iranian students in London in 1960s, and another group created in the United States with the help of [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]] by [[Babak Zahraei]]. The two groups were unaware of eachother, but were brought together via [[Fourth International]].<ref name="Iranica"/><ref name="B">{{cite book|last1=Maziar |first1=Behrooz|year=2000|title=Rebels With A Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=1860646301|page=93–94}}</ref> |
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'''Socialist Workers’ Party of Iran''' |
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The party members were few in number and activity<ref name="B"/> and not very influential among leftists in Iran.<ref name="Iranica"/> |
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==References== |
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A brief history of the “Socialist Worker’s Party of Iran” during 1979 -1983. |
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The founders of Iranian Socialist Workers’ Party [http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/index.html (''Hezb-e Kargaran-e Socialist'' - HKS)], were Iranian students abroad, politically active against the [[Shah]]’s dictator regime, mainly in Europe and USA during the early 1970s. In opposition to the [[Stalinism]], [[Maoism]] and the guerrilla tendencies, they were [[Trotskyites]], and established a direct relation with the [[Reunified Fourth International|United Secretariat of the Fourth International]] (USFI or "USec"). Politically they based their activity on the [[Trotsky]]’s [[Transitional Programme]] and the first four congresses of the [[Comintern]]. During the 1970s from London, they produced a theoretical and political journal called [http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/k_v_k.html ''Kand-o Kav'' (Analyse)]. |
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During the [[Iranian Revolution]] of 1979, there was a unity congress of the Iranian Trotskyites between the supporters of USFI in Europe and the supporters of the American [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)]] (SWP). In February 1979, the Iranian Socialist Workers’ Party [http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/index.html (''Hezb-e Kargaran-e Socialist'' - HKS)] was launched. The orientation of the HKS was towards building a workers organisation in Iran. However, within a few months a faction supportive of the clerical policies of [[Khomeini]] emerged. |
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Very soon a split took place and this faction continued its pro-clerical activities under the name of the Revolutionary Workers Party (''Hezb-e Kargaran-e Enghelabi'' - HKE) until they liquidated themselves a few years later. |
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In Iran during the years 1979-1983, the HKS produced weekly journals: [http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/kargar.html ''Kargar'' (Workers)], [http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/kar_soc.html Kargar Socialist (Socialist Workers)], [http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/c_b_k.html ''Ch-e Bayad Kard'' (What to be done)], ''Nazm-e Kargar'' (Workers’ order). It had a publishing house [http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/taliee.html ''Tali-e'' (vanguard)] which translated into Persian a dozen classical Marxist literatures. |
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In 1983, after repression of the left by the incumbent regime, that involved the wholesale imprisonment, execution or murder of HKS supporters, a few surviving [http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/index.html HKS] members were forced into exile and from Paris they continued producing a new political-theoretical organ called [http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/s_v_e.html ''Socialism va Enghelab'' (Socialism and Revolution)] until 1989. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/index.html Archive of the Socialist Workers’ Party of Iran] |
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*[http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/k_v_k.html Kand-o-kave archive] |
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*[http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/c_b_k.html Ch-e Bayad Kard archive] |
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*[http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/kargar.html Kargar archive] |
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*[http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/kar_soc.html Kargar-socialist archive ] |
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*[http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/s_v_e.html Socialism va Enghelab archive] |
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*[http://www.hks-iran.com/hks/taliee.html Tali-e archive ] |
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Revision as of 13:20, 29 November 2017
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| Founded | 1979 |
| Ideology | Communism |
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Socialist Workers’ Party of Iran
A brief history of the “Socialist Worker’s Party of Iran” during 1979 -1983.
The founders of Iranian Socialist Workers’ Party (Hezb-e Kargaran-e Socialist - HKS), were Iranian students abroad, politically active against the Shah’s dictator regime, mainly in Europe and USA during the early 1970s. In opposition to the Stalinism, Maoism and the guerrilla tendencies, they were Trotskyites, and established a direct relation with the United Secretariat of the Fourth International (USFI or "USec"). Politically they based their activity on the Trotsky’s Transitional Programme and the first four congresses of the Comintern. During the 1970s from London, they produced a theoretical and political journal called Kand-o Kav (Analyse).
During the Iranian Revolution of 1979, there was a unity congress of the Iranian Trotskyites between the supporters of USFI in Europe and the supporters of the American Socialist Workers Party (United States) (SWP). In February 1979, the Iranian Socialist Workers’ Party (Hezb-e Kargaran-e Socialist - HKS) was launched. The orientation of the HKS was towards building a workers organisation in Iran. However, within a few months a faction supportive of the clerical policies of Khomeini emerged.
Very soon a split took place and this faction continued its pro-clerical activities under the name of the Revolutionary Workers Party (Hezb-e Kargaran-e Enghelabi - HKE) until they liquidated themselves a few years later.
In Iran during the years 1979-1983, the HKS produced weekly journals: Kargar (Workers), Kargar Socialist (Socialist Workers), Ch-e Bayad Kard (What to be done), Nazm-e Kargar (Workers’ order). It had a publishing house Tali-e (vanguard) which translated into Persian a dozen classical Marxist literatures.
In 1983, after repression of the left by the incumbent regime, that involved the wholesale imprisonment, execution or murder of HKS supporters, a few surviving HKS members were forced into exile and from Paris they continued producing a new political-theoretical organ called Socialism va Enghelab (Socialism and Revolution) until 1989.