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Trantor has fallen; now let’s kick the Mule. Asimov’s Foundation as backdrop to Iranian capitalism
This blog draws parallels between Iranian capitalism and Isaac Asimov's Foundation Saga.

Emma Goldwoman
Sep 275 min read


General Zizek speaks!
A short, simple blog criticising some of the silly things Zizek says.

Bandit Shirin شیرین راهزن
Aug 166 min read


A brief Iran-centred review of 'Fascist Yoga', written by Stewart Home, Published by Pluto Press, 2025.
Having just read Stewart Home’s wonderful exposé of fascist and white supremacist currents within some branches of yoga

Dario Fo Jnr. داریو فوی پسر
Aug 86 min read


Of monkeys and donkeys
A joint declaration by radicals about the coming war in the Middle East.
Joint Declaration
Apr 17, 20244 min read


A (belated) semi-sympathetic proletarian review of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses.
«خیلی خوشبختم که حس طنز دارم. فکر میکنم که حس طنز به نوعی پاسخی است به افراطیگری و تعصب. سخت است یک آدم فاشیست طناز را تجسم کنیم. و حس...

Dario Fo Jnr. داریو فوی پسر
Oct 14, 202314 min read


The Future-Forming Power of Slogans
It is said that slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. It is also claimed that slogans do not provide solutions. I disagree on both...

Bandit Shirin شیرین راهزن
Jul 20, 20237 min read


How not to fight God? (Part 3)
[In this final part, I want to deal with a range of important issues around religion, atheism, and the Bolsheviks' strategic failures. I...

Chappi Chaplin چپی چپلین
Jul 12, 202313 min read


How not to fight God? (Part 2)
[In part 1, I dealt with heavy issues such as: belief vs science; what to do with ‘sacred’ texts; and, what to do with Mosque wealth....

Chappi Chaplin چپی چپلین
Jul 3, 202311 min read


How not to fight God? (Part 1)
Ten years ago, I read an excellent book entitled, And God Created Lenin: Marxism vs Religion in Russia, 1917-1929 (Paul Gabel Prometheus...

Chappi Chaplin چپی چپلین
Apr 21, 202314 min read


Fahrenheit 451-ing the Iranian class war
The January 2023 burning of a Quran in Sweden by those euphemistically referred to as ‘far-right extremists’ has once again focused...

Dario Fo Jnr. داریو فوی پسر
Mar 5, 202317 min read


The slow death-agony of a theocratic thanatocracy
Why exactly is the Islamic Republic so vicious, so nasty? Why is the mullah-bourgeoisie so reliant on its killing machine?

Bandit Shirin شیرین راهزن
Mar 4, 202311 min read
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