tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post1101004386386578475..comments2024-02-22T19:21:40.330-05:00Comments on Muhlberger's World History: Joshua Landis on the not-quite-yet revolution in SyriaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-52567155866602346422011-04-07T18:56:54.066-04:002011-04-07T18:56:54.066-04:00Now they are leading the the charge against the re...<i> Now they are leading the the charge against the regime, pumping sedition into every Syrian household with Youtube and Twitter updates.</i><br /><br />If every household in Syria has Internet access, I would be quite surprised. This is not a trivial reflection; you will doubtless remember the analyses of the Twitter revolution in Iran as being basically centred in Tehran because that's where there's broadband, and most of the country just not really being involved... This kind of demographic can turn a revolution into a coup, by the time historians get at it anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com