Heroism for Our Time: An Afternoon of Solidarity to Free Iran's Political Prisoners - Jan. 9

 

From Revolution / revcom.us: The Social Forum of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco & the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners NOW (IEC) invite you to join us online Jan 9, 2022: Heroism for Our Time  An Afternoon of Solidarity to Free Iran's Political Prisoners Sun, January 9, 2022, 1 – 2:30 PM PST  (4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST)  Via Zoom & Youtube Register on EventBrite Info: forum@uusf.org, freeiranspoliticalprisoners@gmail.com A brutal campaign of arrests, torture and executions is now taking place in Iran.  The numbers of political prisoners continue to grow amidst widespread, heroic protest. This is an emergency. The lives and dignity of hundreds of political prisoners are in imminent, mortal danger.  All those who stand for justice and yearn for a better world must rally to the cause of freeing Iran’s political prisoners NOW. So please mark your calendars for January 9, 2022, and join us to discuss this urgent battle and its importance for the Iranian peoples’ future—and humanity’s.  Hear from relatives and former political prisoners about their loved ones and their inspiring heroism.  Learn about the International Emergency Campaign to Free Iran’s Political Prisoners—while also opposing U.S. aggression—and how you can be part of this high stakes battle.  Featured Speakers: • Mariam Claren, daughter of German-Iranian dual citizen and political prisoner Nahid Taghavi held in Iran since October 2020. Mariam will speak about her mother’s case and its relationship to the struggle to free all of Iran’s political prisoners.  • Lawdan Bazargan, former political prisoner, family member of victims of the 1988 massacre of Iran’s political prisoners, and human rights activist. A graduate of Cal State University Fullerton, she has written extensively on the 1988 massacre of Iran’s political prisoners, movements of mothers and family members who lost their children, and grief.  • Larry Everest, a spokesperson for the IEC; author of Oil, Power and Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda; journalist and contributor to revcom.us.  • Dr. Azam Niroomand-Rad, emeritus professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; honorary faculty member of the Dept. of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin at Madison.  There will be music, a Q&A and more.  Sponsors and participants from diverse political perspectives will join together for this event.  We urge you (individually or as an organization) to co-sponsor this exciting program, and help us reach people across the U.S. and internationally; to sign the Emergency Appeal: The Lives of Iran’s Political Prisoners Hang in the Balance—We Must ACT Now, and to donate to its further publication.1  In the words of world-renowned Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, and human rights activist Ariel Dorfman: "If I have signed on to the Emergency Campaign to Free Political Prisoners in Iran, it is because I know that this initiative will effectively call attention to the situation of men and women in that country who, if enough pressure is brought to bear on its leaders, could—tomorrow be liberated from terrible conditions and extraordinary injustice…I am convinced—from personal experience—that the prisoners themselves are given strength to survive and persevere …They know others, faraway, care what happens to them, and we should not let them down.” Spread the word on social media, amongst your friends, wherever people gather over the winter holidays!   (download graphics, flyers here).   12-21-21 Internationalist Initiative from Colombia - Beautiful images of Iran's political prisoners to share Galería de presos y presas The images in this gallery were posted on Twitter and Instagram @ComRevCo, Grupo Comunista Revolucionario de Colombia, who on their own initiative and in internationalist solidarity illustrated and translated into Spanish our Gallery of Political Prisoners. We are so appreciative and inspired! Las imágenes en esta galería se publicaron en Twitter e Instagram @ComRevCo, del Grupo Comunista Revolucionario de Colombia, que por iniciativa propia y solidaridad internacionalista ilustraron y tradujeron al español nuestra Galería de presos y presas políticos. ¡Estamos muy agradecidos e inspirados! _______________ FOOTNOTES: 1. People from a broad range of viewpoints have endorsed this call published as an ad in the summer issue of the New York Review of Books. Signers include former Iranian political prisoners and relatives of current prisoners such as Mariam Claren, Elika Ashoori, and Taghi Rahmani; prominent voices of conscience Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Gloria Steinem, and Daniel Ellsberg; writer Ariel Dorfman; 1997 Nobel Laureate Jody Williams; Jeff Kaufman and Marcia Ross, producers of the documentary film NASRIN; Raymond Lotta, NY Revolution Books and advocate for the new communism developed by Bob Avakian; as well as academics, activists, people of faith and over 3,000 others. [back]

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