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This episode discusses the uprising in Iran that began on December 28, 2025, analyzing the internal and external challenges faced by the movement.

This episode offers an audio version of " Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without ," discussing the uprising that broke out across Iran on December 28, 2025, triggered by economic distress and escalating to call for the toppling of the government. It includes three analyses exploring the tensions within the uprising between grassroots movements and monarchist groups courting the support of the United States and Israel. -------SHOW NOTES------ Table of Contents: Introduction {0:41} Report on the Current Wave of Protests in Iran {2:57} Iran Protests Amid a Siege by Internal and External Enemies: A Report on the Recent Mass Uprising {6:53} I. The Fifth Uprising since 2017 {8:11} II. An Uprising Besieged by External and Internal Threats {10:51} III. The Spread of the Revolt {16:52} IV. The Geography of the Revolt {19:06} V. The Impact of the Twelve-Day War {22:46} VI. The Contradictions {28:11} VII. The Horizon {32:52} The View from Syria {38:45} This episode offers an audio version of " Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without ," published by CrimethInc. on January 7, 2026. The online version includes footnotes and hyperlinks offering more information. Thanks to…

Topics covered

• Iran uprising
• grassroots movements
• monarchist groups
• economic distress
• internal and external threats
• protests
• political analysis

Keywords

• Iran
• uprising
• protests
• economic distress
• grassroots movements
• monarchist groups
• political analysis
• Ayman Makarem

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective, United States, Israel

Books & works: Revolt in Iran, Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Woman, Life, Freedom)

Places: Iran

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