Great article! Thank you for breaking down who the players are in this and the impact this has on each of them. I especially love the ending...how amazing would it be for a woman to take lead. May our dreams come true.
I hope that the lack of clear new leadership will not be the killing of this uprising. Wouldn't it be great if we'd see instead a new country uplifted on many shoulders? Sure we need figures to lead, show a consistent direction and identify with - but the fragmentation that shows the many perspectives and issues that cannot be solved by one idea but needs many, and the empowerment of many, calls for a different kind of leadership as well, I think.
What servants does a country need? Who keeps the hospitals and the utilities and nourishment running? Who has the knowledge and knows how to implement modern, climate-, nature- and people-smart ways to produce and consume? Who can pool funds so Iran, like Kenya and Pakistan, can leapfrog into cheap, abundant, decentralized, resilient energy supply? Who makes sure that care work is elevated? Finding these people, looking for rotating, power-sharing crews to "man" these vital bodies, and securing people's access to them, seems more important to me than to identify a single leader.
I've always thought that the best way to topple the Ayatollah Regime is a successful Persian Spring or Rose Revolution, no matter how difficult the task. Most if not all the other options carry too much baggage, given how external Regime change caused the issues to begin with.
Great Detailed reporting. Thank you for keeping us all informed. Our media has barely covered this the last 24 hours.
Thank you.
Many thanks Mark for such a clear summary. Let's hope that a worthy leader emerges, as it did in Syria, as it did in New York.
Great article! Thank you for breaking down who the players are in this and the impact this has on each of them. I especially love the ending...how amazing would it be for a woman to take lead. May our dreams come true.
Thank you for shining light on these connections!
That's a great dream.
I hope that the lack of clear new leadership will not be the killing of this uprising. Wouldn't it be great if we'd see instead a new country uplifted on many shoulders? Sure we need figures to lead, show a consistent direction and identify with - but the fragmentation that shows the many perspectives and issues that cannot be solved by one idea but needs many, and the empowerment of many, calls for a different kind of leadership as well, I think.
What servants does a country need? Who keeps the hospitals and the utilities and nourishment running? Who has the knowledge and knows how to implement modern, climate-, nature- and people-smart ways to produce and consume? Who can pool funds so Iran, like Kenya and Pakistan, can leapfrog into cheap, abundant, decentralized, resilient energy supply? Who makes sure that care work is elevated? Finding these people, looking for rotating, power-sharing crews to "man" these vital bodies, and securing people's access to them, seems more important to me than to identify a single leader.
Could work, right?
Forgot the arts, education and free media
I've always thought that the best way to topple the Ayatollah Regime is a successful Persian Spring or Rose Revolution, no matter how difficult the task. Most if not all the other options carry too much baggage, given how external Regime change caused the issues to begin with.