Reading Twitter in Tehran: Why the real revolution is on the streets – and offline
By John Palfrey, Bruce Etling and Robert Faris | Sunday, June 21, 2009 | The Washington Post
“…No amount of Twittering will force Iran’s leaders to change course, as supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made clear Friday with his rebuke of the protesters, reportedly followed by the security forces’ use of tear gas, batons, water cannons and gunfire to break up demonstrations yesterday. In Iran, as elsewhere, if true revolution is coming, it must happen offline….”…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/19/AR2009061901598_pf.html
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