Hearsay suggests that the Iranian middle class never step out en mass unless the working class are already out the streets already, so why no mention of this from Zizek - only a vague sideways reference to 'ordinary people'? The Tehran bus workers are one of the more organised visible sections of the Iranian working class - frequently stopping the city through widespread strikes and protests over the last few years

from: http://libcom.org/library/iranian-bus-workers%E2%80%99-statement-demonstrations

Thanks to Infinite Th0ught [http://www.cinestatic.com/infinitethought/]

Link to the French translation in Le Monde: http://www.lemonde.fr/opinions/article/2009/06/27/teheran-en-crise-ou-le-retour-aux-sources-de-la-revolution-de-1979-par-slavoj-zizek_1212498_3232.html

Link to the Greek translation in Eleftherotypia: http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.kosmos&id=58062

WILL THE CAT ABOVE THE PRECIPICE FALL DOWN?

Slavoj Zizek

http://supportiran.blogspot.com/2009/06/slavoj-zizeks-new-text-on-iran.html