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Iran Boils Higher

David F Mayer — 6/16/2009 4:37:46 PM (archived)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/middleeast/17iran.html?_r=1&hp
Published: June 16, 2009

TEHRAN — Thousands of both pro- and anti-government demonstrators began massing in the streets here on Tuesday, increasing tensions a day after clashes left at least seven people dead during the largest antigovernment demonstration since the Iranian revolution.

This is how the last revolution started-massive street protests. Let's hope that this second revolution succeeds in establishing a stable democracy.

David F Mayer

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Seven Point Manifesto of Iranian Resistance - TB - 6/16/2009 3:37:35 PM
- I heard six different Iranians call in to a radio show yesterday - z - 6/16/2009 7:09:55 PM
  - We should only meddle in other countries internal affairs when they are Communists. (n/t) - ER - 6/16/2009 7:54:04 PM
    - Spoken like a true Miami Cuban! :) - z - 6/16/2009 8:53:13 PM
      - As one of my Miami Cuban friends put it... - ER - 6/17/2009 12:39:47 AM
        
        That's why they call Fascism the Dictatorship of the Middle Class. - ER - 6/17/2009 12:08:34 PM
        
        re: Dictatorship of the Middle Class. - TB - 6/17/2009 4:02:50 PM
        
        The middle class has always thought the world owed them a living. - ER - 6/17/2009 5:38:50 PM
        
        It does seem the sort of thing that a wealthy or at least, middle-class citizen might say. - alcaray - 6/17/2009 3:34:44 AM
        
        OOPs. See above for response. (n/t) - ER - 6/17/2009 12:10:14 PM
        
        In Cuba, the middle class has been replaced by The Party. - ER - 6/17/2009 12:47:16 PM
        
        The most amazing statistic I've heard about Cuba - z - 6/17/2009 2:21:17 PM
        
        is the value of their vintage US cars. - Bowser - 6/17/2009 5:01:40 PM
        
        ComitÃ© para la Defensa de la RevoluciÃ³n. - ER - 6/17/2009 2:59:36 PM
- If that isn't the CIA trying to destabilize another country I'll eat my passport. - Bowser - 6/16/2009 5:12:49 PM
  - re: If that isn't the CIA trying to destabilize another country I'll eat my passport. - gbaikie - 6/16/2009 11:19:14 PM
  - This is grass-roots democracy in action! Start eating. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/16/2009 6:52:57 PM
  - I disagree completely - Buck Galaxy - 6/16/2009 6:38:58 PM
    - Lessee - The US has been trying to destabilize Iran, has announced the budget, promised Israel, and done it in the past. - Bowser - 6/16/2009 7:20:32 PM
      - Not even Ahmadinejad is saying this is a US plot - Buck Galaxy - 6/16/2009 9:24:51 PM
        
        The Israelis are involved, too, and they aren't saying that, either. - Bowser - 6/17/2009 1:27:56 AM
        
        Poor form? - Buck Galaxy - 6/17/2009 5:20:24 AM
        
        It's an internal struggle between two rival factions of the same regime - z - 6/16/2009 10:54:39 PM
- Iran Boils Higher - David F Mayer - 6/16/2009 4:37:46 PM
  - Unlike what happened last time. - Eri - 6/16/2009 7:12:36 PM
- Good start. But the position of "Supreme Leader" needs to be abolished altogether. - David F Mayer - 6/16/2009 3:50:02 PM

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