The Swan Song of the Islamic Republic

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

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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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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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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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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