The vast majority of Iranians don’t want the same old thing. They want democracy and freedom.

If we don’t understand our own power, then we’re not responsible for it.

Our dreams might vary, but they all shed light on the bigger picture, that we have work to do, and now is the time for truth and action.

I recommend a New Year’s resolution: Do the work to find new friendship markets in 2026, rather than waiting passively for new connections to find you.

Unions as an institution, as an actor, sort of undermined their egalitarian emphasis and indirectly contributed to this acceptance of inequality through some of the practices when they were just trying to survive during the ’80s and ’90s.