Mansoor Hekmat
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Mansoor Hekmat (
Life
Born in
and nationalism among the left.He founded the Union of Communist Militants in 1979, then took part in the Iranian Revolution of 1979 – marked by the creation of workers' councils (shoras) – and, unlike the major part of the Iranian left-wing, refused to pay allegiance to Islamism and Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini. He denounced the "myth of a progressive national bourgeoisie".[1]
Because of mounting repression against political opposition groups in Iran, Hekmat sought refuge in
He died of cancer in hospital in the UK and his headstone is at Highgate Cemetery, a few meters away from Karl Marx's grave.
Views
Hekmat supported the "return to
Hekmat believed in free, legalised abortions but encouraged criticism of the strong feminist movements of his time whom he criticized as having a lack of compassion on this matter. He believed all should be done to create a world in which women are supported socially, economically, culturally and politically to keep their children, to reduce the need for abortions.
References
- ^ "The Myth of the National and Progressive Bourgeoisie – Mansoor Hekmat". hekmat.public-archive.net. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
External links
- The Official Mansoor Hekmat Website
- Multi-lingual site of Mansoor Hekmat's works
- Mansoor Hekmat Internet Archive
- Worker-Communist Party of Iran
- Marx-Hekmat Society London
- Mansoor Hekmat texts and information on the worker-communist movement in Iraq (in French)
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