About two days ago some university students in Iran interrupted a speech by President Ahmedinejad. They chanted slogans decrying the Iranian dictatorship and burned pictures of him. They were met with even louder chants from Ahmedinejad's supporters.
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I found this article/site click here which is a little bit old ( about 2-3 yrs) but internally and externally valid and explains how Iranian students succeed in getting the word out there with current restrictions and limitations. Even though the government strictly monitors student’s activities, they manage to organize protests via blogs and Persian satellites (managed by diplomats in diaspora + 25 channels + bases in Burbank!) supervision. The satellite based activists help create and mobilize these movements. The Iranian government occasionally manages to crackdown the protests but most of the time they underestimate the young generation’s capabilities. Others have speculated that theses sporadic protests and organized resistances are set up by the government themselves and hold no significance.
Either way, the website is interesting to browse.
4 comments:
good thing they didn't get shot by you and your fascist governement. long live amerikkka.
I agree with what you saying, but which satellite channels are you talking about? I found most of them to be most abhorring. Most of them seem to be critical of Iranian government but because they wanted Iran to look like the US. They spend most of their time pouring American culture into the Mid East and are part of the same cultural imperialism that mainstream US communication agencies partake in. Their critique of Iranian government is always de-contextualized, lacking any connection to what goes on around Iran in the Middle East and they lack a complicated view of what is going on.
Bascially I agree that the protests in Iran are amazing reflection of ingenuity on the part of Iranian youth and show a sophistication and bravery on their part. I would just hesitate to give any of the Miami-Cuban-Like Iranian channels any credit.
I miss you Nast!
http://mihanyar.blogspot.com/
for some more pics. courtesy of gus gus moyil
Why is it that Western culture always gets labeled as being bad in these discussions? We should have enough self-confidence as a people and nation to not be intimidated by other cultures, and instead, learn and adopt the good parts of these cultures into our own.
Throughout history, the Iranian people have always safeguarded the important parts of their culture from invading armies, conquerors, and colonizers.
The mentality that Western culture is bad, and should not have any place in our own culture is dangerous. It is the sort of thinking that people such as Mohammad Atta and the rest of the 9/11 hijackers espoused.
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