It has been an amazing week in Iran, and you are no doubt seeing images that would have been unimaginable just a few weeks ago.
For most of us, Iran has been a country about which we know very little…which, obviously, makes it tough to put the limited news we’re getting into a proper context.
The goal of today’s conversation is to give you a bit more of an “insider look” at today’s news; and to do that we’ll describe some of the risks Iranian bloggers face as they go about their business, we’ll meet a blogging Iranian cleric, we’ll address the issue of what tools the Iranians use for Internet censorship and the companies that could potentially be helping it along, and then we’ll examine Internet traffic patterns into and out of Iran.
Finally, a few words about, of all things, how certain computer games might be useful as tools of revolution.
Republican politicians think they see blood in the water on the response by the Iranian people to the election farce over there. I think one thing that all Americans can agree on is that these elections were rigged and unfair. The Iranian people, despite the oppression of their government theocracy realize it too, and have taken to the streets to voice their dissent.
Usually I put a diary up on Sunday with a roundup of the weeks news. Sorry, I got busy last weekend and forgot. There was so much going on this week, I had to put one up this time around. Follow after the fold for some of the weeks news and do not refrain from adding your stories in the comments!!
A while back CNBC ruffled feathers by trying to minimize the greed of corporate CEOs in the crashing of our economy. Luckily, the were called out on it by Jon Stewart. Well, now they are at it again. As if those statements were not ridiculous enough, now they are comparing the Employee Free Choice Act to the elections in Iran.
