stinglikeabee: classic denny colt  (gandhi)
stinglikeabee ([personal profile] stinglikeabee) wrote2009-06-19 01:55 am

Peace is our weapon... we will kill them with peace.

There's no excuse for my being so late to this, and I bring forth a list of Iran-related links in hopes they will help.

Context/News
Iran Post-election Editions 1-4 on [livejournal.com profile] ontd_political: noteworthy articles, twitters, links/pics/vids in the comments updated frequently

The Guardian Live Post

[livejournal.com profile] existencialismo's brief on the election background and major players

Tatsuma's thread on Fark regarding the timeline and history of protests in Iran

[livejournal.com profile] kuwdora's
History of Iran

What we can do to help:

How to setup a proxy for Iranian citizens (via Austin Heap)

Cyberwar Guide for Iran Elections (via BoingBoing)

Google Translate Persian to help translate articles, photos of paperwork etc

Other

The Guardian reports the US admits asking Twitter to postpone maintenance to help Iranian protestors

Ahmedinejad says his comments were taken out of context when referring to his opponents as "dust" or "dirt" (via CNN)

[livejournal.com profile] scififanatic's freestyle dedicated to the Iranian revolutionaries

Protests are being planned and linked to on Facebook, but for those who don't have FB [livejournal.com profile] ontd_political's live posts will sometimes have that information. In addition, Why We Protest - Iran has a board dedicated to world wide protest planning here.