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Chris Goodey

Chris Goodey teaches industrial sociology at Ruskin College, Oxford University, and is working on a history of workers’ self-management movements.

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Workers' Councils in Iranian Factories

During July and August 1979 I visited a number of Iranian factories. There I held discussions and interviews with militants and activists of different political hues, and with ordinary working people, about the workers’ councils that have appeared in Iranian factories since the February 1979 revolut

Chris Goodey • 12 min read