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Iran's Hidden Labour Uprising: What They Won't Tell You | Graham Elwood

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Iran's Hidden Labour Uprising: What They Won't Tell You | Graham Elwood

In this video, Graham Elwood breaks down reporting by Murtaza Hussain in The Intercept regarding nationwide protests across Iran, highlighting how these demonstrations originated among working-class communities and labour activists demanding economic relief and labour rights rather than foreign intervention, while drawing stark parallels to working-class struggles in the United States.
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📚 Sources & Further Reading:
1. The Intercept - Murtaza Hussain on Iran Protests and Labor Activists: https://theintercept.com/
2. Wikipedia - 2017–2018 Iranian protests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%932018_Iranian_protests
3. Wikipedia - Labor movement in Iran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_movement_in_Iran
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In this video I discuss the following: 
✅ Murtaza Hussain's The Intercept investigation into working-class unrest across Iran
✅ Discontent over rampant inflation, high unemployment, and decades of state kleptocracy
✅ Parallels between Iranian working-class precarity and the American gig economy
✅ The historic power of labor unions, worker strikes, and cross-border solidarity

⏳ Timestamps: 
00:00 - Introduction & The Intercept Report on Iran Protests
01:42 - Working-Class Origins vs. The 2009 Green Movement
03:10 - Trade Unions, Inflation & Kleptocracy in Iran
05:10 - Economic Precarity: Parallels Between Iran and the US
07:25 - Labor Demands, Historical Strikes & State Repression
09:30 - The Power of the General Strike & Organizing Workers
11:15 - Working-Class Solidarity Across National Borders

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