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Iran: Decency and Humanity in the face of Oppression 
27th-Jun-2009 05:27 pm
delirium
This video is the perfect example of why we need to support the protesters in every way possible.

A group of riot police have been cornered by an angry mob of protesters. Other protesters step in front to protect the police, saying "We are all Iranians."

That sort of decency and courage deserves our support, our compassion, and our attention.



Here's another example from a different day. This, my friends, is what it means to be human.

All are welcome: Iranian protester protects Basiji paramilitary
Comments 
28th-Jun-2009 05:36 pm (UTC)
I'm glad they're still active. I worry about them, but I'm glad.
28th-Jun-2009 05:48 pm (UTC)
Apparently there are several "legal" rallies going on there today(well, last night our time). They got smart and coincided their gathering with the official mourning day for a revolutionary who died in 79. No one can stop them, since that would be an obvious crackdown of pious people celebrating a national religious observation.

Did you hear that the Iranian gov't arrested 8 British embassy workers last night? I'm curious to see how that will play out...
xoxoxo
28th-Jun-2009 06:06 pm (UTC)
I'm really disgusted now by how the mainstream media is handling all of this. Four days ago, I wrote about injured protesters being dragged from hospitals and arrested. In posting, I was about four hours behind Fark.com getting that news out.

Right now, CNN is reporting the same thing...as breaking news. They've been a minimum of 12 hours behind the internet in their reporting, which is really unconscionable, but four days? Really? And they keep telling us how they're the number one in trust, the number one in reporting, America's source for news.

They should be deeply, deeply ashamed.

/end rant
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