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By Michael Allen on February 3, 2010
Iran’s Green movement must broaden its demands to expand support amongst the country’s poor and working families, says opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi. The movement has been accused of being unrepresentative, and arguably too focused on constitutional issues that hold little appeal beyond university students and the middle class.
“The fate of the movement should be tied [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Elections, Human rights, Iran, Islam/politics, authoritarianism, democracy support, dissidents, foreign policy, promoting democracy, protests, solidarity | Tagged democracy promotion, Green movement, green revolution, labor unions, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohsen Sazegara, obama administration, Obama and Iran, promoting democracy, trade unions |
By Michael Allen on August 25, 2009
Eager to forestall or preempt democratic change, authoritarian regimes have been comparing notes and exchanging ‘worst practices’, whether replicating anti-NGO legislation or sharing Internet censorship technology. But, as this article in The New Republic illustrates, democratic activists are following suit.
Expectations that the Internet would be an irrepressible force for democracy have foundered in the [read full story]
Posted in Backlash, China, Human rights, Iran, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, Tools/technology, authoritarianism, dissidents, media | Tagged Golden Shield, green revolution, Human Rights in China., National Endowment for Democracy |
By Michael Allen on July 23, 2009
A new, broad-based reformist group is being formed by opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi who this week insisted that protests against the government would continue until all detained protesters were released.
‘The election file will remain open and the legitimacy of the government will be questioned until the last jailed protestor is released,’ Moussavi said. He promised [read full story]
Posted in Elections, Human rights, Iran, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, authoritarianism, protests | Tagged Ali Ansari, green revolution, iran, Mir-Hossein Moussavi, Revolutionary Guards |
By Michael Allen on July 2, 2009
The Guardian Council’s confirmation of the disputed June 12 election results has limited the options of reformists who have tried to work within the constraints of the Islamic Republic, says former student leader Ali Afshari. “They have closed any possibility for change inside the regime,” says Afshari, a former Reagan-Fascell Fellow at the National Endowment [read full story]
Posted in Elections, Iran, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, dissidents, promoting democracy | Tagged Ali Afshari, green revolution, iran, Islamic revolution, National Endowment for Democracy, Reagan-Fascell Fellow |
By Michael Allen on June 18, 2009
Events in Iran bear a striking resemblance to the “color revolutions” in post-communist Europe, notes political scientist Joshua A. Tucker, an associate professor of politics at New York University and a National Security Fellow at the Truman National Security Project:
Pre-election polls predicted a surprisingly competitive election in an erstwhile authoritarian country. Following the election, both [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Europe, Global, Human rights, Iran, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, Tools/technology, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, dissidents, economic crisis, promoting democracy | Tagged color revolutions, democratic transitions, electoral fraud, green revolution, Truman National Security Project |
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