The recent Iranian election has kept me preoccupied the past few days. I can’t recall being so interested in the outcome of a foreign election, and that was even before the many forms of popular outrage against the results. Many videos and images have come from such protests, but this seems by far the best.

(via Huffington Post)

I know that I’m a hopeful, naive young thing, but I still find this immensely moving. Yes, the size of the movement is impressive, but take a closer look at the face of those involved. Far as I can tell, I see young and old, male and female, all coming together in a moment of unity.

Their situation is still incredibly dangerous and fragile, so I don’t mean to paint this as entirely roses and wine. I can’t fathom the courage required for such a thing from the reform candidates themselves all the way down to the protestors in the streets. But this certainly gives me hope, especially when creeps like Nick Griffin are elected to office in more open, less oppressive countries.

If you too are interested in following the coverage on this, I can’t recommend niacINsight enough.

-Scott