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September 25

Heroism for Our Times:

Free Iran's Political Prisoners Now. An Afternoon of Solidarity & Resistance

Editors' Note: We received the following from the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now:

On September 25,  a moving and informative “Afternoon of Solidarity and Resistance – Heroism for Our Times: Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now” took place at Revolution Books in New York, and was livestreamed worldwide.  It was co-sponsored by Revolution Books and the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners (IEC).

The program included speeches from Marian Claren, the daughter of Iranian political prisoner Nahid Taghavi; Kave Milani of the Burn the Cage campaign; Raymond Lotta of Revolution Books; Anahita – a former Iranian political prisoner; and Larry Everest, a contributor to revcom.us and member of the IEC. A deeply felt solidarity message was sent by Mansoureh Bekhish of the Mothers of Khavaran (fighting for remembrance and justice for political prisoners murdered by the Iranian regime); Ariel Dorfman, the internationally acclaimed author and playwright, offered a  powerful audio message and reading from his new novel; and the revolutionary internationalist rock band Outernational performed live at the program. 

The entire program made a real contribution to broadening and pushing forward the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners. A former Iranian political prisoner in the Middle East who watched the program wrote a letter that speaks movingly to the impact of this program—a reading of this letter is featured on episode 72 of The RNL—Revolution, Nothing Less—Show.

The video of this inspiring program is now posted on the Campaign’s website, which has also posted clips from the event (and videos and statements from the Campaign's September 21 Press Conference outside the United Nations).The program can also be viewed on Revolution Books NYC’s YouTube channel. The full video also includes a YouTube performance by dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi; a reading by Iranian-American poet Darius Atefat-Peckham; and a video statement from Dr. Azam Niroomand-Rad, coordinator of Madison, Wisconsin  Amnesty International.

We encourage readers to watch and widely share the video of the September 25 program!

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Photos of eight Iranian political prisoners in video presented at Revolution Books NYC Program.

 

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Go to FreeIransPoliticalPrisonersNow.org for how you can be involved in the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners Now.

See also:

September 25: Mariam Claren’s Talk to “Heroism for Our Times: Free Iran's Political Prisoners Now — An Afternoon of Solidarity and Resistance”:

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