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theantijoss) wrote2009-06-16 01:07 pm
theantijoss) wrote2009-06-16 01:07 pm
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The Situation in Iran
I have only just begun to look at this matter myself, but here are some great resources I've found so far:
Fromsohotrightnow:
A couple of good rundowns of the situation in Iran, since the news has been falling down horribly on the job:quettaser has one here, with an excellent collection of links, and ladycat777 has one here, with a good collection of background information as well. The Atlantic had an interesting article: Follow The Developments In Iran Like A CIA Analyst. Once you've read those, the Twitter #IranElection hashtag is essential. I can't believe I used the words "Twitter" and "essential" in the same sentence.
If you want to help, there is an excellent list of things you can do here; the most important, to my eye, is to follow the instructions for setting up proxies, as this will help the people in Iran continue to talk, to each other and to the world. Remember: do not retweet to users in Iran; their government knows about Twitter and is following, and there have been a lot of reports of arrests. The second most important thing you can do is to keep talking about this; the more people watching and talking, the greater the possibility that there might be accountability at the end of this. Talk about it: on LJ, at Twitter, in blogs, and in person. Share links and photos. Talk about those links and photos. Wear green. Talk about why you're wearing green. Try to find out if there are demonstrations near you. Contact the news providers and demand more coverage, because what we've got so far is pathetic. Keep listening, keep watching, and keep talking.
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Fromheathershaped:
Iran's Stolen Election - some context for the situation, with analysis.
Andrew Sullivan's blog - he's been speaking a lot of truth and reposting a lot of videos from the protests, and sharing links from all over the blogosphere, which is mostly where the bulk of news can be found.
Pictures from Iran. And also here, via Time.
Twitters I've been watching. Many of the people tweeting from there are my age and younger. Just college students.
@Stop Ahmadi @Change_For_Iran @IranRiggedElect @TehranBureau @IranElection09 @persiankiwi
Twitter has been invaluable btw, since SMS, internet service, and general cell phone service have been blocked inside Iran. I've even heard that Twitter's being monitored by the government to block the proxy IP addresses that many were posting there over the weekend for Iranians to use. If you want to help and know how, you can set up proxy servers and direct message the IP addresses to @persiankiwi or @StopAhmadi -- but DON'T tweet them publicly or they'll just be jammed.
In many respects, Twitter is all they've got.
~
From Me:
Another thing I'm doing to help is running the TOR network software, and acting as a router for censored users. I don't know if this will help in Iran, since their internet is blocked, but I know it's used by students and journalists in other censored countries. If you'd like more information about TOR, check it out here: http://www.torproject.org
It's also handy for your own internet privacy.
The American government is always going on about how we're the beacon and defender of democracy in the world. It's time we put up or freaking shut up. No, I do NOT want a military solution -- I am a pacifist, and I think all war is wrong. But we should damn well be doing something on a diplomatic level, and NOW.
From
sohotrightnow:A couple of good rundowns of the situation in Iran, since the news has been falling down horribly on the job:
quettaser has one here, with an excellent collection of links, and ladycat777 has one here, with a good collection of background information as well. The Atlantic had an interesting article: Follow The Developments In Iran Like A CIA Analyst. Once you've read those, the Twitter #IranElection hashtag is essential. I can't believe I used the words "Twitter" and "essential" in the same sentence.If you want to help, there is an excellent list of things you can do here; the most important, to my eye, is to follow the instructions for setting up proxies, as this will help the people in Iran continue to talk, to each other and to the world. Remember: do not retweet to users in Iran; their government knows about Twitter and is following, and there have been a lot of reports of arrests. The second most important thing you can do is to keep talking about this; the more people watching and talking, the greater the possibility that there might be accountability at the end of this. Talk about it: on LJ, at Twitter, in blogs, and in person. Share links and photos. Talk about those links and photos. Wear green. Talk about why you're wearing green. Try to find out if there are demonstrations near you. Contact the news providers and demand more coverage, because what we've got so far is pathetic. Keep listening, keep watching, and keep talking.
~
From
heathershaped:Iran's Stolen Election - some context for the situation, with analysis.
Andrew Sullivan's blog - he's been speaking a lot of truth and reposting a lot of videos from the protests, and sharing links from all over the blogosphere, which is mostly where the bulk of news can be found.
Pictures from Iran. And also here, via Time.
Twitters I've been watching. Many of the people tweeting from there are my age and younger. Just college students.
Twitter has been invaluable btw, since SMS, internet service, and general cell phone service have been blocked inside Iran. I've even heard that Twitter's being monitored by the government to block the proxy IP addresses that many were posting there over the weekend for Iranians to use. If you want to help and know how, you can set up proxy servers and direct message the IP addresses to @persiankiwi or @StopAhmadi -- but DON'T tweet them publicly or they'll just be jammed.
In many respects, Twitter is all they've got.
~
From Me:
Another thing I'm doing to help is running the TOR network software, and acting as a router for censored users. I don't know if this will help in Iran, since their internet is blocked, but I know it's used by students and journalists in other censored countries. If you'd like more information about TOR, check it out here: http://www.torproject.org
It's also handy for your own internet privacy.
The American government is always going on about how we're the beacon and defender of democracy in the world. It's time we put up or freaking shut up. No, I do NOT want a military solution -- I am a pacifist, and I think all war is wrong. But we should damn well be doing something on a diplomatic level, and NOW.