Tag Archives: June 12 election

Will the Cat Above the Precipice Fall Down?

Here is another text on the situation in Iran. This one is by the philosopher Slavoj Žižek, now the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London. It is copyright free and distribution/reposting is encouraged.
When an authoritarian regime approaches its final crisis, its dissolution as a rule follows two steps. Before [...]

Why are the Iranians dreaming again?

The following is a short text on the situation in Iran by Ali Alizadeh, researcher at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, Middlesex University in London. It is copyright free and distribution/reposting is encouraged. I discovered Ali’s text at Infinite Thøught.
Iran is currently in the grip of a new and strong political movement. While this movement proves [...]