The useful idiots of Tower Hamlets

Left-wing activists once again find themselves cheering for those who despise everything they claim to defend.

After the overthrow of the Shah of Iran in 1979, many of the left-wing activists and intellectuals who had allied themselves with the Islamic revolutionaries soon found themselves branded as enemies of the new regime. Within months, members of groups such as the communist Tudeh Party, the Fedayeen, and the People’s Mojahedin were rounded up, imprisoned,…