1- The day before yesterday, like many Iranians in abroad, I joined the rally held for solidarity with Iran green movement. In the rally which was held across the georgia street, there were too many participants, so many that accordingly we set a record in forming the longest human chain in the history of the Vancouver city. I also didn’t see any “flag fight” among the participants, there were only green and black balloons and no flags. Everyone who showed up should be proud of these two features of the gathering. After the rally people gathered at Art gallery and some lecturers and singers such as Kaveh Yaghmaei and Nazanin Afshin Jam gave lectures and sang songs.
2- In the long way back home, I was thinking about the effect of our protests and actions. Do these gatherings really make a big difference? Can they really be heard by Iranians inside Iran as well? I personally felt somewhat relieved and discharged by my participation in the rally. I relieved after passively heard and saw a non-stop train of emotionally-charged news in the past one month or two. I guess these gatherings serve our psychological well-being more than the real cause in Iran. And I guess there is nothing wrong with it if that’s the case.
3- I’ve watched many videos from Iran’s street protests, I see that some similar slogans used in 1979 revolution, is being used by the people in streets ( like : “ I will kill he who killed my brother” [ how about sisters!] _ ”mikosham ankeh baraadaram kosht”). But mostly the slogans are unique to the generation involved in this movement. The best of all I believe is: “don’t be afraid, we are all together” _ “ Natarasid, maa hameh ba ham hastim”. This is a very pleasant slogan.
