Alireza Kia

Alireza Kia has been an Iranian socialist activist since the 1979 Iranian revolution, after which he became a member of the Iranian Marxist-Humanist organization, Anjoman Azadi. Currently, he is a member of the Iranian Left Committee in Chicago.

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Alireza Kia

Chicago Demonstration Blocks Highway in Support of Gaza

Summary: Direct action to support Palestine on the streets of Chicago — Editors

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Alireza Kia

Clarifying Our Perspectives on Palestine and Israel after October 7

Summary: On several tendencies on the left, especially in Iran and the diaspora — Editors

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Women’s Resistance Touches Off a New Uprising in Iran

Summary: Examines the size and the social base of the September uprising as a possible turning point in the struggle against the Islamist regime — Editors

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Ali and comrades hold a blue banner that says "Down with the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Alireza Kia

In Memory of Ali Kiani (Kambiz Rafie)

Summary: We mourn the passing of an Iranian Marxist, revolutionary, and true humanist — Editors

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[Video] Marx and Democracy

Summary: Interview with Alireza Kia by Rahe Kargar, an Iranian left democratic group, on Alexander Chrysis’s ‘True Democracy as a Prelude to Communism: The Marx of Democracy (62 minutes) — Editors

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Alireza Kia

Juneteenth in Chicago

Summary: Participant’s account from a longtime Iranian-American activist — Editors

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The Black Lives Matter Uprising and the New Liberation Movement in the U.S.

Summary: This interview by Arash Kamangir with Alireza Kia, which appeared on Barabari TV (Toronto), covers COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter Uprising as a turning point and in light of the history…

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On Iran and the Middle East

Summary: On popular struggles inside Iran, the stakes in Israel and Palestine, and the responsibilities of Marxist-Humanists. Excerpted from a presentation to the Chicago Convention of the Internation…

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Iran’s New Uprising in the Historic Mirror

Summary: A look at the challenges posed by today’s uprising inside Iran. [Image from Ferdowsi Square, Tehran, December 30, 2017] — Editors

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