An enlightening slideshow (Iran)

[rhythmia]

Check it out. The feeling you get from seeing so many people, young and old, all different backgrounds and walks of life, so many women, little old ladies, gathering in the streets...this is so big. Some of it may be nsfw, but I haven't gotten that far in the slideshow yet.

Linked from The Daily Dish, which has had updates almost hourly, every day with news articles, tweets from the ground, videos and analysis.

Comments

[solarwind.livejournal.com]

I've been following both of these for the last couple of days. It's inspiring and horrific at the same time. The most incredible images to me were the ones of protester helping injured policemen out of the fray and into relative safety. As violent as it has been, there are some true moments of humanity to be found. I'm glad you posted this.

[rhythmia.livejournal.com]

The most incredible images to me were the ones of protester helping injured policemen out of the fray and into relative safety

Yes. That series where some people are going after him and others are holding back the crowd and holding him close to protect him. It makes me think of some tweets that I've seen posted on the live-blogging in huffingtonpost and Daily Dish, about how when you meet the police and the Basiji and the army, they are not the enemy, but your brother, so instead of confronting them, find the commonalities. Did you see some of the video floating around, where it's crowd against police, and the crowd is chanting, Join us, join us? It's crazy.

[flange5.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you posted this. We've been following as well, with mixed feelings. The slideshow is really quite amazing. You really do get a sense of the breadth of the movement. I've read really interesting commentary on the prevalence of women in the protests. If I find it again, I'll link you ^^

[rhythmia.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, please do. I've just been following the aggregating blogs at Daily Dish and Huffingtonpost, there's so much information and misinformation and articles and blogs and everything floating around. But aren't those pictures of the squares and boulevards filled with people amazing? I saw one picture of a little old lady who could be my grandmother stamping her way down the street.

[flange5.livejournal.com]

I'll keep an eye out for it. I've been mostly following the Huffpost and now the Daily Dish, thanks to you, but the Boy is much more plugged in, and I may have followed something of his.

There is something about the little old women that completely capture the imagination, perhaps partially because they seem the most disenfranchised of populations traditionally and partially because we expect the young and the physically robust and perhaps the more impetuous to go and protest, but when you see the elderly, the ones we think will be less likely to risk and less likely to dream, going out there and being seen, taking on the risk, . . . there's something really inspiring and touching about it.

[rhythmia.livejournal.com]

What sources of news is the Boy following? *is curious*

I agree with you so much on this point. But I've met, in my little participations in activist things, plenty of older people involved. Because they went through it once (or twice, etc) already when they were younger, and are seeing similar historical patterns and getting involved again. Then again, it seems like for a lot of the older generation, maybe they haven't been politically active before and this is their first time, and that's even more amazing.