“The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran‘s Future” is a definitive collection of essays and documents on one of the most significant social movements in the world today.
Four contributors to the book — Asef Bayat, Ahmad Sadri, Kaveh Ehsani and Norma Moruzzi — and the co-editors — Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel — will speak on Friday, Feb. 4th from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at the Chicago Temple, in the loop, at 77 W. Washingto.n.
The …Green Movement has been called “an Iranian intifada,” a “great emancipatory event,” a “grassroots civil rights movement a century in the making,” and “something quite extraordinary, perhaps even a social revolution.” Learn more about the movement’s aims—are they revolutionary, reformist, or something else altogether? Does it have a chance of fundamentally changing Iranian politics?
The anthology explores is the first to bring together the leading voices and key players in Iran’s Green Movement, providing an intellectual and political road map to this turning point in Iran’s history and a vital resource for the study of Iran, social movements, and the future of the Middle East.
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- Truthout (http://www.truth-out.org/)
- North Suburban Peace Initiative (http://nspipeace.org/)
- Seminary Co-Operative Bookstore (http://www.semcoop.com/)
- Buddhist Peace Fellowship – Chicago Chapter (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10429436183)
- Fellowship of Reconciliation – Chicago Chapter(www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18798833251)
via Book Launch for Anthology on Iran’s Green Movement (1).
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