Popular Politics, Unbound
Ali KadivarNotes, observations, and analysis on protest, power, and political change across the globe, with a particular focus on the Global South, the Middle East, and Iran.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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After the Massacre: Rethinking Strategy in Iran’s Uprising
In my previous posts, I wrote about the context, early geography, and the buildup of this protest wave. This essay shifts focus to a different but urgent question that has emerged after the massacre: the question of strategy — how power shi...
Two Weeks into Iran’s Protest Wave: A New Phase
Anti-regime protests in Iran have now lasted for two weeks, and in recent days they appear to have entered a new phase. In my previous post, published on the fifth day, I reflected on the initial geography of unrest and compared it with Ira...
Reflections on the Current Wave of Protests in Iran
Over the past five days, protests have broken out in multiple Iranian cities, with slogans targeting the Iranian regime as a whole. Nationwide protests with explicitly anti-regime slogans are not new; similar episodes occurred in 2017, 2019...
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Political sociologist studying protest, revolution, and authoritarian politics, with a focus on Iran. Associate Professor at Boston College and 2025–26 Fellow at Harvard Radcliffe. Writing on protest dynamics and political change.
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