Keeping up with Iran this morning...
Mousavi has called for another mass rally today, called a "Mourning" rally for the now over 30 killed by government soldiers in the ongoing protests over the Iranian elections. And these rallies are...
View ArticleCracks in the System: Iran There and Gay Rights Here
Originally published on June 18, 2009 by Yo Mama For Obama This post will be a continuation of my last one, dealing with the people’s insurgency in Iran and the fight for equal rights here in America.
View ArticleLetter from Iranian Official: "Ahmadinejad Came In 3rd Place"
Can this be the "smoking gun" some were hoping for? A secret letter from Iran's interior minister to Ayatollah Khamenei has recently surfaced that declares Mousavi the frontrunner in the recent Iranian...
View ArticleUPDATED: Iran Open Thread
I am posting this to provide a forum for discussing Iran tonight. I don't see too many diaries this evening, and the one on th rec list is getting filled up. The demonstrations continued today....
View ArticleWEAR GREEN! Show SOLIDARITY with our brothers and sisters in FREEDOM!
It's the least we can do. I understand, "wear X color for Y cause" campaigns are WAY overdone in our society. But come on. Anyone who supports the Iranians marching for freedom while wearing a Red...
View ArticleEarly Report Day 8: The US Congress is full of tools.
Yes I missed day 7, and in a way I'm missing day 8, and 9, and 10 and so forth. Because I'm a student, and I swear if I don't put off staying up late and writing these things im gonna flunk the summer...
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Saxby, Mossadegh, and Mousavi
In case anybody missed this, Chris Matthews asked Saxby Chambliss if it might not be a good idea for the U.S. to be seen as meddling in Iran because the CIA overthrew a government there back in the...
View ArticleIran
I have been struggling for days to understand why I felt a connection to the protesters in Iran. Obviously, I'm not Iranian -- I'm about as American as they come. And as an American, I've always...
View ArticleYou can't tell the players without a program: Color revolution in Iran -- or...
Usually the Left's POV is pretty cut and dried. We are for healthcare, against Republican hypocrite perverts, for Chavez, against waterboarding, etc. But I STILL don't know who the good guys and...
View ArticleLittle Sister is watching from the rooftops of Tehran.
Embedding of this YouTube video has been “disabled by request” but it still can be viewed via this link: http://www.youtube.com/... Little Sister is speaking to the world in Farsi, and breaking our...
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Iran speeches and statements -- word clouds
I've created some word clouds from http://www.wordle.net/ from speeches given over the past days in the wake of the Iran election, as reported/translated on Andrew Sullivan's blog. I find word clouds...
View ArticleThe Crack Becomes a Crevice
Originally published on June 22, 2009 at Yo Mama For Obama The citizenry of Iran is fighting tooth and nail for what is EVERY human being’s right: freedom. This uprising, based on the essential, most...
View ArticleIran at a crossroad
Mr. Mousavi must either immediately and actively lead the movement to a general strike and a true non-violent civil disobedience with the goal of stopping the economic machine of the Islamic Republic...
View ArticleChange of State: Setting the Tone
Why are some people across the political spectrum criticizing the President's stance and tone when it comes to what is going on in Iran? Why are they insisting, pushing and demanding the President...
View ArticleNew strategy in Iran
Both Andrew Sullivan and Al Giordano are reporting a potential new development in the tactics to be used by the resistance in Iran.
View ArticleIran Open Thread: The Resistance Continues
I posting this diary for general discussion of the situation of Iran. The resistance continues. Mousavi is oganizing a large gathering for Thursday, though he himself is under constant monitoring. The...
View ArticleThe Revolution Will Be Twitterized
The rebellion in the streets of Iran has taught us that in a world of technology and social networking, oppressive regimes no longer can operate in the dark. The world's reaction to the brutal killing...
View ArticleIran Open Thread: The Calm of the Grave
The BBC writes (via Nico Pitney): In the centre of Tehran there are many fewer security forces on the streets... But the power of the regime is not far from the surface. On the main avenues black cars...
View ArticleAccuracy in headlines on events in Iran
A few days ago the Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf uploaded a video of him giving a message to Mousavi from the Iranian people. The original video is in Persian and an English translation was...
View ArticleMousavi admits Ahmadinejad won the election, and the other big lie on Iran
What, you didn't read that? Well, that's because the headlines read the opposite: "Iranian Details Alleged Fraud." But if you remember, the last we heard from Mousavi, he was claiming he actually won...
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