Stopping as Protest: The Political Practice of Truck Drivers on the Margins of Iran’s Formal System/ Mina Javani

In recent decades, strikes—as one of the main forms of collective action in contemporary societies—have become more than merely a professional response. They have transformed into powerful tools for expressing demands in contexts where institutionalized and formal participation is limited or blocked. In Iran, too—where structures for labor and trade union organization face legal, political, […]...

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Truck Drivers’ Strike: A Symbol of Economic Crisis and Government Inaction/ Roozbeh Bolhari

For several days, a very large number of cities across Iran witnessed a truck drivers’ strike—an action that began on the first of Khordad (May 22, 2025) and, due to its scale and its reflection on social media and in public opinion, forced officials of the Islamic Republic to respond. Truck drivers protested a wide […]...

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Rethinking the Role and Structure of Unions in Confronting Job Insecurity/ Mehrnaz Razaghi

The effects of “neoliberalism” on the world of work and labor unions are topics of contemporary debate in most countries. According to David Harvey, neoliberalism can be understood as a theory of political economy practices that seeks to enhance human well-being by maximizing entrepreneurial freedoms within an institutional framework characterized by the protection of private […]...

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