A great historical irony that the left’s turn away from vanguardism came just before technology made it easier than ever for small groups to control larger groups.

100s of 1000s of diaspora Iranians have marched through global cities “in solidarity” with Iranian protesters. Millions of Iranians have waged cyber-campaigns against targets as diverse as UNICEF and cosmetics influencers because they didn't post enough about Iran (or posted the wrong things).

Now that the weekend is over — anyone have any ideas as to how rallies in Toronto and Munich will lead to a revolution in Iran?

The left doesn’t have a policy problem—it has a power problem. Shifting intellectual firepower from wonkery to collective action means rebuilding parties as more than just electoral brands, writes @aliterrenoire.bsky.social.

Impolite to discuss but the urban university-educated middle-class in Iran is shockingly unproductive (in both the Marxist and non-Marxist sense) and subsidized.