Iran on the Brink: Rising Workers and Threats of War

by Shora Esmailian and Andreas Malm

While the world keeps its eyes riveted on Iran's nuclear programme, the Islamic Republic has gone through a crisis of its own. This book shows how soaring unemployment and poverty has given way to social protest. A new labour movement has come to the fore. Although strikes are banned, workers are beginning to organise and underground networks are challenging the rule of the mullahs from within. The authors offer a unique portrait of the social upheaval,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074532603X
• ISBN13: 9780745326030
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.3"