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:
Excerpt: /245/ Reading Club: Emergency Politics II - Agamben
/244/ Bunga NYC: Live Debate ft. Adam Tooze
/236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch (UNLOCKED)
/242/ Bureaucracy Rules OK ft. Michael Lind
Excerpt: /241/ Three Articles: Peace & Social War in North America
/240/ Populist Interventions: Örebro Party ft. Malcolm Kyeyune
/239/ Against Justice ft. Ross Wolfe
/238/ Reading Club: Emergency Politics I (Extended Excerpt)
Excerpt: /237/ Three Articles: Italy, Ukraine, Matrix
Excerpt: /236/ Green Nazi Paedos ft. Lily Lynch
/235/ Political Ritalin ft. Anton Jäger
Grand Reset
Excerpt: /234/ Three Articles: Restoration?
Excerpt: /233/ Aufhebonus Bonus
Excerpt: /232/ Reading Club: Cold, Hard / Warm, Soft
/231/ New Class Analysis ft. Catherine Liu
Excerpt: /230/ Repetition Compulsion ft. Doug Lain, pt. 2
/229/ Repetition Compulsion ft. Doug Lain, pt. 1
/228/ Three Articles: Popular Backlash in Chile, India, Europe
Excerpt: /227/ Reading Club: All That Is Solid
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