Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Protest in Iran

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🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Suzi talks to Iranian scholar and activist Yassamine Mather about the growing protest movement in Iran, sparked by the brutal murder of Mahsa Amini in police custody for wearing a loose hijab. The demonstrations have spread across the country and world with women chopping off their hair in solidarity and protest. The Islamic regime has violently cracked down on protestors but has failed to quell the movement. This is the biggest challenge the government has faced in more than four decades of theocratic rule – and as Yassamine asserts, the protests are not just about the hijab, but a woman’s right to choose what she does in every aspect of her life.

Suzi also talks to political economist Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos in Brazil to get his analysis of the October 2nd Presidential election results. Lula won with 48.4% to President Bolsonaro's 43.2% of the votes, but failed to eliminate Bolsonaro outright in the first round. The results reveal the level of polarization in Brazil, despite Bolsonaro's disastrous rule. We get Pedro Paulo's analysis of Brazil's geographical, social, political, religious and racial divisions, and his assessment of the second round to come on October 30th.

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0:00.0	This is Jacobin Radio. I'm Suzy Weisman. On today's program, we go international and look
0:12.8	at the growing protest movement in Iran, sparked by the brutal murder of Masa Meeney in
0:18.5	police custody for wearing a loose hijab or headscarf. The protests have spread across
0:23.6	the country and world with women chopping off their hair and solidarity and protest.
0:29.3	The Islamic regime is violently cracked down on protesters but have failed to quell the movement.
0:35.0	This is the biggest challenge the Islamic government has faced in 43 years of theocratic
0:39.7	rule. And I've invited Iranian scholar and activist Yasemin Mather to join us with
0:45.0	her view of the protest movement, the regime's response, and what it may mean for continued
0:50.2	theocratic rule in Iran. We then turned to Brazil to discuss the October 2nd presidential
0:56.2	election results with Brazilian political economist Pedro Palo Zambozostos. Lula won
1:02.4	the first round but failed to eliminate Jair Bolsonaro, the current president often called
1:07.6	Brazil's Trump. The second and final round of the election will be held on October 30th
1:13.2	and we get Pedro Palo's analysis of the geographical, social, political, religious,
1:17.9	and racial divisions as well as his assessment of the second round to come. All this when
1:23.2	our program returns in just a moment. But first, listeners, please take note and write
1:28.6	this down. I'm excited to announce that I'm creating an online companion to this podcast
1:34.4	where you'll find regularly updated articles and interviews of mine. It's going to be
1:38.8	packed with info that you'll love and it will be free. Please email me at beneath the
1:44.4	Surface KPFK at gmail.com and I'll put you on the mailing list. Again, send your email
1:50.8	address to beneath the Surface KPFK all one word at gmail.com and now we turn to Yasmin
1:58.0	Mather and the ongoing protest movement in Iran.
2:11.4	This is Jacobin Radio. I'm Suzy Weisman. Please to be welcoming back Yasmin Mather, we're
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