Tactics have turned to embracing what's beautiful in life as a means of fighting the oppression

I don't think 'gestate to the conclusion' is a very felicitous composition. I suppose the writer means 'make progress toward democracy'.

tactics have turned to embracing what's beautiful in life as a means of fighting the oppression.= The Green Movement has begun appreciating the environment (I guess from the group's name) as a way to oppose the regime. (I also guess that the writer is

Mister Micawbertactics have turned to embracing what's beautiful in life as a means of fighting the oppression.= The Green Movement has begun appreciating the environment (I guess from the group's name) as a way to oppose the regime. (I also guess that the writer is being somewhat sarcastic.)

Thank you, Mr. Micawber.

But I don't get it. What k

What kind of environment is the Green Movement appreciating,-- They are protecting the natural environment, practicing ecological awareness.


and how would this appreciation affect the regime? It wouldn't - that's why I think the statement is sarcastic.

Actually, Mr. Micawber, in this case, the name "Green Revolution" has nothing to do with environmentalism. Because Mir-Hossain Mousavi, the opposition candidate in the 2009 Iran presidential election, favored green as his political color, green was adopted early on as a symbol for the attempted revolution in Iran.

OK, I had just presumed. In that case, no sarcasm, but I have no idea what they think is beautiful in life.

Thank you, Mr Micawber, CSnyder.

tactics have turned to embracing what's beautiful in life as a means of fighting the oppression

What does the red part mean? Some groups use violence as a tactic to counter oppression. Please help me with this.

It's literal, or nearly so. They have decided to focus on what's beautiful in life, and this somehow fights the oppression. I don't know how it does, but that's what the author is saying.