To sign this statement, please send an email with your name, position and affiliation to SolidarityWithWomenLifeFreedom@gmail.com 

 

For Women, Life, Freedom

For Change from Below and Within Iran

 

Statement in Support of 

the Charter of Iran’s Independent Labor and Civic Organizations

 

We welcome the charter issued by 20 independent labor and other civil society organizations that have been at the forefront of progressive campaigns and struggles in Iran. Emanating from the Women, Life, Freedom protests in the streets, workplaces, schools and universities, this charter proposes a set of minimum demands around which a widespread and ongoing struggle for a shared, democratic and just future for all Iranians can be organized. The main demands of this charter include the release of all political prisoners, the abolition of the death penalty, the separation of religion from the state, gender equality, abolishing discrimination and oppression based on nationality and religion, radical democracy, the normalization of relations with the world, and social and environmental justice. We welcome this charter, because we strongly believe that fundamental change can only come from grassroots organizations, campaigns and struggles from within Iran. 

 

برای زن، زندگی، آزادی

 

در حمایت از منشور اتحادیه‌های کارگری و تشکل‌های مدنی مستقل ایران

که در جستجوی تغییرات اجتماعی از درون و پایین جامعه ایرانند!

 

تدوین منشور«مطالبات حداقلی» توسط ۲۰ اتحادیه مستقل نیروی‌کار و انجمن‌های‌ مدنیِ ایران، که دیری است در خط مقدم کارزارها و مبارزاتِ پیشرو کشور قرارداشته‌اند اتفاق مبارکی است!

این منشور که با الهام از جنبش «زن، زندگی، آزادی» تدوین شده، جنبشی که در ماههای گذشته در خیابان‌ها، مراکزِ کار، مدارس و دانشگاه‌های ایران جاری بوده، مبانی لازم را برای ساماندهی مبارزه‌ای گسترده‌تر برای ساختن ایرانی آزاد و عدالت‌محور برای همه ایرانیان بدست می‌دهد.

این منشور ایرانیان را به همراهی در مبارزه برای آزادی همه زندانیان سیاسی، لغو مجازات اعدام، جدایی دین از دولت، تامین برابری جنسیتی،  لغو تبعیض و ستم ملی و مذهبی، برقراری دموکراسی رادیکال، عادی سازی روابط با کشورهای دیگر، تامین عدالت اجتماعی و حفاظت از محیط زیست کشور فرامی‌خواند.  ما از منشور «مطالبات حداقلی» اتحادیه‌ها و انجمن‌های مدنی ایران استقبال می‌کنیم زیرا عمیقاً باور داریم که تنها کارزارها و مبارزات سامان یافته توسط سازمان‌های مردمی درایران می‌تواند تغییرات بنیادی لازم را برای کشور به ارمغان آورد.

Signatories:

1.     Kaveh Abbasian - Lecturer in Film and Media Practice, University of Kent

2.     Ervand Abrahamian - Professor Emeritus of History, City University of New York

3.     Janet Afary - Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

4.     Frieda Afary - Author, librarian and translator

5.     Daniel Ahadi - Senior Lecturer in Communication, Simon Fraser University

6.     Sharareh Akhavan - Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, Gavle University

7.     Kazem Alamdari - Professor of Sociology, State University of California

8.     Tara Asgarilaleh - PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Cambridge

9.     Mohammad Ataie - Junior Research Fellow in Middle East Studies, Brandeis University

10.                       Farshid Baghai - Associate Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University

11.                       Narges Bajoghli - Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University 

12.                       Ali Banuazizi - Research Professor of Political Science, Boston College

13.                       Asef Bayat - Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

14.                       Sohrab Behdad - Professor of Economics, Denison University

15.                       Sam Behseta - Fellow of the American Statistical Association and Director of the Center for Computational and Applied Mathematics (CCAM), California State University

16.                       Alireza Behtoui - Professor of Sociology, Södertörn University, Sweden

17.                       Houri Berberian - Professor of History, University of California, Irvine

18.                       Amin Bozorgiyan - Phd Candidate in Anthropology, University of Côté d’azur

19.                       Hamid Dabashi - Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University

20.                       Aghil Daghagheleh - PhD candidate in Sociology, Rutgers University

21.                       Arash Davari - Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Minnesota

22.                       Alireza Doostdar - Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion, Divinity School and the College, The University of Chicago

23.                       Kaveh Ehsani - Associate Professor of International Studies, DePaul University

24.                       Fataneh Farahani - Professor in Ethnology, Stockholm University

25.                       Iman Ganji - Independent Researcher, Performance and Theatre Studies, FU Berlin

26.                       Halleh Ghorashi - Professor of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

27.                       James Gustafson - Associate Professor in History, Indiana State University

28.                       Nader Hashemi - Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver

29.                       Shabnam Holliday - Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Plymouth

30.                       Reza Hadisi - Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto

31.                       Taraneh Hemami - Assistant Professor of Critical Ethnic Studies, California College of the Arts

32.                       Homa Hoodfar - Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Concordia University

33.                       Elham Hoominfar, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Northwestern University

34.                       Peyman Jafari - Assistant Professor of  History, The College of William and Mary

35.                       Bita Jamalpour - Independent Researcher of Urban and Regional Planning, Vancouver

36.                       Hadi Kahalzadeh - Ph.D. Candidate in Social Policy, Brandeis University

37.                       Persis Karim - professor of English & Comparative Literature and Chair of Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University

38.                       Azadeh Kian, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Université Paris Cité

39.                       Ali Kadivar - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston College

40.                       Ali Reza Kazemi - Managing Director of Institute for Social Sciences & Humanities (Iran Academia)

41.                       Arang Keshavarzian, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University

42.                       Bijan Khajehpour - Managing Partner, Eurasian Nexus Partners, Vienna

43.                       Azam Khatam - Research Affiliate, York University

44.                       Shahram Khosravi - Professor of Anthropology, Stockholm University

45.                       Mojtaba Mahdavi - Professor of Political Science, University of Alberta

46.                       Tokameh Mahmoudi, Professor of Pathology, Urology and Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Centre

47.                       Sahar Maranlou - Lecturer in Law and Socio-Legal Studies, University of Essex 

48.                       Kamran Matin, Senior Lecturer, Sussex University

49.                       Afshin Matin-Asgari - Professor of History, California State University Los Angeles

50.                       Ali Mirsepassi - Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University

51.                       Valentine Moghaddam - Professor of Sociology & International Affairs, Northeastern University

52.                       Haideh Moghissi - Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women’s Studies, York University

53.                       Alireza Momeni - Visiting researcher in Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland

54.                       Manijeh Moradian - Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Barnard College

55.                       Norma Claire Moruzzi, Associate Professor of Political Science, Gender & Women's Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

56.                       Nima Naghibi - Professor of English, Toronto Metropolitan University

57.                       Farhad Nomani - Professor Emeritus of Economics, American University of Paris

58.                       Arzoo Osanloo - Professor of Law, Societies, and Justice, University of Washington

59.                       Saeed Paivandi - Professor of Sociology and Methodology, University of Lorraine

60.                       Amin Parsa - Assistant Professor of Sociology of Law, Halmstad University

61.                       Akram Pedramnia - Women’s Rights Activist, Author and Translator

62.                       Nasrin Rahimieh - Professor of Humanities, University of California Irvine

63.                       Saeed Rahnema - Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, York University

64.                       Sanaz Raji -ISRF Visiting Fellow, Northumbria University

65.                       Sahar Razavi - Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies Center, California S​tate University, Sacramento

66.                       Paola Rivetti - Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Dublin City University

67.                       Jasamin Rostam-Kolayi, Professor of History, California State University, Fullerton

68.                       Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Politics and Modern History of Middle East, Goldsmiths, University of London

69.                       Shirin Saeidi, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of Middle East Studies, University of Arkansas

70.                       Soha Saghazadeh - PhD Candidate in Film and Media Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara

71.                       Siavash Saffari, Associate Professor of West Asian Studies, Seoul National University 

72.                       Nastaran Saremy - PhD candidate, Simon Fraser University

73.                       Roozbeh Shirazi - Associate Professor of Comparative and International Development Education, University Of Minnesota

74.                       Mansoureh Shojaee - Women’s Rights Activist and Author, Vrije Universiteit

75.                       Nahid Siamdoust - Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin 

76.                       Sussan Siavoshi - Professor of Political Science, Trinity University

77.                       Mona Tajali - Associate Professor of International Relations and Women’s Studies, Agnes Scott College

78.                       Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi - Professor and Director of the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto

79.                       Nayereh Tohidi, Professor Emerita of Gender & Women's Studies, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, California State University, Northridge

80.                       Aidin Torkameh - Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Studies, York University

81.                       Mehrdad Vahabi, Professor in Economics, University of Sorbonne Paris Nord

82.                       Peyman Vahabzadeh, Professor in Sociology, University of Victoria

83.                       Shirin Vossoughi - Associate Professor of Learning Sciences, Northwestern University