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I argue that what emerged in late December in the streets of Iran was the activism of a “passive revolution.” I am using “passive revolution” here as term a term coined by Antonio Gramsci to refer to the deep transformations that has been happening in Iranian society since the 1979 revolution.This transformation will reach its determinant point when the regime in Iran is forced to hold elections for a vote on its legitimacy. To force this on the regime, the first step is a trench-by-trench battle. Simply relying on street battles is dangerous. All trenches in civil society have to be occupied

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