Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is now the president of Iran. An unfortunate result, but the fight by the Iranian people will not go unforgotten. On June 12, 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was announced the winner of Iran's presidential election. However, within hours there was talk of the polling being rigged. For the past two weeks the people of Iran have been on the streets protesting the results. The color green no longer a mere color, but a representation of their hopeful future and support for candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi. Their chanting of "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) and "Death to Basaji" unite their single voices into a strong message to their government.
However, this behavior was unacceptable to the Iran government. Most of the abusers were Basaji, power-hungry, gun-crazy men. The Basaji and police travelled the streets in small groups attacking the nearest protester. And by attack, I mean beating with batons and shooting with guns. This is when the internet proved to be it's greatest, especially twitter. People in Iran used twitter and youtube to tweet and upload videos after reporters were kicked out.
The tweets and videos were hard to comprehend. The brutality was worse than many expected. It gave viewers an insight into the struggle these protesters endured, just to have the same freedom Americans take for granted. These people were punished for their freedom of speech, a virtue in the States but taboo in Iran. The video, which broke hearts and ignited much anger, was the video of Neda's death. A young woman who gets shot as she stands outside to witness the change of her country.
After a partial recount (where 10% of the ballots are counted recounted) Ahmadinejad was announced the president again. More fowl play?
Possibly.
It's not over. Just because Ahmadinejad has become president. The rest of the world has seen this battle, the wrong doing, and the suffering. Now more than ever is the time to stand together and understand the value of unity and support.
Ahmadinejad - doesn't like the United States, is in denial of the Holocaust, supports Iran's nuclear program. more
Kind of a half crap blog considering the subject. This blog certainly doesnt encompass the reality of what happened. But i'm glad to have been able to witness the power and strength in people. Unfortunately, people died and were severely injured as a result of their journey to freedom.
Below are a couple vids. For more check out Bravetube and Citizen Tube Youtube.
Ahmadinejad - doesn't like the United States, is in denial of the Holocaust, supports Iran's nuclear program. more
Kind of a half crap blog considering the subject. This blog certainly doesnt encompass the reality of what happened. But i'm glad to have been able to witness the power and strength in people. Unfortunately, people died and were severely injured as a result of their journey to freedom.
Below are a couple vids. For more check out Bravetube and Citizen Tube Youtube.
Oof... that's some serious stuff. Did you hear about MA saying that the green twitter icons were the worst things that could possibly be had? Can't remember where I read that... think it was a tweet, and you know how reliable those can be :P.
ReplyDeleteAlso, did you hear that in Playboy there was an article about Farrah Fawcett AND Billy Mays in the same issue, pages apart? It was before both of them died. Also, there was an article in Rolling Stones about MJ that was talking about his last chance in a career. Yikes!
That's crazy that guam is so obsessed with spam... but, they're probably reading my blog thinking "holy crap, that guy goes through 2 cartons of OJ each week??!" ha!
I'll put you on my blog roll as soon as I make it... that'll take a few weeks though ;)