Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Iran: Is Democracy In The Streets?


Iran had a vote and now there is some level of unrest due to the purported outcome.
GET CAUGHT UP

I just can't buy the US corporate media coverage of the protests. Just the fact that the US media outlets are devoting such heavy and detailed coverage is worth noting. No such coverage is given to equally bloody protests against governments friendly to the US. The US government is now working WITH Twitter to ensure flow of information to the US... Remember when the US military reported that Twitter could possibly be used for just these purposes but it was called aiding terrorism?

The USA has had a policy of destabilizing the Iranian government for well over 30 years!

With all that said, people are putting their lives on the line to protest en masse against their government. I can't say I know their demands aside from a rejection of or a recounting of the election results.

The best online coverage I have found would be
-Huffington Post
-Lenin's Tomb

Or try the Twitter route:
http://emsenn.com/iran.php
http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://iranproxy.org/



(Thanks Nako)