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Tehran Bureau continues to write good articles!

It's been my sentiment for a while that Iranian and Arab democratic forces should unite. Here's how TB puts it:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/04/-let-democracy-resound-by.html

occupation

The (garden of the) Iranian Embassy in the Hague was briefly occupied last week. Here's what the protesters are saying:

http://iranlives.blogspot.com

Gladiators

So...

Over a month has passed since my last post. Our Green Timeline exhibition is still up, as the exhibition after it was cancelled. So if you're in town, do drop in, before we pack it up and ship it out. Also, here's the new clip my friend Mostafa made for Mohsen Namjoo:

http://zamaaneh.com/movie/2010/03/post_199.html

We've got our own daily internet comic

This is a curious little thing, a daily internet comic about the struggle for Iran. It started about 2 weeks ago:

http://www.zahrasparadise.com/

Back again

So, did we win or did we lose? Even a week after Bahman 22 it's too soon to tell. The protesters are at home licking their wounds, the bullies are sharpening their knives and going over tactics.

What's definately brewing is discontent among workers. Though a public statement by the Tehran bus-drivers in support of the green movement turned out to be false, there is a definite sense that the economic mismanagement of this regime will push workers in the arms of supporters.

Here's just a few of recent items to be found on the subject:

Iranian power industry on the verge of collapse: http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/02/iran-power-industry-on-th.html
Ahmadinejad upset with oil minister for disclosing grim numbers: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/02/iran-ahmadinejad-gunning-for-his-own-oil-minister-for-disclosing-grim-numbers.html
Hormozgan residents suffer from poverty: http://persian2english.com/?p=7073

Not that we should be happy that the country is suffering from economic woes, but it should be obvioius that the opposition has a much stronger case when it not only protests human rights abuses that are a somewhat abstract claim for many of Iran's residents, but it appeals also to the empty pockets and bellies that are legion.

This government is made out of thieves dressed up as pious protectors of the faith. And to support them is to support the misery caused by inflation, joblessness and hunger.

And now for some music, here's a little rap Evin and Tapesh 2012:

Bahman 22 - What a sad day, what a glorious day!

First of, being Persian, distressing times make me write poetry:

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Why I Have Hope - 2


The outcome of today's turmoil be damned
tomorrow a boy and a girl, who have just met
will make love in the empty house of a friend



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But what a turmoil to wake-up to! If you want the up-to-datest, here's some good bloggers to check out:

http://homylafayette.blogspot.com/
http://www.sidewalklyrics.com/

Caller to ePersian radio: Their celebration ceremony went to sh**! I saw security forces take a foreign journalist away. They took his notebook and everything and drove him away. The police is patrolling the streets and stopping anyone they can get their hands on. Ahmadinejad was giving his speech and just a few hundred meters away, the people were fighting security forces.

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In the Netherlands we're getting ready to protest 17.00 - 19.00 local time in the Hague, Amsterdam and Groningen. I'll post some pictures later tonight.