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The Draft of Despotism, This Time Without a Turban
Two narratives stand on opposite sides of a political divide, yet when you look in the mirror, they reflect the same face: both view history not as an arena of pluralistic forces, but as a field for the exclusive appropriation of agency. Both rewrite yesterday's history so as to pre-emptively seize tomorrow's power. Both share a single logic: the logic of appropriating history to appropriate power. Read the rest of the note.
If the People Do Not Want Freedom: From "Fear of the People" to the Politics of Care
While critiquing monarchist and conservative notions of transition, this essay addresses left-wing and republican forces concerned about the generalization of reactionary demands. It discusses the necessity of engaging in a politics of care as an alternative to stereotypical notions of mass enlightenment.
“January 2026: The Uprising, Pahlavi-ism, and the Danger of Regime Change from Above”
In a note on its official website titled “The 2026 Uprising: Half a Step Forward, Two Steps Back,” the Labor Organization Action Committee analyzes the January 2026 uprising in the continuity of December 2017, November 2019, and “Woman, Life, Freedom,” describing it as a wave that has simultaneously deepened street radicalism and made the space more fertile for reactionary projects such as Pahlavi-ism and imperialist regime change.