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> How many companies can say they triggered revolutions? United Fruit Company, British Petroleum?

• chimeracoder 10y ago
  > > How many companies can say they triggered revolutions? > British Petroleum? For those not familiar with Iranian history: the first revolution that happened on Twitter was the Green Revolution in Iran (2009)[0][1]. If you trace British Petroleum (BP) all the way back to its roots, it began as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1908. That company's formation was the basis for the series of political upheavals and revolutions that resulted in the current political leadership in Iran today[2], which in turn was the basis for the 2009 Green Revolution. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_elec... [1] Named the 'Green Revolution' in the long Persian tradition of naming their revolutions after colors ('white', 'red', 'green', 'black') [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company#Nationalisation_and_coup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company#Nati...