Panel I

Contentious Politics: From Revolution to “Revolution”?

From Western media to the authorities in Iran, both those who support and oppose what has come to be known as the Green Movement have used the term “velvet revolution” to describe what the country has gone through in the aftermath of the June Presidential Election. What are some of the factors that facilitate and block socio-political changes in Iran?

                                            Introduction by Simon Critchley (The New School)

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Ali Rezai (University of Calgary):
Legitimation Crisis in Iran: a State Without a Solid Social Base

Charles Kurzman (University of North Carolina):
Cultural Jiu-Jitsu and the Iranian Greens

Danny Postel (Journalist and Activist):
Revolutionary Prefigurations: The Green "Moment," Critical Solidarity, and Building the Road Ahead

Questions and Answers Panel I