Fri, Jun 26th, 2009

Green Day

» By Dale Wiley

Watching video and seeing the pictures of all the brave Iranians wearing green - no small feat - reminds me of how important our legal system is, and despite all of its flaws, how it is clearly the greatest legal system in the world.

And while we can pat ourselves on the back for being great, we should also honor the commitment being made by people who want a greater say in their government. So here are some things that you can do to help:

1. If you are technologically savvy, set up a proxy server to allow the Iranians access to the internet.
2. If this is too hard, you can try a Tor relay.
3. If you use Twitter, set your location to Tehran & your time zone to GMT +3.30. Iranian security forces are hunting for bloggers using location/timezone searches. The more people at this location, the more of a logjam it creates for forces trying to shut down Iranians' access to the internet.
4. Keep track of events on message boards like Anonymous Iran.
5. Forward this blog entry to others and ask them to do the same. http://bit.ly/3TfLEN

Remember the Public Enemy song "Countdown to Armageddon," with the line, "This time, the revolution will not be televised"? Sorry Chuck D. Not so. This is one of the first democratic uprisings that you can participate in from half way around the world. If that doesn't get you ready for the Fourth of July, I don't know what will.