by Bernard-Henri Lévy, The HuffingtonPost
Whatever happens from this point on, nothing will ever be the same in Tehran.
Whatever happens, if the protest gains momentum or loses steam, if it ends up prevailing or if the regime succeeds in terrorizing it, he who should now only be called president-non-elect Ahmadinejad will only be an ersatz, illegitimate, weakened president.
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Listen to the message to the young people of Iran by Bernard-Henri Lévy
Friday, June 26, 2009
Iran’s Many Wars
by Behzad Yaghmaian,Foreign Policy Journal
A specter is haunting Iran, the specter of a bloody civil war... The democracy movement may become collateral damage in a larger war. The future remains unclear.
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A specter is haunting Iran, the specter of a bloody civil war... The democracy movement may become collateral damage in a larger war. The future remains unclear.
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Symbols are not enough to win this battle
by Robert Fisk, The Independent
Symbols are not enough to win this battle: It is indeed an 'intifada' that has broken out in Iran, however hopeless its aims.
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Symbols are not enough to win this battle: It is indeed an 'intifada' that has broken out in Iran, however hopeless its aims.
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Commentary: Iran conflict isn't class warfare
by Hamid Dabashi, Special to CNN
We are witness to something quite extraordinary, perhaps even a social revolution... We need to adjust our lenses and languages in order to see better... This movement is ahead of our inherited politics, floating ideologies or mismatched theories.
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We are witness to something quite extraordinary, perhaps even a social revolution... We need to adjust our lenses and languages in order to see better... This movement is ahead of our inherited politics, floating ideologies or mismatched theories.
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will the cat above the precipice fall down?
by Slavoj Žižek, Infinite thought
We are witnessing a great emancipatory event... If our cynical pragmatism will make us lose the capacity to recognize this emancipatory dimension, then we in the West are effectively entering a post-democratic era, getting ready for our own Ahmadinejads.
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We are witnessing a great emancipatory event... If our cynical pragmatism will make us lose the capacity to recognize this emancipatory dimension, then we in the West are effectively entering a post-democratic era, getting ready for our own Ahmadinejads.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Where Will the Power Lie in Iran?
By The Editors, The NewYork times
In the largest antigovernment demonstration since the Iranian revolution of 1979, thousands of people took to the streets in Iran on Tuesday to protest the disputed presidential election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared winner this past weekend.
The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for an examination of opposition charges of vote-rigging and the country’s powerful Guardian Council said Tuesday that it would order a partial recount. That concession was rejected by the main opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, and other opponents, who demand that a new election be held.
We asked some experts to give some background on the developments over the past few days, and what the Obama administration’s reaction should be.
* Abbas Amanat, scholar of modern Iranian history
* Meyrav Wurmser, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute
* Mohsen M. Milani, political scientist
* Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, economist
* Janet Afary, professor of history and women’s studies
To read the response of the experts, please click here
In the largest antigovernment demonstration since the Iranian revolution of 1979, thousands of people took to the streets in Iran on Tuesday to protest the disputed presidential election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared winner this past weekend.
The supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for an examination of opposition charges of vote-rigging and the country’s powerful Guardian Council said Tuesday that it would order a partial recount. That concession was rejected by the main opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, and other opponents, who demand that a new election be held.
We asked some experts to give some background on the developments over the past few days, and what the Obama administration’s reaction should be.
* Abbas Amanat, scholar of modern Iranian history
* Meyrav Wurmser, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute
* Mohsen M. Milani, political scientist
* Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, economist
* Janet Afary, professor of history and women’s studies
To read the response of the experts, please click here
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