Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber
A show about socialist theory and strategy.

When Do Protests Become a Revolution?

Iran faces both protests and a bellicose Trump administration.

The Trump administration has ramped up its bellicose rhetoric against the Iranian regime after it clamped down on the latest wave of protests. Is the regime teetering on the edge of collapse?

In this episode of Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber and Melissa Naschek contrast the Iranian Revolution of 1979 with the current protests, and discuss what makes a revolution possible.

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