https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Beyond-the-Headlines-Why-Iran-s-Protest-Wave-Can-t-Be-Reduced-to-One-Name https://internationalviewpoint.org/Beyond-the-Headlines-Why-Iran-s-Protest-Wave-Can-t-Be-Reduced-to-One-Name 2026-01-26T17:08:49Z text/html en Siyavash Shahabi Iran Protest movements <p>“the street is the product of a decade of accumulated pressure, repression, and scattered bottom-up organizing. Famous figures arrive late. The real danger is that, instead of strengthening the movement's diversity and real field experience, projects emerge whose goal is not to open a road to freedom—but to manage and control a movement that has already broken out of control.”</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IVP612-January-2026-" rel="directory">IVP612 - January 2026</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Iran-+" rel="tag">Iran</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Protest-movements-+" rel="tag">Protest movements</a>