In this jam-packed episode we explore a series of strikes led by oil workers at the Abadan oil refinery in Iran, culminating in an oil industry general strike in 1946. We dive into the advent of the global oil industry, British colonization and economic exploitation through the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, explore the impact of WWII occupation of Iran on Iranian workers, the segregated company city of Abadan, and learn about the labor movement that bloomed in spite of repressive conditions, eventually leading to oil nationalization—which is a-whole-nother story.

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