Just in case you guys feel you are the only ones who are blogging on behalf of democracy this summer… I thought you might like to take a look at a recent blog post that came out of Iran, where ordinary housewives, citizens and even policemen are taking to the streets to call for reform of their government. The post is in the lefthand column and it does make one very important point it took me a long time to learn: you cannot separate democracy from the issue of poverty and economic justice. A great many of the people protesting in Iran right now are extremely poor and believe their current system creates an insurmountable economic divide:
Blog post at: http://opiumandsaffron.blogspot.com/2009/06/one-story-among-many-from-presidential.html
For more on what’s going on in Iran, I recommend the BBC for its excellent reporting: http://www.bbc.co.uk/
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