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Friday, October 7, 2022

"An Anthem From the Iranian Protests"

  From Portside   /  Material of Interest to People on the Left

  Lots and lots of material of interest and passion 

 

 

At

  https://portside.org/2022-10-06/tidbits-oct-6-2022-reader-comments-women-protest-iran-and-us-labor-organizing-now-geico 

 

________ and this powerful poem below quoted from Portside

An Anthem From the Iranian Protests

On September 27, a song by Iranian musician Shervin Hajipour ‘broke’ Persian social media. He is singing of the mass protests that began in Iran following the death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini. It went viral -- viewed 40 million times within 48 hours.

 

For the Sake of…

For the sake of dancing in the alleys
Because of the fear you feel while kissing
For my sister – your sister – our sisters
To change the minds that have rotted away
Because of shame, because of being broke
Because of longing for a normal life
For the garbage-picking kid and his dreams
Because of this command economy
Because of this polluted air
For Valiasr Street and its worn-out trees
For Pirouz and his probable extinction
For innocent, forbidden dogs
Because of tears that never stop
For the image of a return to this moment
For the sake of a laughing face
For schoolkids, for the future
Because of this mandatory paradise
For imprisoned intellectuals
For Afghan children
Because of all of these becauses, no two the same
Because of all these empty slogans
Because of collapsing homes built on the cheap
For a feeling of peace
For the sun after long nights
Because of meds for depression and insomnia
For men, homeland, prosperity
For the girl that wished she was a boy
For women, life, freedom
For freedom
For freedom
For freedom

براى…

برای توی کوچه رقصیدن
برای ترسیدن به وقت بوسیدن
برای خواهرم خواهرت خواهرامون
برای تغییر مغزها که پوسیدن
برای شرمندگی برای بی پولی
برای حسرت یک زندگی معمولی
برای کودک زباله گرد و آرزوهاش
برای این اقتصاد دستوری
برای این هوای آلوده
برای ولیعصر و درختای فرسوده
برای پیروز و احتمال انقراضش
برای سگ های بی گناه ممنوعه
برای گریه های بی وقفه
برای تصویر تکرار این لحظه
برای چهره ای که میخنده
برای دانش آموزان برای آینده
برای این بهشت اجباری
برای نخبه های زندانی
برای کودکان افغانی
برای این همه “برای” غیر تکراری
برای این همه شعارهای تو خالی
برای آوار خونه های پوشالی
برای احساس آرامش
برای خورشید پس از شبای طولانی
برای قرصای اعصاب و بی خوابی
برای مرد میهن آبادی
برای دختری که آرزو داشت پسر بود
برای زن زندگی آزادی
برای آزادی
برای آزادی
برای آزادی

-Lyrics by Shervin Hajipour, translated by Zuzanna Olszewska

 

 

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

Stunning photos taken by taikonauts from China's space station

Taikonaut Chen Dong poses for a photo with the Chinese national flag. [Photo/China Manned Space Agency]

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Swam back to France/ Of course France does not want these poor Fraance is too rich and nationalist to allow strangers to stay in its filthyrich country and its one million cheees, and rbeads and wina nd shit shit descartiaes empire bullshit

Migrants who ‘swam back to France’ after failed Channel crossing await another attempt

After a nearby camp was broken up by police, people with nowhere to go are camping on a disused railway line

Zoe Tidman
Grande-Synthe
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<p>Migrants describe life in the Dunkirk camp</p>

Migrants describe life in the Dunkirk camp

(The Independent)

A group from Iraq and Iran stand near a fire in a campsite in Dunkirk in near-freezing temperatures.

They do not want to be in France. But they are here, in a makeshift campsite near old train tracks in the Grande-Synthe suburb, after failed attempts to cross the English Channel left them having to swim back to shore.

This happened four times, one of them says.

As they wait for their next try, they are camping out in Grand-Synthe in a site that has become popular with migrants since one nearby – which housed more than 1,000 – was broken up by police last week.

Tents are pitched in rows of two or three along a narrow stretch of land, fitting in between an old railway line and a road.

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Fires burn and smoke billows throughout the camp on a cold Saturday morning, with temperatures hovering just above freezing.

“People’s lives are very bad,” a young woman from Iraq tells The Independent as she describes life in the camp. “There are no houses, it’s very very cold, we don’t eat.” She laughs as she adds: “No shower.”

Others in the group start listing what they are missing in the camp, including money and clothes. “There isn’t anything,” one young man says.

At a bus stop on a nearby main road, Kurdish teenager Ali tells The Independent he is looking to get a sleeping bag before heading to the campsite. He has come to Europe with his brother from Iran, a country he says is dangerous for certain people, including those in the LGBT+ community – to which he belongs.

He hopes it will be safer in England, where his parents live. He is already able to speak English.

To get to Europe, the brothers spent five days on a boat with no food or space to sit down, according to Ali – who tells The Independent he is 18, and that one of his favourite singers is Billie Eilish.

Now, they are thinking about taking another boat to England, which Ali says is the cheaper option. “We spent all the money we had. Now we do not have much money,” he says. “We have to go to England by boat.”

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Other migrants in northern France tell The Independent they feel they have no other option but to try to reach England by sea, even if it puts their lives at risk, because it will give them the best chance of a new life.

Pleas for safe routes to England have been renewed after the deadly shipwreck earlier this week, which killed 27 people including three children. Maryam Nuri Hamdamin, a 20-year-old woman hoping to reach her fiance in the UK, was the first victim to be named.

Migrants who ‘swam back to France’ after failed Channel crossing await another attempt

After a nearby camp was broken up by police, people with nowhere to go are camping on a disused railway line

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A photo taken on Sept 28, 2022 from an aircraft of the Swedish Coast Guard (Kustbevakningen) shows the release of gas emanating from a leak on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea. [Photo/Agencies]

 

 

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Marching against repression and violence ...


'Crowds pledged solidarity with Iranians after woman dies in custody of morality police'

Michelle Allan · from CBC News ·
Protesters gather while a headscarf burns in the picture's foreground.
Demonstrators burn a scarf at a protest against the Iranian government on Sunday. The protest was inspired by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who'd been arrested by Iran's morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. (David Bates/CBC)

With the death of a young Iranian woman in police custody sparking demonstrations around the world, hundreds of people also took to the streets of Ottawa Sunday to protest against the Iranian government.

The 22-year-old woman died last week while in custody of Iran's morality police. Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly wearing a hijab improperly, and while police said she died of a heart attack and was not mistreated, her family has cast doubt on that account. 

"This could have happened to [any] one of us," said Taraneh, a protester who lived in Iran for about 30 years. CBC is withholding her last name due to her safety concerns. 

Taraneh said she and her sister were once arrested by the morality police while in Iran and held for five or six hours.  She said she's frustrated that Iranian women are forced to comply with the strict hijab requirements. 

"The women in Iran are not free at all," she said. "We are tired of this system."

 

 



    • British Columbia

    Thousands gather in downtown Vancouver in show of support for Iranian protests

    It's the 2nd protest this week in Metro Vancouver following death of Mahsa Amini, 22

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    Thousands of people rallied in Vancouver on Sunday in solidarity with protesters in Iran over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. (Janella Hamilton/CBC News)

    Thousands of people gathered on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday before marching through downtown to add their voices to protests calling on Iran to end laws requiring women to wear hijabs in public as well as to abolish the country's use of capital punishment.

    It's the second protest this week in Metro Vancouver following the death of Mahsa Amini, 22.

    The Iranian woman died last week after she was arrested by Iran's morality police for "unsuitable attire" after she allegedly wore a hijab improperly.

    Her death has reignited anger over restrictions on personal freedoms in Iran, including the strict dress codes for women and an economy reeling from government sanctions.

    Protests over Amini's death have spread across at least 46 cities, towns and villages in Iran. There has also been condemnation from Western countries and the United Nations, as well as protests in solidarity abroad.

    On Sunday there were protests in London where violence broke out. In Canada, a protest similar to Vancouver's was held in Ottawa.

    Tammy Sadeghi was one of the organizers of the rally in Vancouver on Sunday.

    "We're here to support the Iranian movement in Iran, especially since women came onto the street because they have been fed up with this regime the last 42 years," Sadeghi said.

    "They've been fighting day and night to push back the Islamic regime."

    Tammy Sadeghi was one of the organizers of a rally in Vancouver in support of protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini. (Janella Hamilton/CBC News)

    Many at the rally said they want an end to laws that require women to wear hijabs. They also want an end to capital punishment in Iran and the release of political prisoners — all examples of the regime's brutality.

    Iranian police have denied mistreating Amini and claim she died of a heart attack. The country's authorities say they are investigating.

    Protests in Iran have resulted in the deaths of both protesters and police and the arrests of demonstrators.

    After gathering at the Vancouver Art Gallery, protesters against Iran's regime marched through the downtown area of the city. (Isabelle Raghem/CBC News)

    Honieh Barzegari said she attended the rally in Vancouver to speak out for human rights in Iran. She said she was impressed with how diverse the crowd was.

    "We need to stay united, not just Iranian people. We want the world to stand with us. Hold our hands, tap on our shoulders and be our voices," she said.

    'Human lives matter, Iranian lives matter. Iranian women's lives matter. We all matter."

    We’ll give our lives to Ayatollah Khamenei’ – Tehran recruits radical militias to crush Iranian protests over hijab woman who died in police custody

    A woman takes part in a protest in Nicosia, Cyprus, following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran. Photo: Reuters/Yiannis Kourtoglou
    A woman takes part in a protest in Nicosia, Cyprus, following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran. Photo: Reuters/Yiannis Kourtoglou

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    Iran has recruited extremist foreign militias to clamp down on growing demonstrations in cities across the country, it emerged yesterday.

    Militias from Syria, Lebanon and Iraq calling themselves “the volunteers from Islamic lands” announced in a social media post online that they were joining the Tehran regime’s clampdown on public dissent.

    As demonstrators continued to protest against the fate of Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after being arrested for incorrectly wearing a hijab, the militia group said it was “spontaneously formed” and its members are “willing to give their lives to Ayatollah Khamenei”.

    Its members are followers of Qassem Suleimani, the commander of Iran’s Quds Force who was killed by a US drone attack in January last year.

    Iranian opposition groups have identified them as radical Shia militias that take their orders directly from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

    Iran’s foreign ministry yesterday summoned the British ambassador to complain about “the presence of media outlets in London that instigate riot and destruction in Iran”. BBC Persian, ManoTo and Iran International TV operate from London and have covered Iran’s protests through their satellite channels.

    Also yesterday, hundreds of British Iranians gathered at Iran’s embassy in London to support the protests and call on the British government to sever diplomatic ties with Tehran. There were clashes with police during the demonstration and at least one person was arrested.

    Protests continued across Iranian cities yesterday with public figures increasingly siding with the protesters and condemning the regime’s heavy-handed response, which has led to at least 80 deaths, according to unconfirmed reports.

    Demonstrations also took place around the world, including in Glasgow where a large group carried signs which read “Hijab murder” and “no to Islamic Republic of Iran”. Women were seen shaving their heads as part of the protest.

    In a video message from Zurich, where he is president of the international competition jury at the city’s film festival, Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi invited artists all around the world to demonstrate their solidarity with the Iranian people “during these challenging times”.

    “This society, especially these women, has travelled a harsh and painful path to this point, and now they have clearly reached a landmark,” he said.

    Internet and phone lines have been cut off in Ms Amini’s home province of Kurdistan. In the Kurdish town of Oshnaviyeh, protesters drove the local Revolutionary Guards out of their barracks and seized bases used by the Basij militias, who act as the regime’s foot soldiers.

     

     

    Meanwhile, Iranian lawyers have called on the United Nations to hold a referendum on the governance of the country.

    “In the previous historic cases of free elections in Chile and South Africa, where the UN acted in accordance with its charter to uphold peace and security of the world, the outcome led to change of regimes in a peaceful way,” Saeid Dehghan, a member of the International Association of Lawyers, said.

    “There is no reason why the same cannot be applied to Iran’s situation, where a repressive regime is rejected by millions of its citizens,” he added.

    Telegraph Media Group Limited [2022]

    Honieh Barzegari attended the rally for Iran in Vancouver on Sunday Sept. 25, 2022. (Janella Hamilton/CBC News)

    In Vancouver, police said that the large crowd on Sunday delayed travel through the downtown core and asked people to avoid the area until the rally ended around 8:30 p.m. PT

    With files from Janella Hamilton, Jon Azpiri, Thomson Reuters and the Associated Press

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    Montreal protesters form human chain to honour those killed under Iranian regime

     

    In downtown Montreal on Tuesday afternoon, demonstrators formed a human chain along Sherbrooke Street in front of McGill University's iconic Roddick Gates.

    It was a move to honour protesters in Iran who have lost their lives for standing up to that country's regime.

    "We want to remember everyone who has been killed or murdered by this brutal regime," Banafsheh Cheraghi told CBC Montreal's Let's Go on Tuesday.

    Cheraghi used to be a journalist in Iran and was one of the organizers of the Montreal event. She said participants were holding up photos of those who died under the regime.

    "Everyone is really united in this," she said. "We all share this feeling."

    The demonstration was one of many across Canada and around the world as protests continue in most of Iran's 31 provinces.

    The protests erupted in Iran just over a week ago, after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died after falling into a coma following her detention in Tehran by morality police enforcing hijab rules on women's dress.

    According to Iran's state media, at least 41 people have been killed during the protests. The state deployed live ammunition against demonstrators and has beefed up security forces in Kurdish areas of western Iran, where the protests have been concentrated.'

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