Students for Freedom and Equality
The Inevitable Return of the Left in Post-Revolutionary Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9977795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peyman Vahabzadeh (University of Victoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 843-858 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iranian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00210862.2020.1836952 |
| OpenAlex | W3127594307 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The emergence and rapid but short-lived presence of Students for Freedom and Equality (SFE; in Persian: Daneshjuyan-e Azadikhah va Barabaritalab or DAB) across major Iranian campuses and their fateful 4 December 2007 protest rally on the campus of the University of Tehran speaks of the return of leftist student activism to Iranian campuses after almost two decades of absence or invisibility within the context of post-revolutionary Iran. SFE was an umbrella democratic organization: its activists came from a plurality of social and political backgrounds and adhered to diverse leftist ideas. But in the context of pro-Reform Movement student activism in Iranian post-secondary institutions in the late 1990s and in 2000s, for a short time the SFE tried to hegemonize student activism and challenge the various pro-government tendencies in university campuses. Before state repression forced the SFE out of operation in 2007, Students for Freedom and Equality brought to campuses candid discussions of social justice issues, critique of Iran’s neoliberal economic policies, and challenges to censorship and lack of freedom
Academic freedom · Censorship · Context (archaeology · Democracy · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Left-wing politics · New Left · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |