Bill Berkeley
World Policy Journal, New York, Spring 2006, Volume 23, Issue 1: 71–78.
Abstract
The Iranian blogosphere may yet develop
the kind of subversive impact that
Khomeini’s famous cassette tapes had in
1978 and 1979. Alavi calls the changing
consciousness of Iran’s younger generation
“nothing less than a revolution within the
revolution.” Revolution may be too strong
a word, even for those who most fervently
wish for change. Many Iranians, mindful
of their turbulent recent history, recoil
from the idea of another revolution. The
point is perhaps best expressed by Emadeddin
Baghi, a leading journalist and human
rights advocate who spent three years in
prison: “Society itself, not the government,
creates change,” Baghi has written. “And
there are deep transformations occurring
in Iran. Out of sight of much of the
world, Iran is inching its way towards
democracy.”
