Peykar (1931 newspaper)

Peykar (Persian: پیکار, lit.'Combat') was the theoretical journal of the Communist Party of Persia.[1]

Peykar
Launched1931
Political alignmentCommunist Party of Persia
LanguagePersian
Ceased publication1932
CountryIran
OCLC number1007744155

It was first published in Berlin in 1931 and lasted for 15 issues until 1932, when it was published in Vienna.[2] The newspaper claimed that it was published abroad because communists were prosecuted inside Iran.[3]

Peykar was run by a coalition of Iranian left-wing activists and intellectuals, including Morteza Alavi.[2] According to Younes Jalali, it is unlikely that Taghi Arani had ever contributed to the publication, because of its "cacophony" and journalistic style that included "more blows than hard analysis".[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Shahibzadeh, Yadullah (2018). Marxism and Left-Wing Politics in Europe and Iran. Springer. p. 76. ISBN 978-3-319-92522-6.
  2. ^ a b c Jalali, Younes (2018), Taghi Erani, a Polymath in Interwar Berlin: Fundamental Science, Psychology, Orientalism, and Political Philosophy, Springer, p. 162, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97837-6, ISBN 978-3-319-97837-6, S2CID 189356398
  3. ^ Shahibzadeh, Yadullah (2018). Marxism and Left-Wing Politics in Europe and Iran. Springer. p. 78. ISBN 978-3-319-92522-6.