New Page Features Solidarity from Colombia!
The IEC is profoundly heartened and has learned much from the actions of international solidarity by Colombian supporters of the political prisoners in Iran. Here's a compilation.
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Renowned Author Nasser Mohajer Speaks to IEC RE 1988 Massacre, Culture of Resistance in Prisons
Nasser Mohajer, an independent scholar of modern Iranian history, spoke with IEC in the wake of the 12-day war on Iran by Israel and the US on wide-ranging topics including the danger of a massacre of political prisoners in Iran, the culture of resistance in prisons, and the leading role of women in struggle against the Islamic Republic.
Letter from 9 political prisoners: “Our Responsibility Concerning the Suffering of Others"
Evin prisoners write on standing with Gaza & a crossroads facing Iranian dissidents
We demand of the Islamic Republic of Iran: FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS NOW!
We say to the US government: NO THREATS OR WAR MOVES AGAINST IRAN! LIFT SANCTIONS!
"A brutal campaign of arrests, torture and executions is now taking place in Iran. This is an emergency. The lives and dignity of hundreds of political prisoners are in imminent, mortal danger.”
The Emergency Appeal (first issued by the IEC in 2021) was published as a full page ad in The New York Review of Books summer 2021 issue and in the 50th anniversary issue of Ms. magazine. The core content of the Appeal as well as its important demands continue to be relevant, and the breadth and prominence of its list of global signers remain most unique and impactful.
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Partial list of signers*
Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus MIT; Professor, Univ. of Arizona
Ariel Dorfman, Author, Death and the Maiden
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize 2003
Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize 1997 for her work to ban landmines
Gloria Steinem, Writer, feminist activist
Cornel West, Scholar-activist, Union Theological Seminary
Raymond Lotta, Revolution Books NYC; revcom.us
Dolly Veale, Co-initiator and spokesperson of IEC; revcom.us contributor
Full list of signers