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Jan 25, 2026 - Iran: Regime Change or Leader Change

By Saeed Rahnema

Iran is once again in turmoil. Street uprisings have shaken the very foundations of the clerical regime, and its apparatus of repression is brutally killing unarmed demonstrators. The current movement shares both similarities and differences with the previous mass movement of 2022, Woman / Life / Freedom. That earlier movement was primarily social and cultural in nature: Iranian women, supported by youth, rose against the compulsory hijab policy. Despite paying a heavy price, they succeeded in pushing the regime back. Today, among predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East, Iran has the highest number of unveiled women visible in public spaces.

Source: The Bullet No. 3254

Jan 23, 2026 - Cybernetic Circulation Complex: Big Tech and Planetary Crisis

By Nick Dyer-Witheford and Alessandra Mularoni

This is a lightly-edited extract from Cybernetic Circulation Complex: Big Tech and Planetary Crisis by Nick-Dyer Witheford and Alessandra Mularoni, published by Verso Books. The book's Preface - "A Spectre Haunts the Planet" - is already available at Verso's blog. So, to offer something different, here we present its last few pages. The term Cybernetic Circulation Complex (CCC) to refer to the US tech sector headed by the so-called Magnificent Seven corporations, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla.

Source: The Bullet No. 3253

Jan 21, 2026 - Social Strikes: Confronting ICE and Resisting Authoritarianism

As authoritarian politics harden in the United States, familiar channels of resistance are proving dangerously inadequate. Elections are constrained, courts are under siege, and dissent is increasingly met with repression in the streets. In this moment, questions of power - who has it, how it is exercised, and how it can be withdrawn - are no longer abstract. They are immediate and practical. Labour historian and longtime organizer Jeremy Brecher has spent decades grappling with these questions, and in a recent series of reports, culminating in "Social Strikes: Can General Strikes, Mass Strikes, and People Power Uprisings Provide a Last Defense Against MAGA Tyranny?" he argues that large-scale noncooperation may be one of the few strategies capable of halting an authoritarian slide.

Source: The Bullet No. 3252

Jan 19, 2026 - Why “Bubble Zones” Are a Toxic Threat to Democracy

By Larry Haiven

Over the past several years, a new method of bulldozing civil rights in Canada has emerged from the playbooks of die-hard Israel-supporting organizations. It is called "bubble zones." A bubble zone is a police, judicial, or legislative action forbidding protests within a designated perimeter surrounding certain buildings or locations.

Source: The Bullet No. 3251

Jan 17, 2026 - Supporting the Iranian People’s Struggle for Their Rights

By Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company

Popular protests and strikes in cities across the country have now entered their eleventh day. Despite an increasingly securitized atmosphere, the heavy deployment of police and security forces, and violent repression, the protests have continued to expand in both scope and form. According to reports, during this period, at least 174 locations in 60 cities across 25 provinces have witnessed protests, and hundreds of protesters have been arrested. Tragically, during this time at least 35 protesters - including children - have been killed.

Source: The Bullet No. 3250