Tuesday, October 09, 2007
My Position?
I recently scoured the articles on Nema Milaninia's weblog community Iraniantruth and I found his article about his views on Iranian opposition groups in the disapora (not inside Iran).
I don't know what's wrong with opposition groups outside of Iran. It seems we may be looking at the wrong groups, or seeing the wrong faces. For instance, opposition groups that have powerful lobbying skills may be seen as negative and having a bad effect on the Iranian diaspora in the eyes of Iranians inside Iran but there are also many opposition groups that don't do that because they aren't interested in power politics for money or fame...they actually want to HELP the people and the workers. There are many individuals, small groups, and communities that are trying their best to have a positive impact on Iranians and it's hard when you don't live inside Iran. I expect the greatest change to come from within Iran, but some of the smaller steps can be taken outside too. It's not simply a matter of borders and boundaries at this day and age when we just connect through computers and have our worlds connected.
Many revolutionaries affected change on society from the guarded, and "foreign" interior of a jail-cell. They might as well have been camping on K2 for all they were worth inside their country, but they still held their ground and achieved their goals and they are respected. I'm totally in agreement that evil, conniving a-holes should be hung from their shorts but that's rare (duh).
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Now, I've been thinking more and more about the Persian Green Relief Institute. I've found a few other organizations that I'll list soon, and hopefully I can get a couple of email correspondences going between here and there and post what I find out here.
Would it be possible to actually go to Iran and work with these organizations? I don't know...I'm not even sure where to start or who to ask, it seems almost frivolous of me I've been asked a few times if I was crazy or if I needed to see a therapist...because I want to see if I can work in one of these organizations for at least 6 months.
If anyone knows of any place that I can contact, let me know because I need to know hopefully soon before I go to Tehran in the winter.
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While I spent a year in Iran for high-school, I used to practically eat up the following blogs:
BroodingPersian
Scaniranic
Webgardian
Opip
They've all stopped blogging for at least a while now. I don't know what anyone else felt, but these blogs were practically the only connections I had (besides my favorites in American culture, media, entertainment, cooking, etc...) to explain and help understand what I was seeing and hearing while in Iran. I hope they're all doing what they want to do and I also hope they all come back to join in a dialogue again. Everyone counts.
I don't know what's wrong with opposition groups outside of Iran. It seems we may be looking at the wrong groups, or seeing the wrong faces. For instance, opposition groups that have powerful lobbying skills may be seen as negative and having a bad effect on the Iranian diaspora in the eyes of Iranians inside Iran but there are also many opposition groups that don't do that because they aren't interested in power politics for money or fame...they actually want to HELP the people and the workers. There are many individuals, small groups, and communities that are trying their best to have a positive impact on Iranians and it's hard when you don't live inside Iran. I expect the greatest change to come from within Iran, but some of the smaller steps can be taken outside too. It's not simply a matter of borders and boundaries at this day and age when we just connect through computers and have our worlds connected.
Many revolutionaries affected change on society from the guarded, and "foreign" interior of a jail-cell. They might as well have been camping on K2 for all they were worth inside their country, but they still held their ground and achieved their goals and they are respected. I'm totally in agreement that evil, conniving a-holes should be hung from their shorts but that's rare (duh).
---
Now, I've been thinking more and more about the Persian Green Relief Institute. I've found a few other organizations that I'll list soon, and hopefully I can get a couple of email correspondences going between here and there and post what I find out here.
Would it be possible to actually go to Iran and work with these organizations? I don't know...I'm not even sure where to start or who to ask, it seems almost frivolous of me I've been asked a few times if I was crazy or if I needed to see a therapist...because I want to see if I can work in one of these organizations for at least 6 months.
If anyone knows of any place that I can contact, let me know because I need to know hopefully soon before I go to Tehran in the winter.
----
While I spent a year in Iran for high-school, I used to practically eat up the following blogs:
BroodingPersian
Scaniranic
Webgardian
Opip
They've all stopped blogging for at least a while now. I don't know what anyone else felt, but these blogs were practically the only connections I had (besides my favorites in American culture, media, entertainment, cooking, etc...) to explain and help understand what I was seeing and hearing while in Iran. I hope they're all doing what they want to do and I also hope they all come back to join in a dialogue again. Everyone counts.
