Chinese, Venezuelans Join Twitter Revolution
Hundreds of Chinese dissidents and activists had joined hands with Iranians and non-Iranians to fight for the same goal -- human rights for Iranians. There were dozens of Venezuelans doing just the same -- spending hours upon hours translating English tweets to Spanish -- in an organized effort.
First Tehran, then Moscow!
"First we take Tehran, then we take Beijing," is the latest call of the self-styled "online revolutionaries." I say: First Tehran, then Moscow! The revolutionary events in Iran are watched very closely indeed in Russia, on both sides of the political divide.
The popular revolt in Iran would seem to have many analogies in today's Russia: an illegitimate, corrupt, and murderous regime clamping down with extreme violence on an opposition where tech-savvy urban youth activists have assumed a prominent role. What we still fail to see in Russia, however, is for the general populace to express the sort of utter loss of confidence in the ruling regime that now manifests itself even in Iran's conservative heartland. Yet, a "Russky bunt" would be a truly frightening prospect. What the long-suffering peoples of both Iran and Russia need is regime change from within. The current forms of government in either country are well beyond reform, and quite detrimental to the future prosperity of the two immensely rich nations. Marg bar diktator! Долой чекистскую мафию!Down with the dictator! Down with the KGB mafia!
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