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Rumor has it there's more you can do to voice your support for Iranians protesting a fraudulent election than turning your Twitter avatar green. Take, for example, participating in a protest or a rally, like yesterday's event at the UN Plaza. (An aside: we love the color palate popping up at these protests. Green, white and red -- so bold and vibrant without overpowering the eye. Just lovely, really.)
SFist spoke with Western Washington Professor Shirin Deylami, whose aunt lives in Iran. If we may relay some second-hand news your way, Deylami managed to talk to her aunt over the phone this week. She was told that "thousands of protesters [are] being brutally attacked in the streets but the young keep going out. Claim they are willing to martyr themselves for freedom. This isn't just about an election anymore."
Check out video of yesterday's SF rally after the jump.
Also, there also will be a press conference on Tuesday (June 23) at noon on the steps of City Hall before the Board of Supervisors votes on Ross Mirkarimi's resolution (because it a day wouldn't be complete without a benign resolution from the BOS!) of support for democracy in Iran.
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OK, I'll bite. How are rallies in San Francisco expected to help the situation in Iran?
I'm not trolling, I'm honestly curious. I personally feel pretty powerless about the situation.
I don' think it will help a thing. It's just a way for people to vent their frustrations, or whatnot. Most protests and rallies - especially in SF - make people feel better. But that's about it.
There isn't a straight line between attending a rally in the US, to the bloodied dissident in Iran, but there is a line.
Those IT guys setting up proxy servers so the protesters can evade the censors, upload footage, organize rallies and hide from the police?
What percentage of them live in SF? A lot.
Are they susceptible to majority opinion? Sure.
Are they encouraged by the protest? Ask 'em!
Personally, I think we oughta hold a parade for them. At least offer some free blowjobs.
(*Or other gender-appropriate non-reciprocal sex favors.)
I was watching this over the weekend on CNN and could only help but think that every now and then, it's nice to see the CIA doing their job for the greater good.
Yeah, looks like the CIa just poured $400 million into Iran to overthrow that country.
http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/cia-has-distributed-400-million-dollars-inside-iran-to-evoke-a-revolution/
From The Vice Guide to American Foreign Policy -
Iran
1953 - The CIA¹s first big takedown. The democratically elected Prime
Minister Mossadegh had to go. He was talking crazy talk, like nationalizing
Iran¹s oil. A CIA-sponsored coup restores the Shah to absolute power that
begins 25 years of repression and torture. Iran¹s oil is returned to its
rightful owners, the Americans and British. This, of course, sets the stage
for a radical Islamic revolution in 1979, when the Ayatollah Khomeini takes
over, holds Americans hostage, burns many American flags, and pisses off
rednecks across America.