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1. ‘The Islamic Republic vs. Iran.’
Thanks to @OsloFF and @HRF for the opportunity to highlight Iran’s #WomanLifeFreedom revolution, and discuss a decades-long theocracy that has hijacked a multi-millennial civilization. A few key takeaways 🧵
#MahsaAmini #KatayounRiahi
Thanks to @OsloFF and @HRF for the opportunity to highlight Iran’s #WomanLifeFreedom revolution, and discuss a decades-long theocracy that has hijacked a multi-millennial civilization. A few key takeaways 🧵
#MahsaAmini #KatayounRiahi
2. Iranian women are among the very few in the world who have less rights than their grandmothers did five decades ago. #WomanLifeFreedom #GenderApartheid
3. #MahsaAmini’s murder galvanized a broad-based opposition to the Islamic Republic. This terrifies a regime that has stayed in power through a policy of ‘divide and oppress.’ #WomanLifeFreedom
how did Azerbaijan get melodic rapping Hobbits to represent them on #Eurovision?
#Eurovision2023
#EurovisionSemi1
#Eurovision2023
#EurovisionSemi1
liked the Pink Feminists from #Czechia
#Eurovision
#EurovisionSemi1
very #WomanLifeFreedom
#WeAreNotYourDolls
#Eurovision
#EurovisionSemi1
very #WomanLifeFreedom
#WeAreNotYourDolls
Iran:
En dépit d'une répression d'une violence inouïe, les filles ne cèdent pas.
Révolution dans la rue les mercredis.
Un courage et une résilience que nous n'imaginions pas.
Et nous, qui ne pouvons rien faire d'autre que de relayer leur lutte, ça nous fait mal.
En dépit d'une répression d'une violence inouïe, les filles ne cèdent pas.
Révolution dans la rue les mercredis.
Un courage et une résilience que nous n'imaginions pas.
Et nous, qui ne pouvons rien faire d'autre que de relayer leur lutte, ça nous fait mal.
1. Despite Iran’s history of mass movements and widespread anger, the #WomanLifeFreedom protests remained small and sporadic and have now subsided.
In @ForeignAffairs, I explain that ordinary Iranians need economic resources to exercise their political power.
The West can help.
In @ForeignAffairs, I explain that ordinary Iranians need economic resources to exercise their political power.
The West can help.
2. The protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini felt different from the outset. They were led by women and political in their aims. They generated solidarity across class and regional lines. It seemed like the protests could snowball, despite the state’s violent response.
3. But that didn’t happen.
The first stumbling block was the failure to organise strikes among the working class. Labor activists tried for months to get local and national strikes off the ground with little success. Something was holding workers back.
The first stumbling block was the failure to organise strikes among the working class. Labor activists tried for months to get local and national strikes off the ground with little success. Something was holding workers back.
I'm proud to join the Steering Group of @JCWLFinIran with @Mark_D_Wallace, @JoeLieberman, @NormColeman, @TedDeutch, @Daroff, @Eric_Fingerhut, @AmbDennisRoss, @NazeeMoinian, @sharon_nazarian, @RoyaTheWriter, @TaliFarhadian, @hivaf, James & Merryl Tisch, Tom Kaplan, & others 1/5
In keeping with the core Judaic values of tikkun olam, we today are announcing the formation of The Jewish Committee to Support #WomanLifeFreedom in #Iran. We have all been moved by the bravery of the Iranian people & the activism & unity of the diaspora. 2/5 #MahsaAmini
Our mission is to connect the American Jewish community with the Iranian diaspora to support their efforts to amplify the voices, vision, and dreams of the Iranian people in Western capitals. We will be offering grants to those committed to the #WomanLifeFreedom movement. 3/5
#WomanLifeFreedom
Femicide is a serious problem in #Iran,where women are often the targets of brutal violence at the hands of their male family members.
Every year,a shocking number of women are killed in Iran due to various reasons such as honor killing,family murders, and... 👇🏼
Femicide is a serious problem in #Iran,where women are often the targets of brutal violence at the hands of their male family members.
Every year,a shocking number of women are killed in Iran due to various reasons such as honor killing,family murders, and... 👇🏼
the pressure of their fathers, brothers, and husbands.
This situation is made worse by the fact that Iranian law often fails to hold perpetrators accountable for these heinous acts, and many women are forced to suffer in silence.
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This situation is made worse by the fact that Iranian law often fails to hold perpetrators accountable for these heinous acts, and many women are forced to suffer in silence.
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To shed light on this issue, me, as an artist has created a powerful artwork that captures the gravity of femicide in Iran.
(This piece is about #MonaHeydari . Follow the hashtag)
#WomanLifeFreedom 🕊️
Link: app.manifold.xyz/c/Femicide
(This piece is about #MonaHeydari . Follow the hashtag)
#WomanLifeFreedom 🕊️
Link: app.manifold.xyz/c/Femicide
The latest #CounteringKleptocracy newsletter from @ThinkDemocracy is out! Read this thread to see some of the highlights from the March edition.
ned.org/countering-kle…
ned.org/countering-kle…
In the #BigStory, @ThinkDemocracy’s Ariane Gottlieb and @AidanMcGahey discuss how kleptocracy has fueled Tehran’s repression of the #WomanLifeFreedom protests.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought with it numerous sanctions against Russian oligarchs—but Moscow’s elite are finding new and innovative ways to subvert these measures. economist.com/finance-and-ec…
My favourite ExMuslim @YasMohammedxx has a message for you. Share your stories of #Islamotrauma for the world to see why our fear of Islam is rational and rooted in our subjugation, oppression and abuse. #LetUsTalk
As an #ExMuslim, I can never go back to Iran because the government could put me in jail indefinitely or hang me for the simply saying I don’t believe in Islam or God. There’s no going back on your religion in Iran. You’re born a Muslim, you die a Muslim. Literally. #Islamotrauma
I can’t dance or sing under the Islamic regime. I can’t be a judge or the president. I can’t get a divorce, except in extremely dire situations, and I can’t have 2 husbands but my husband can have 4 permanent wives and 99 temporary ones. #Islamotrauma
Iranian life held hostage by world politics is a painful rip off of Iranians’ agency. IR calling #Iranrevolution, Israel/America’s, atop of those who rely only on the US forced lens on Iran, must all understand that until they liberate their own gaze on Iran, we won’t be free.
Iran’s fate should only be in the hands of its people. And the Revolution is not just led by the visible figures of « opposition » in the west, MANY - far too many to know how many- want radical change irrespective of political allegiance but that of a potential free democracy.
If the “visible western opposition” knew to center margins of the movement that the world fails to see, instead of pushing the narrative that oppression is all the same when it ain’t, when there are degrees of oppression x nuances to the movement, like any other, then the world
🧵 In the name of Woman, Life, Freedom
Today, we are pleased to announce the publication of “The Charter of Solidarity and Alliance for Freedom,” called “Mahsa Charter.”
We made our best efforts to ensure that the principles agreed upon, are consistent with the humanitarian👇
Today, we are pleased to announce the publication of “The Charter of Solidarity and Alliance for Freedom,” called “Mahsa Charter.”
We made our best efforts to ensure that the principles agreed upon, are consistent with the humanitarian👇
and democratic values that reflect the views of the majority of Iranians.
This charter is conceived on the basis of common values and we believe that it can be the framework for unity.
A spirit of cooperation and unison informed the collaboration process among the initial 👇
This charter is conceived on the basis of common values and we believe that it can be the framework for unity.
A spirit of cooperation and unison informed the collaboration process among the initial 👇
signatories of this charter. This process included close consultation with activists inside Iran.
Today, more than ever, there is a need to maintain unity and mutual support to achieve total victory. Our aim is to expand the alliance, and we are committed to our ongoing best 👇
Today, more than ever, there is a need to maintain unity and mutual support to achieve total victory. Our aim is to expand the alliance, and we are committed to our ongoing best 👇
My #FGM Confession🙏🏽
"I Circumcised Many Girls Because Many Men Reject Uncircumcised Girls And Often Return Them To Their Maiden Homes To Be Circumcised!"
Ms. Nkotito Oyie (58) Recalls:
“I started circumcising girls when I was 25 years of age. The job is well paying as I charged
"I Circumcised Many Girls Because Many Men Reject Uncircumcised Girls And Often Return Them To Their Maiden Homes To Be Circumcised!"
Ms. Nkotito Oyie (58) Recalls:
“I started circumcising girls when I was 25 years of age. The job is well paying as I charged
Sh2000 for every girl I circumcised. During high seasons like long holidays, I could cut up to 10 girls a day.
My skills were in high demand as it was a taboo to find a girl who is not circumcised in the Maa community.
Girls get circumcised as early as nine years because of the
My skills were in high demand as it was a taboo to find a girl who is not circumcised in the Maa community.
Girls get circumcised as early as nine years because of the
pressure from the community. At this stage, the circumcised girl is viewed as a mature person who can play a wife's roles.
Many girls opt for #FGM because many men in the Maasai Community reject uncircumcised girls and often return them to their maiden homes to be circumcised.
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Many girls opt for #FGM because many men in the Maasai Community reject uncircumcised girls and often return them to their maiden homes to be circumcised.
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🧵Идеолог @Rev_Populi свою позицию по оказанию помощи Украине озвучил еще в начале первого срока @POTUS45.
"Мы (США) должны убедиться, что в основном злые люди боятся в основном хороших. Это политика США с 1945 года, в основном, для всех президентов... 1/3
"Мы (США) должны убедиться, что в основном злые люди боятся в основном хороших. Это политика США с 1945 года, в основном, для всех президентов... 1/3
2/4 "...Я говорю, продолжайте идти по этому пути, помогая сделать мир немного безопаснее и свободнее каждый раз, когда мы можем".
Эти слова, адресованные President Donald Trump были опубликованы в журнале Atlantic theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Эти слова, адресованные President Donald Trump были опубликованы в журнале Atlantic theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
3/3 Хорошие парни, о которых идёт речь - курды и украинцы. Гелернтер еще 6 лет назад призвал поставить им необходимое вооружение. Чтобы zлые парни, аятоллы и путинская сволочь - боялись.
Агенда не изменилась, и главные тренды в Евразии #RussiaIsANaziState #WomanLifeFreedom
Агенда не изменилась, и главные тренды в Евразии #RussiaIsANaziState #WomanLifeFreedom
1) These are pictures of Iranian youth who have lost their sight due to the violence of the IRGC forces. Their only crime was peacefully protesting in the streets. The IRGC shot these protestors in the face, simply for supporting the revolution of #WomanLifeFreedom.
#MahsaAmini
#MahsaAmini
2) Elahe Tavakolian
3) Kosar Eftekhari
“ایران، مستعمره جمهوری شیطانی
برخلاف آنچه تصور میشود، سپاه پاسداران جمهوری اسلامی، شاخه ای از نیروهای مسلح برای حفظ ایران نیست. همانطور که از نام آن پیداست، فقط برای پاسداری از “نظام سیاسی جمهوری اسلامی “ و جلوگیری از هر گونه جنبش مخالف شکل گرفته است.
برخلاف آنچه تصور میشود، سپاه پاسداران جمهوری اسلامی، شاخه ای از نیروهای مسلح برای حفظ ایران نیست. همانطور که از نام آن پیداست، فقط برای پاسداری از “نظام سیاسی جمهوری اسلامی “ و جلوگیری از هر گونه جنبش مخالف شکل گرفته است.
از این رو نمیتوان انتظار داشت که سپاه موضع خود را در انقلاب کنونی تغییر دهد و رویه ای مسالمت آمیز پیش رو گیرد. چون با ماهیت شکل گیری این سازمان در تناقض است و با هر گونه عاملی که نظام سیاسی جمهوری اسلامی را به چالش بکشدبه شدید ترین شیوه پاسخ میدهد. چه این عامل کودکی ۱۴ ساله ..
باشد چه کشورهای اروپایی.
از همان ابتدای تاسیس نیز، نظام توجه خاصی به آن اختصاص داده است. بطوری که برای سال ۱۴۰۲ بودجه ای که برای این سازمان در نظر گرفته شده است، ۱۱۹ هزار میلیارد تومان معادل یک پنجم درآمد های نفتی ایران است. البته این فقط بودجه ای است که دولت در نظر گرفته …
از همان ابتدای تاسیس نیز، نظام توجه خاصی به آن اختصاص داده است. بطوری که برای سال ۱۴۰۲ بودجه ای که برای این سازمان در نظر گرفته شده است، ۱۱۹ هزار میلیارد تومان معادل یک پنجم درآمد های نفتی ایران است. البته این فقط بودجه ای است که دولت در نظر گرفته …
Today, @UN_HRC announced the names of three human rights champions as members of Iran’s fact-finding mission to investigate the human rights violations since mid-September in Iran. A significant development on the path to accountability. /1
#MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی #IranRevoIution
#MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی #IranRevoIution
The appointment of three women reflects the mission’s focus which is the Iranian women and children. Although areas of violations will be covered, this will send a message to Iranian women that they have been heard. /2 #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی #IranRevoIution #WomanLifeFreedom
Sara Hossain, Viviana Krsticevic, & Shaheed Sardar Ali have not worked on Iran. So they can’t be accused of bias against the IRI. 2 of them are Muslim, so the regime can’t say they don’t understand our culture. And none of them is American or European. /3 #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی
این رشته توییت را لطفا بخوانید:
پیروزی سریع جنبشهای مدنی در نیم قرن اخیر بطور فزاینده ای دشوارتر شده. امکان پیروزی جنبشهای مسلحانه به مراتب حتی کمتر از جنبشهای مقاومت مدنی بوده است.
#زن_زندگی_آزادی #مهسا_امینی #اعتصابات_سراسری #اتحاد_رمز_پیروزی
#مقاومت_مدنی #WomanLifeFreedom
پیروزی سریع جنبشهای مدنی در نیم قرن اخیر بطور فزاینده ای دشوارتر شده. امکان پیروزی جنبشهای مسلحانه به مراتب حتی کمتر از جنبشهای مقاومت مدنی بوده است.
#زن_زندگی_آزادی #مهسا_امینی #اعتصابات_سراسری #اتحاد_رمز_پیروزی
#مقاومت_مدنی #WomanLifeFreedom
دلایل اصلی کاهش موفقیت سریع جنبشهای مدنی شناسایی شدن متدهای اصلی این جنبشها (عمده آنها توسط جین شارپ جمع آوری شدند) توسط دولتهای اتوکرات و طراحی روشهای مقابله با آنها بوده است. باید توجه داشت که شیوه های نظارت و کنترل و همچنین استفاده از نیروی نظامی جایگزین پیچیده تر شده است.
با وجود تمامی اینها هیچ حکومتی و تاکید می کنم هیچ حکومتی،مهم نیست چقدر قدرتمند و پیچیده توانایی ادامه فعالیت را در صورتی که تنها نزدیک به پنج درصد مردم به صورت منظم و متعهد در جنبش مدنی مشارکت کنند را ندارد. جنبشهای مدنی بسیار به ندرت چیزی بیش از ۱۰ درصد مردم را درگیر خود می کنند
Jin Jiyan Azadì (#WomanLifeFreedom ) #Kurdistan
Nel resto del mondo quello che sta accadendo in Iran viene letto in maniera riduttiva, sottolineando solo il problema dell’«islam dispotico che obbliga le donne a coprirsi» e ci si concentra sulla questione basata sul diritto di
Nel resto del mondo quello che sta accadendo in Iran viene letto in maniera riduttiva, sottolineando solo il problema dell’«islam dispotico che obbliga le donne a coprirsi» e ci si concentra sulla questione basata sul diritto di
avere la libertà di indossare o meno il velo. Significa non aver capito i milioni di persone che oggi scendono in piazza in Iran...
...Oggi in Iran non esiste solo la questione del velo, ma anche quella di persone di popoli diversi, Lgbtq, poveri, lavoratori, bambini e molte
...Oggi in Iran non esiste solo la questione del velo, ma anche quella di persone di popoli diversi, Lgbtq, poveri, lavoratori, bambini e molte
altre identità soggette a un’amministrazione oppressiva che non rispetta diritti fondamentali e libertà. Curdi, beluci, azeri e molti altri popoli sono sottoposti a una forte pressione nazionalista. Sappiamo quanti danni hanno fatto nel mondo i missili e le armi chimiche di
Dit is dr. #Shiva_Mafakheri, een Koerdische wiskundelerares aan de Imam Sajjad middelbare school in Sanandaj, Koerdistan.
De repressieagenten wilden de leerlingen op haar klas arresteren omdat ze op school demonstreerden.
Ze laat ze de klas niet in en zegt dat de leerlingen >
De repressieagenten wilden de leerlingen op haar klas arresteren omdat ze op school demonstreerden.
Ze laat ze de klas niet in en zegt dat de leerlingen >
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onder haar toezicht staan en dat ze niet zal toestaan dat ze het klaslokaal verlaten.
Een paar dagen later, toen ze op het punt stond in haar auto voor de school te stappen, werd ze ontvoerd door repressieagenten van het regime. >
onder haar toezicht staan en dat ze niet zal toestaan dat ze het klaslokaal verlaten.
Een paar dagen later, toen ze op het punt stond in haar auto voor de school te stappen, werd ze ontvoerd door repressieagenten van het regime. >
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Haar leerlingen weigeren nu naar de les te gaan en zitten op het schoolplein om haar vrijlating te eisen.
Er is al 20 dagen geen nieuws over haar lot.
Haar leven is nu in gevaar.
Wees svp haar stem. #MahsaAmini #IranRevolution #WomanLifeFreedom
Haar leerlingen weigeren nu naar de les te gaan en zitten op het schoolplein om haar vrijlating te eisen.
Er is al 20 dagen geen nieuws over haar lot.
Haar leven is nu in gevaar.
Wees svp haar stem. #MahsaAmini #IranRevolution #WomanLifeFreedom
A dark day for football fans and FIFA. We are just being released from police station 4 hrs after finish of the game, while 3 of our friends still are in custody. Crime? Wearing #WomanLifeFreedom T-shirts. Are you watching @FIFAcom @FIFAWorldCup
They were not violent to us; actually tried to be nice but another person was dragged on the ground when being arrested for wearing the Royal flag (ShiroKhorshid)T-shirt. They are very strict about taking videos and that’s why not many news come out but the situation is horrible
مرسی بچه ها، ما خوبیم و دوستانمون رو هم آزاد کردن، البته ازشون تعهد کتبی گرفتن برای فعالیت سیاسی نکردن و تیشیرتشون رو هم گرفتن.
At #ituc22 I thought it important to honor the traditional custodians of the land, elders past present and emerging as well as those murdered and injured in yet another mass shooting, this time at an LGBTQ club In Colorado on Trans Remembrance Day
At #ituc22 in speaking about the new social contract, I recalled the first ever lesson taught was Locke’s theory of a social contract- how government needs the consent of the people to protect basic rights and the common good.
As a global labor movement we dream of a *much richer and far bolder* social contract with workers’ voice, social equality and climate justice at the center.
Just IN: Father Of 6-Month-Old Girl Subjected To #FGM To Remain In Custody💪🏽
#Kenyan: A couple who subjected their 6-month-old daughter to female genital mutilation in Leparua, Isiolo North, last week had rushed her to a local hospital with a severe fever before she was sent to
#Kenyan: A couple who subjected their 6-month-old daughter to female genital mutilation in Leparua, Isiolo North, last week had rushed her to a local hospital with a severe fever before she was sent to
Isiolo Referral Hospital, where health workers discovered that she had been “cut”.
Ms Linda Kiruki, a clinical officer at Isiolo Referral who handled the case, said the #child had a deep wound and her genitals were covered with tea leaves to ostensibly reduce bleeding.
Appearing
Ms Linda Kiruki, a clinical officer at Isiolo Referral who handled the case, said the #child had a deep wound and her genitals were covered with tea leaves to ostensibly reduce bleeding.
Appearing
before Isiolo Chief Magistrate Lucy Mutai, Ms Kiruki said the child’s clitoris had been cut and that the labia majora had a deep wound that showed the illegal procedure was carried out with a blunt object.
“The child cried uncontrollably while we assessed the wound. The severe
“The child cried uncontrollably while we assessed the wound. The severe
Did you know there are acts of protest happening every weekend in #Naarm/#Melbourne in solidarity with the women of #Iran? Yesterday this group, who come from different walks of life in Iran, stood for 10 hours. Their first silent vigil.
#MahsaAmini #WomanLifeFreedom
#MahsaAmini #WomanLifeFreedom
They invited others to stand with them, and in the time I was there, I listened to:
- frustration with the low visibility in Aus of this major intl issue
- observations that the Iranian community is quite small in Aus, and unlike eg NZ, no/few pols with Iranian heritage in govt
- frustration with the low visibility in Aus of this major intl issue
- observations that the Iranian community is quite small in Aus, and unlike eg NZ, no/few pols with Iranian heritage in govt
They also talked to me about:
- frustration at how media coverage is not capturing the extent of the repression these protests are being met with in Iran
- one, visibly shaken, showed me photos texted to her daily, of faces, eyes, bodies ruined by small caliber ammunition
- frustration at how media coverage is not capturing the extent of the repression these protests are being met with in Iran
- one, visibly shaken, showed me photos texted to her daily, of faces, eyes, bodies ruined by small caliber ammunition
Beste mensen, hier is mijn 6e wekelijkse analysedraad🧵over #IranProtests: Het was spannend hoe de protesten zich zouden ontwikkelen na de massale dreiging v het regime en de harde repressie. Het regime voerde inderdaad de repressie flink op, arresteerde veel demonstranten > 1/21
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en studenten in het hele land en doodde nog meer activisten en kinderen. Maar ondanks al het brute geweld gingen de protesten door, vooral op de universiteiten en breidden ze zich zelfs uit in twee provincies: Koerdistan en Sistan-Baluchestan. De dappere Baluchis gebruiken >
en studenten in het hele land en doodde nog meer activisten en kinderen. Maar ondanks al het brute geweld gingen de protesten door, vooral op de universiteiten en breidden ze zich zelfs uit in twee provincies: Koerdistan en Sistan-Baluchestan. De dappere Baluchis gebruiken >
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nu m succes dezelfde tactiek die t regime gebruikt, namelijk dat ze elke vrijdag protesteren tijdens t vrijdagsgebed in verschillende steden zoals Zahedan & Khash, en m succes. Het regime heeft 115 Baluchis gedood in d afgelopen weken maar heeft nog >
nu m succes dezelfde tactiek die t regime gebruikt, namelijk dat ze elke vrijdag protesteren tijdens t vrijdagsgebed in verschillende steden zoals Zahedan & Khash, en m succes. Het regime heeft 115 Baluchis gedood in d afgelopen weken maar heeft nog >
Das Motto der #Iran-Soli-Demo in #München: #FrauLebenFreiheit / #WomanLifeFreedom
Dürften locker 2-3k Menschen hier sein. /MS #muc1211
Dürften locker 2-3k Menschen hier sein. /MS #muc1211
