handkerchiefsandwich:

I’m sick of people talking about the Iranian election and not actually doing anything about it. I keep seeing people change make their twitter picture green to “show support,” yet they don’t change their location and time zone to Iran, something that would actually help make a difference. They buy a “Where’s my vote?” t-shirt to “show support” (or, I’m guessing, show others that they’re “showing support”), yet you don’t see them out protesting or trying to actually make others aware of the horrific things going on in Iran.

If you would actually like to make a difference in the election, here is something that might interest you:

2008:
Side by side, Americans fought for Change and elected Barack Obama.

2009:
Iranians voted for the same ideals that we voted for, they had the same desires for a more just and peaceful governance, but their voices were simply, even blatantly ignored. So far the opposition has managed to launch an awe inspiring non-violent campaign, the likes of which the world has not seen in decades. We must support the non-violent resistance of Iranians, to bring meaningful change to their lives.

Yesterday we witnessed the most brutal repression of the demonstrators to date. In fact the use of live rounds on unarmed citizens is unprecedented. We need your help to send a message to the UN Missions of targeted countries that will be able to express our outrage and push the UN nation body not to accept the legitimacy of the repressive Ahmadinejad government, who is using brute force against the will Iranian people to force acceptance of his stolen election.

LET’S FLOOD THEIR OFFICES WITH OUR FAXES, ALL OF THIS WEEK. SHAME THEM INTO DOING THEIR JOB.

Please download the actual letter here: http://tinyurl.com/lndzrk (keepandshare)

Here is what you need:

1. If you have access to a fax machine then great, just print the document, sign it, print your name, and location.

If not, you can use one of many free online fax services to upload the (pdf) file we have prepared. In this case please make sure you include your name and location on the cover page. Here is two that we recommend:

- http://www.popfax.com/

- http://faxzero.com/ (two free faxes per emails account)

2. Download the prepared PDF from here, if you haven’t already:

(keepandshare): http://tinyurl.com/lndzrk

3. Fax the one sheet to all of these missions based in NY (or at the very least to five):

Americas:
Argentina: (212) 980-8395 / (212) 223-1291
Brazil: (212) 371-5716
Canada: (212) 848-1195
Chile: (917) 322-6891
Peru: (212) 972-6975
Uruguay: (212) 593-0935

Europe:
Czech Republic*: (646) 981-4099 (EU Presicency)
France: (212) 421-6889
Germany: (212) 940-0402
Italy: (212) 486-1036
Spain: (212) 949-7247
Sweden: (212)-583-2549 -updated
United Kingdom: (212) 745-9316

Other:
Australia: (212) 351-6610
Ghana: (212) 751-6743
India: (212) 490-9656 / (212) 490-9658
New Zealand: (212) 758-0827
Nigeria: (212) 697-1970
South Korea: (212) 986-1083 -updated

& if you are really Mad as Hell and Cannot Take it Anymore. Here is all of them, courtesy of group member Jon Helge Hesby:

http://www.un.org/members/missions.shtml

Then:

Spread the word: We need as many people as possible from all over the world to participate: http://bit.ly/oLA7H


CONTINUING WITH THE MOVEON CAMPAIGN:

As you may have noticed republicans and neocons were out in full force to condemn President Obama’s sound policy on Iran, for their own personal political gains. But our President needs our support more than ever, as the political pressure increases. His handlig of the situation has been refreshingly measured and grounded in reality. Please put your support behind the President.

Send 1 Million unique requests to MoveOn.org to mobilize it’s members in support of President Obama’s handling of the situation to date. His response has been on the money! But also under attack by the very same people that brought us the Iraq war. Don’t allow them to use Iran’s struggle to hijack the moral high ground from Obama.

**Please Cut and Paste the Suggested language for MoveOn call to action, then simply click here to link to MoveOn: http://bit.ly/KlfZO

Dear MoveOn,

I stand in solidarity with the people of Iran as they defend their constitutional right to a free and fair election. And while I am deeply concerned about the human rights abuses occurring in Iran in the aftermath of the presidential election, I support President Obama’s measured response and his commitment not to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs.

History has rightly made Iranians wary of foreign interference and American policy-makers in particular must be careful not to give Iranian hard-liners a pretense for accusing Iran’s human rights defenders and its non-violent protesters of acting on behalf of foreign influences.

Please mobilize the MoveOn community to stand by the president, and support him against those who are pushing for a more aggressive American response to what is taking place in Iran. These critics are pursuing their own narrow political interests, rather than the interests of Iranian people. Their advice will only hamper the fledgling freedom movement in Iran. Let the President know that the MoveOn community is behind him.

Tell the world to allow Iranians define their resistance. Don’t let their movement be hijacked by outside forces, be they well meaning, self interested, or malicious.

Go Green ~ Act now.

Viva Solidarity!

Via my friend Yashar’s facebook group We Stand in Solidarity. Please join for updates, information and ideas of other ways to help.

If you are reading this right now, you have more luxury than someone in Iran could ever hope for right now. If you are watching TV or a video on youtube, updating your status on Facebook, Tweeting, or even texting your friend, you are lucky. If you are safe in your home, and were able to sleep last night without the sounds of screaming from the rooftops, you need to know and understand what is happening to people just like you in Iran right now.

They are not the enemy. They are a people whose election has been stolen. For the first time in a long time, a voice for change struck the youth of Iran, just as it did for many people in the United States only seven months ago. Hossein Mousavi gained the support of millions of people in Iran as a Presidential candidate. He stands for progressiveness. He supports good relations with the West, and the rest of the world. He is supported with fervor as he challenges the oppressive regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

On Friday, millions of people waited for hours in line to vote in Iran’s Presidential election. Later that night, as votes came in, Mousavi was alerted that he was winning by a two-thirds margin. Then there was a change. Suddenly, it was Ahmadinejad who had 68% of the vote - in areas which have been firmly against his political party, he overwhelmingly won. Within three hours, millions of votes were supposedly counted - the victor was Ahmadinejad. Immediately fraud was suspected - there was no way he could have won by this great a margin with such oppposition. Since then, reports have been coming in of burned ballots, or in some cases numbers being given without any being counted at all. None of this is confirmed, but what happened next seems to do the trick.

The people of Iran took the streets and rooftops. They shout “Death to the dictator” and “Allah o akbar.” They join together to protest. Peacefully. The police attack some, but they stay strong. Riots happen, and the shouting continues all night. Text messaging was disabled, as was satellite, and websites which can spread information such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, and the BBC are blocked in the country. At five in the morning, Arabic speaking soldiers (the people of Iran speak Farsi) stormed a university in the capital city of Tehran. While sleeping in their dormitories, five students were killed. Others were wounded. These soldiers are thought to have been brought in by Ahmadinejad from Lebanon. Today, 192 of the university’s faculty have resigned in protest.

Mousavi requested that the government allow a peaceful rally to occur this morning - the request was denied. Many thought that it would not happen. Nevertheless, first a few thousand people showed up in the streets of Tehran. At this point, it is estimated that 1 to 2 million people were there. Mousavi spoke on the top of a car. The police stood by. For a few hours, everything was peaceful. Right now, the same cannot be said. Reports of injuries, shootings, and killings are flooding the internet. Twitter has been an invaluable source - those in Iran who still know how to access it are updating regularly with picture evidence. People are being brutally beaten. Tonight will be another night without rest for so many in Iran no older than I am. Tonight there is a Green Revolution.

For more information:

PICTURES:
here and here

NEW INFORMATION:
Here - near constant updates
Here - ONTD_political live post

ON TWITTER:
@StopAhmadi, @ProtesterHelp

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“i read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep &; there are no words for that.”

aside, this may ruin this entry— it would really bother me to put this quote on my tumblr without defending my opinion. great quote; love that second part. the whole argument that the reason eskimos and egyptians had so many words for sand or snow because they appreciated it more is false. [read “stuff of thought” by steven pinker.] it has nothing to do with importance. i’d argue that it’s more to do with relevance.

irrelevant example— words for ‘shit’: poop, crap, turd, waste, fecal matter, ordure, excrement, defecation, stool, bowel movement, chips, droppings, coprolites, dung, manure, humanure, biosolids, waste, number two, doo-doo, ka-ka, scat

case in point, there may be no words to describe how you feel against my skin when we sleep. there might not be enough words to encompass all the emotions i feel for you in that moment, or maybe the emotions i feel for you in general. but even if i had that vocabulary available, my emotions wouldn’t change. you would still leave me speechless and out-of-breath.

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delawareareyou:

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lol i fucking love cats.

your L is not F

nickzed:

I wanted to write something about John Stuart Mill and ‘mere offense’ but instead decided to transcribe something Stephen Fry recently said in a debate about atheism:

“It’s now rather common for people to say ‘Well I’m rather offended by that’, as if that gives them certain rights. It’s actually nothing more—It’s simply a whine. It’s no more than a whine, really. ‘I find that offensive.’ It has no meaning, it has no purpose, no reason to be respected as a phrase. ‘I am offended by that.’
‘Well so fucking what.’”

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