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3 - The Kurdish Peasant Revolt: the First Indication of Class Struggle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2021

Allan Hassaniyan
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
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This chapter investigates the socio-political and ideological aspects of an event named in the lexicon of the Iranian Kurdish movement as the Kurdish Peasant Uprising of 1952-3 (Rapêr̄ini Werzeran u Cûtyarani Kurdistan 1331-2). This event took place in a period when kurdayêti was the only ideological force behind mobilising the Kurdish people to conduct collective political action. However, throughout this chapter I argue that this uprising highlighted the issue of class conflict in the rural areas of Kurdistan, and challenged the authority of the Kurdish feudal class. In addition, the KDPI’s role, as the only and major ethnonationalist political organisation is assessed and discussed. Due to the way this uprising was conducted, it has been argued to be the first collective class-inspired rebellion in Iranian Kurdistan.

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Kurdish Politics in Iran
Crossborder Interactions and Mobilisation since 1947
, pp. 36 - 57
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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