On Iran at the End of History.
When the US assassinated Iran's 'shadow commander', Qassem Soleimani, everyone thought WW3 would break out. What happened instead? We talk to the author of a new book on Soleimani about the "local boy who made it", and look at how Soleimani masterminded Iran's interventions all over the region.
We also discuss how the Iranian Revolution represented a degradation of universalism, as it marginalised secular nationalism, socialism and communism. Would the Shia-Sunni conflict, with Iran as leader of the Shia faction, therefore be yet another step away from universalism? And what role did the US play in fomenting sectarian conflict?
Readings:
/390/ The Biggest Country No One Talks About ft. Vedi Hadiz
/388/ Betting on Bukele (I) ft. Nelson Rauda / Juan Rojas
/387/ Get Fungal to Save Culture ft. Lias Saoudi (Fat White Family)
Excerpt: /386/ Reading Club: Globalisation (III & IV)
/384/ Millennial Rule ft. Amber A'Lee Frost
/383/ Stare into the Abyss with Us ft. Juliano Fiori
Excerpt: /382/ Death of the Millennial Left ft. Chris Cutrone
UNLOCKED: /373/ Take a Stand: Be Neutral! ft. Lily Lynch
[FROM THE VAULT] /104/ The Aristocracy of Finance ft. Alexander Zevin
[FROM THE VAULT] /44/ Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome (N.O.B.S.)
[FROM THE VAULT] /74/ Order Not Freedom ft. Quinn Slobodian
[FROM THE VAULT] /161/ Culture is Bad for You ft. Mark Taylor
[FROM THE VAULT] /46/ Exiting Capitalist Realism
[FROM THE VAULT] /136/ Banana Monarchy ft. David Edgerton
/381/ Contemporary Art: Inane Spectacle & Pompous Discourse, ft. JJ Charlesworth
Excerpt: /380/ Josephine’s Body Count
/379/ Sexy Pictures of Taylor Swift (Not Brexit)
Excerpt: /378/ Reading Club: Globalisation (II)
/377/ The Locked-Up Country ft. Shahar Hameiri & Tom Chodor
Excerpt: /376/ AufheBonus Bonus - Nov 2023
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