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Solidarity For Women's Day

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Iranian women rights activists have produced a video montage to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.

They use pictures of legendary German fighter for women’s rights, Clara Zetkin, and have her chant “Allahu Akbar” from the rooftops.

In the clip, Zetkin says that she and other women’s rights activists will chant “Allahu Akbar” on March 8 and they will also gather in front of Tehran’s Evin Prison to call for the release of women who have been jailed in the postelection crackdown.

Over 20 women’s rights activists and female journalists have been arrested in recent months in Iran. At least 10 remain in prison, including Shiva Nazar Ahari and student leader Bahareh Hedayat.
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by: Ahmad Fatemi from: Sweden
March 07, 2010 10:26
March 8 the Green way!
http://iranfemschool.org/spip.php?article4337
I first found the clip on twitter!
A very nice person had some how missed the point and asked other
twitter users to spread the word! I opposed and the good friend noticed
the problem.I said to my self "she probably never even opened the link
to see what is it that she is spreading!".Twitter users do this some
times!

What was wrong with that clip is....everything with that clip was wrong!
Islamic feminists have put together some footage showing Clara Zetkin on the roof top chanting "Allah o akbar"! They very rightfully call this
"March 8 the green way"! What do you expect from the Islamists? If
Montazeri the architect of the Shari'a law, architect of stoning and
Hadd & Ghesas is their bloody father of "Iranian human rights", as
Shirin Ebadi proudly, shamelessly puts it; her other
Islamist sisters can ridicule more than a century of women's struggle
for freedom and equality by abusing Clara Zetkin, forcing her animated
figure to chant "Allah o akbar"!

But seriously, isn't this logical? After all, forcing the illogical,
unnatural behaviour on Iranian women is these pre historical fossils,
Islamist of all colours, black and green's speciality; so why stay at
humiliating the living, the dead can be abused too! Well you
are wrong! If stoning and maiming of our sisters
have succeeded in defeating the 1979 generation of free women and their
daughters to submission, abusing their historical heritage will succeed
too! Look around you! women, and not only in Iran are tearing your Islamic
symbols of women's slavery in pieces everywhere, and "Allah o akbar"
won't save you from what is coming your way.

Down with the Islamic regime of apartheid and tyranny,
Long live the precious memory of Clara Zetkin,
Long live freedom and equality.

by: Mahin from: Bahari
March 08, 2010 00:50
How can you dare doing that?! How can you dare to come up with AllahoAkbar with name of some one like Clara Zetkin?! March 8 founded by Communists and Clara Zetkin was one of those greatest communists who did that. You who have no problem with Stoning women and try to cope with such a barbaric religious state have no right to come up and try to lie about Clara Zetkin. All those Communists who fought for women rights and for the first time in temporary history of mankind women got vote right in Russian Socialist revolution and after all others country follow that, would never can tolerate any bit of these kind of Taleban regime as in Iran and Afghanistan. Your USA and all those western governments who brought Talebans in our countries can try to cope with these fachist islamic group and governments but not us women and freedom loving people of world and especially in countries like Iran and Afghanistan! Our Slogan for March 8th is " in the east in the west, Religions, hands off women rights". Down with Gender Apartheid in Iran! No to Sharia Law every where! Long Live Freedom! Long live equality! Down with Islamic regime of Iran! Clara Zetkin is we communists and freedom loving people who cry these slogans! Allaho Akbar after 31 years is enough and we witnessed what it was result! It is shame and the most rudeness to come up and say that. This needs rudeness of Ayatollah who are have no shame of any thing! This can not be done by any one else except with the same people as they are in power of a Anti women state like Islamic Republic of Iran!

by: Mahin Baharvand from: Canada
March 08, 2010 02:24
That just shows how people are responding left and opposition pro state fear of that and tries to deviate that in a such a funny way. All that is just try to get their Islamic system live little longer. How many times we said Alloakbar was just for cover up of people's real slogan which is Down with Dictator and Down to Islamic System in one very short words. How can tell you to understand? People do not want your Barbaric religious system! Long live humanist Republilc ! Long live freedom ! Long live Equality!
Mahin Baharvand

by: Anonymous
March 08, 2010 19:53
I FIND IT VERY CREATIVE AN NICELY DONE, IT JUST SHOWS THAT WE NEED TO SHOW WE CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN iRAN. HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY! i'M SURE IF ZETKIN WAS ALIVE SHE WOULD EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR IRANIAN WOMEN.

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