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Articles by Abolhassan Banisadr
The return of Banisadr to the heart of Iranian politics
A permanent state of crisis has intersected with the Supreme leader’s actions to create conditions for the emergence of a new ‘post-reformist’ conjuncture. Could this lead to a paradigm shift in Iran? A historical conjuncture is a ‘period during which the different social, political, economic and ideological contradictions that are at work in society come together to give it a specific and distinctive shape’ – and provide conditions for a new state of social affairs.
FP 22/3/2017 | openDemocracy
An inside look at one of the most remarkable stories to come out of Greece's ongoing economic and refugee crisis - the intersection of the anarchist and migrant solidarity movements in Athens.
Is Trump on the Path to Dictatorship?
Dictators always need to justify the concentration of power within themselves. Josef Stalin, for example, argued that because political power belonged to the Soviet proletariat and that the Communist Party was its manifestation, as leader of the Party, he manifested (and could exercise) its power himself. This enabled him to establish a totalitarian regime.
Erdogan at a crossroad: dictatorship or democracy
Mahmood Delkhasteh (MD): Is there any difference between the 14 July coup and previous coups in Turkey? Abolhassan Banisadr (AB): Until last month’s coup, the putsches which were conducted by the Turkish army were carried out under the pretext of defending laicite against violation. Each coup set Turkey back years, which was the main reason that all political parties and even Erdogan’s fiercest opponents condemned the coup.
Breaking the Cycle of Terror: Democratic Alternative - Harvard International Review
In June of 1981, after serving for 16 months as the first president of Iran, I was in hiding. There had been a coup against me; a fatwa had been issued for my execution seven times over.
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