Why the Left loves the Ayatollah
In 1979, Michel Foucault—still a towering figure on the Left—enthusiastically cheered the Iranian Revolution. Why? The ayatollahs opposed Western “imperialism,” and Islam was cast as a force of “spiritual” awakening. Half a century later, this campist delusion still endures. pic.twitter.com/RBloAnEnav
— Maarten Boudry (@mboudry) January 11, 2026


































