637. Revolution in Iran: Rise of the Ayatollah (Part 2)

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Referenced when discussing whether the Shah could have changed the outcome by cracking down, with the host noting Axworthy's point that 'even if the Shah had not been ill, what would he have done? Where is the magic wand that would have sorted things out?'

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Mentioned as the foundational text of post-colonial theory, noting that Khomeini's Quranic phrase 'the disinherited of the earth' echoed Fanon's famous title and resonated with left-wing supporters.

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Mentioned as one of Updike's Rabbit novels set in 1979, where the everyman character Harry Angstrom is always complaining about inflation and puts his money into South African Krugerrands.