In the evenings I talk to relatives in Iran via skype or internet about life in the Green Movement, then will often watch episodes of So You Think You Can Dance and Project Runway as a release. (One columnist referred to those of us internet-activists outside Iran as “chubby fingers on a key board” He [...]
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What I’ve learned from Green Movement, Project Runway, and SYTYCD
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged Creativity, dance, green movement, Iran, Lyrical Hip Hop, Mia Michaels, Project Runway, self expression, So You Think You Can Dance, uprising on January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
An elder’s wise and kind words
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged democracy, green movement, Iran, non-violence on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The best thing I have read in a long time. It is never simple, must remember not to fall into polarized thinking. Self discipline, nonviolence, accepting all, democracy are the only way forward:
Twitter harassment
Posted in Emotional Impact - how we are surviving, tagged Basij, brutality, dance, green movement, harrassment, Internet intimidation, Iran, Perseverance, twitter on January 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
There is a tweeter intimidating the green movement on #iranelection right now. These acts of electronic intimidation always impact me; realizing we are standing shoulder to shoulder on cyber space is like realizing a whole bunch of snakes were in your bed and you didn’t realize it. Although I do get quite frightened by these [...]
From NIAC today: “U.S. Decides to Punish Iranian Regime, Not People”
Posted in Events Outside Iran, tagged green movement, Iran, NIAC, Stand With Iranian People, United States Congress, United States Senate on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Niac today: “U.S. Decides to Punish Iranian Regime, Not People”
From Shiraz today: “At that . . . the kids erupted”
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Iran, First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged anxiety, elementary school, green movement, Internet Censorship, Iran, motherhood, Nokia on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Take Action! More letters from Shiraz today: December 16, 2009 More News The other day my sig other went to buy a cell phone piece. The store owner gave him a Nokia brand. The customer refused and said he would look at anything except for a Nokia as he was boycotting Nokia. One of the [...]
From Shiraz today: “No one wants to ‘upset’ anyone else
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Iran, First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged filter-shekan, green movement, Hejab, male hejab, reporters sans fronteirs, Shiraz, ski on December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Take Action! More letters from Shiraz received today: December 7 Pearl Harbor Day! It rained heavily in Shiraz on National Students’ Day and so the planned outdoor demonstrations for that day were cancelled as not too many people showed up. However, news cites like mowjcamp and autnews.es (from Amir Kabir University) reported that students gathered in [...]
From Shiraz today: “Ranga Rang” (colorful – people of Iran are all colors)
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Iran, First Hand Accounts from Shiraz, tagged family, green movement, Iran update, motherhood, Persian Gulf, Vacation on December 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Take Action! Finally worked out the technical difficulties with one of the Iranian writers sending letters. Here is the latest: December 6, 2009 A Weekend in Bushehr What a pleasant surprise! In order to dampen the fervor bound to surround National Students’ Day on December 7, the government announced Saturday – the day before Eid [...]
Time magazine: Ben over Neda
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ben Bernake, green movement, Iran, Neda Soltan, Person of the Year, Struggle, Time on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Aw common Time magazine, how you gonna do us like this? So, there was this huge effort to get the Iranian protesters to be Time magazine’s people of the year. One of the only rewards we have for standing up to brutal oppression is international encouragement or at the least acknowledgement. By not supporting the [...]
Tehran Photos
Posted in First Hand Accounts from Iran, tagged Alive, green movement, Iran update, new photos on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just received these via a traveler. They were taken in June 2009, before the violent crack down on protests. Sadly, I had to leave out the most moving shots in order to protect identities. But, here are some photos that I feel will be safe. The signs state “Silence,” or “The path to victory is [...]
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