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Iran: The New Crisis of American Hegemony
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"Compared with a relatively stable West," Samir Amin wrote in 1976, "which, until now, has been able to overcome its crises…without suffering major shocks, the periphery is a world in which class relationships are in a state of upheaval. This is the primary driving force of contemporary history." (Monthly Review, June 1977, p. 31) Iran is once again proving the profound truth of this observation.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.