“Look at Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution and the slogans that they used: anti-imperialism; anti-colonialism; the struggle of the have-nots against the haves; the state monopoly over economy, which was very much patterned after the Soviet Union. All of these things did not come out of Islam. Islam is not that developed.” LooksStatesUsedStruggleEconomyRevolutionUnionsIslamSovietColonialismSoviet UnionImperialismMonopolySlogansKhomeini Author:Azar Nafisi
“Don't be deceived when our Revolution has been finally stamped out and they tell you things are better now Even if there's no poverty to be seen because the poverty's been hidden even if you ever got more wages and could afford to buy more of these new and useless goods which these new industries foist on you and even if it seems to you that you never had so much that is only the slogan of those who still have much more than you” IfsHas BeensStillsSeemsPovertyRevolutionIndustryUselessGoodsWagesDeceivedSlogansBetter Now Book:Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman Source: Marat/Sade ; The Investigation ; and The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman
“The Salafists are trying to abort the revolution and make it religious, though the revolution started secular. There was not a single Islamic slogan. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.” MenWantTryingFactsStrongReligiousRevolutionWeaponsMen And WomenIslamicDividesVery StrongSecularSlogansUnified Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“The slogan of the revolution was dignity, social justice, and freedom. You cannot have dignity or social justice or freedom without women.” SocialJusticeRevolutionDignitySocial JusticeSlogans Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“There was not a single Islamic slogan [in Egypt]. It was secular men and women, and in fact, they were unified. Now they want to divide the revolution, and religion is a very strong weapon.” MenWantFactsStrongRevolutionWeaponsMen And WomenIslamicDividesVery StrongSecularEgyptSlogansUnified Author:Nawal El Saadawi
“Poetry can change the world, just like any art can change the world, by changing consciousness. Of course this was the great slogan of the nineteen sixites hippies’ revolution—enlarge the area of consciousness, which quite often was done by psychedelic means.” WorldMeanArtDoneConsciousnessRevolutionChanging The WorldSlogansHippiePsychedelic Author:Lawrence Ferlinghetti