The Revolution IS Being Televised

When reports say that young people don’t care about politics that is not true! All it takes is one reason to be inspired for change and history can be made. The evidence of this truth lies across the world in Cairo, Egypt where young people decided that they would no longer accept a dictatorship. Some may fear this revolution and are appalled by the amount of violence that has transpired in the last week. However, there are others that sympathize with the actions taken because 30 years is too long for any leader to reign over a country.

Moment of silence for the lives lost and the individuals injured.

Moment of silence for the cause.

Moment of silence for compromise.

Moment of silence for world peace.

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Lashunda

Live From Laylo in Iran: The Revolution Begins

Iran’s elections have been all over the news lately. Anger is visible in the streets. Youth are tired of the same old thing and a revolution may be bubbling underneath the surface. We’ve got a firsthand account from a friend of The League/99Problems who is brave enough to venture in a field report directly from Iran! Check out this article by Laylo Fagroovy!

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The Revolution Begins by Laylo

June 15, 2009 The eerie howling of “Allah al-Akbar! Allah al-Akbar!”
(God is Great) could be heard from rooftops in the streets of Tehran
after dark. It is an echo from the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution 30
years ago, when Ayatollah Khomeini and his supports ousted Mohammad
Reza Shah Pahlavi, to replace the monarchy with a religious democracy,
forming the Islamic Republic of Iran.

But in recent years, the people of Iran have yearned for more freedom
under the current regime, with some sacrificing their lives to be
heard. On Monday, June 15, possibly as many as one million people took
to the streets of Tehran to march from Enqelab (Revolution) Street to
Azadi (Freedom) Square to support Mir Hossein Mousavi in the contested
presidential elections.

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Steve Romain