Comments on: Ahmadinejad Triumphs http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs // Culture. Consciousness. Critical Thought. // Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Bhaskar Sunkara http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs/comment-page-1#comment-44655 Bhaskar Sunkara Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:55:51 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs#comment-44655 Yeah I posted the fivethirtyeight point. And the "soft coup" turned into a "hard coup" very fast. I for one am hoping against hope that the days of the Islamic "Republic" are numbered. Yeah I posted the fivethirtyeight point. And the “soft coup” turned into a “hard coup” very fast. I for one am hoping against hope that the days of the Islamic “Republic” are numbered.

]]> By: SteveL http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs/comment-page-1#comment-44640 SteveL Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:26:57 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs#comment-44640 Well, Ahmedinijad does have paramilitary backers, who can claim at least one murder today. As for the polling results you link to, I would suggest that your interpretation is an unsophisticated reading of the polling data. See fivethirtyeight.com for some nuance. Well, Ahmedinijad does have paramilitary backers, who can claim at least one murder today.

As for the polling results you link to, I would suggest that your interpretation is an unsophisticated reading of the polling data. See fivethirtyeight.com for some nuance.

]]> By: Bhaskar Sunkara http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs/comment-page-1#comment-44422 Bhaskar Sunkara Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:14:54 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs#comment-44422 Also I think this "win" is an excellent thing for Israel, Egypt and the other US-backed forces in the region. An election of a moderate would've allowed Obama to engage with Iran more, maybe deferred their nuclear ambitions and thus comparatively weaken the power of US-backed client regimes in the Middle-East. Also I think this “win” is an excellent thing for Israel, Egypt and the other US-backed forces in the region. An election of a moderate would’ve allowed Obama to engage with Iran more, maybe deferred their nuclear ambitions and thus comparatively weaken the power of US-backed client regimes in the Middle-East.

]]> By: Bhaskar Sunkara http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs/comment-page-1#comment-44421 Bhaskar Sunkara Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:13:01 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs#comment-44421 Yeah, I'm surprisingly largely with Yoshie on this one. That being said regardless of whether who really won the elections the surge of protests and activities is politicization in a depoliticized "post-revolutionary" society and thus should be applauded. As we saw in similar circumstances in Eastern Europe if some sort of oppositional core is formed in civil society, the ruling class of Iran is in trouble. Yeah, I’m surprisingly largely with Yoshie on this one. That being said regardless of whether who really won the elections the surge of protests and activities is politicization in a depoliticized “post-revolutionary” society and thus should be applauded. As we saw in similar circumstances in Eastern Europe if some sort of oppositional core is formed in civil society, the ruling class of Iran is in trouble.

]]> By: Adrian Bleifuss Prados http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs/comment-page-1#comment-44406 Adrian Bleifuss Prados Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:51:15 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs#comment-44406 I think this reflects the MR Zine view of the Iranian regime, which I'm not sure I buy. Juan Cole seems to think the election was stolen and that the numbers aren't convincing: http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/stealing-iranian-election.html I think this reflects the MR Zine view of the Iranian regime, which I’m not sure I buy. Juan Cole seems to think the election was stolen and that the numbers aren’t convincing: http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/stealing-iranian-election.html

]]> By: Darwiniana » Iran elections http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs/comment-page-1#comment-44358 Darwiniana » Iran elections Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:02:21 +0000 http://theactivist.org/blog/ahmadinejad-triumphs#comment-44358 [...] Ahmadinejad Triumphs [...] [...] Ahmadinejad Triumphs [...]

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