MightierThan.com » Rooftops http://www.mightierthan.com ideas VS. internets Sat, 10 Apr 2010 05:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Poem for The Rooftops Suite http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/poem-for-the-rooftops-suite/ http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/poem-for-the-rooftops-suite/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:09:11 +0000 Chas Danner http://www.mightierthan.com/?p=496 A fourth poem has been added to the suite! It was recorded the night of June 21st and has only recently emerged. I once again had the help of some wonderful Iranian’s to help me translate, after which I titled it: “Let Us Not Forget”  And even though it has been a few weeks since it was recorded it’s still very compelling and quite relevant to what we’ve seen this week. (Read this for some more background on the other poem videos) So without further ado – I’m excited to announce that here are all four Poems for the Rooftops of Iran together for the first time – and there may even be a fifth (and definitely final this time)

Click here to jump right to the new one, or head down and browse all four in chronological order…


Tues June 16th 2009 – “Defenseless People”


Fri June 19th 2009 – “Where is This Place”


Sat June 20th 2009 – “Listen Closely”


Sun June 21st 2009 – “Let Us Not Forget”

]]> http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/poem-for-the-rooftops-suite/feed/ 1 New June 15th http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/new-june-15th/ http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/new-june-15th/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:06:48 +0000 Chas Danner http://www.mightierthan.com/?p=480 So I have swapped out the June 15th Allah-o Akbar with a new video, one that currently has only 67 views on YouTube and is not only one of the highest resolution videos I’ve seen, but actually shows the silhouettes of the people chanting from neighboring rooftops, which is really cinematic and beautiful.
Here it is:

June 15th was a very interesting night in video for Iran, with footage emerging not just of the Allah-o Akbars but also of Basij violence seemingly in revenge for that day’s massive (and peaceful) protests. I have a number of mostly unseen videos of June 15th, and will be profiling them together soon in a sort of narrative. We might not have new protests to find video from, at least not until Friday – but I think there is still work to be done collating the less seen videos from the first wave of protests, spending some time to understand them better, and then re-releasing them in more coherent forms. Things are going viral consistently enough for this to be worthwhile, and I know for a fact the footage is trickling thru the filters to Iran which is why the work will always be important. It’s what the MSM should be doing. But they won’t. So I guess I will.

hat tip: Marc

]]> http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/new-june-15th/feed/ 0 New Footage from 6/13 http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/new-footage-from-613/ http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/new-footage-from-613/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:04:13 +0000 Chas Danner http://www.mightierthan.com/?p=424 Sad to say there have been no new rooftop videos from the last two nights for the Project, but I did find this remarkable video from June 13th, the first recording of Allah-o Akbar chants to be emerge from that night (the day after the election). It has very clear English narration from what sounds like an American visiting family there. It is one of the clearest “short stories” any of these videos has told. Unique and intense new footage.

Special thanks to YouTube user Videosfromiran who helped me find the original video. The other versions on YouTube have audio sync problems so I re-uploaded the corrected version

]]> http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/new-footage-from-613/feed/ 0 Iran: The Rooftop Project http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/rooftop/ http://www.mightierthan.com/2009/07/rooftop/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:46:17 +0000 Chas Danner http://www.mightierthan.com/?p=329 One of the most compelling elements of the continued uprising in Iran has been when each night under the cover of darkness Iranians chant themselves hoarse from the rooftops, balconies, and windows of their homes. This is done to express resolve, hope, frustration, but probably more than anything else – to provide a way for people to be together, in spirit and in their cause. As long as their voices echo through each night, Iran is not yet free. It is the soundtrack of revolution.

This is meant to be the most complete possible collection of recordings of nighttime protest in Iran since the beginning of the uprising. Its goal is to locate and profile at least one video for each night primarily focusing on the nightly chanting of Allah-o-Akbar from the rooftops whenever that footage is available. Some of these videos have not been widely seen until now. I will continue to update this post with new videos as they become available, please encourage people in Iran to try to record these evening chants of Allah-o-Akbar so that the world can continue to see and hear them every day. There are several days for which I was unable to find a video – please help me find them! – you can email me at itsmightier@gmail.com – I can post the videos anonymously under my YouTube account if needed. The permalink for this post will be http://mightierthan.com/rooftop

This project is dedicated to “Oldouz84″

تکمیل‌ترین جمع ضبط شبهای ایران از آغاز شلوقیها. روز با روز با سعی‌ اولیه از نشون دادن الله اکبر از پشتبونها. بعضی‌ از اینها بطور زیاد تا باحال دیده نشدن. من با رسیدن ویدئوهای جدید این سایت رو ادامه میدم. لطفا از ایرانیان خواهش کنید که همچنان ادامه ضبط الله اکبر در شبها باشند که تمام دنیا شاهد روزانه این فعلیتها باشند. چند روز بود که ویدئو گیر نیاوردم اگر دستتن اومد به من ایمیل بزنین
و اگر مخواهید میتوانم زیر اسم ناشناس برییتون آپلود کنم.

“Oldouz84″ این رو اهدا می‌کنم به
Balatarin Link

GO TO THE LATEST DATE


TUESDAY JUNE 9th / 19 KHORDAD
Before the Election


FRIDAY JUNE 12th / 22 KHORDAD
 Election Night

ON THE STREETS (Help me find Allah-o-Akbar for this date)


SATURDAY JUNE 13th / 23 KHORDAD

ON THE STREETS (Allah-o Akbar is below this)

ENGLISH NARRATION, GUNSHOTS CAN BE HEARD


SUNDAY JUNE 14th / 24 KHORDAD


MONDAY JUNE 15th / 25 KHORDAD

VIOLENCE IN THE DARK

ALLAH-O-AKBAR – I really love this video, watch for the couple at 1:24


TUESDAY JUNE 16th / 26 KHORDAD

POEM FOR THE ROOFTOPS OF IRAN: DEFENSELESS PEOPLE


WEDNESDAY JUNE 17th / 27 KHORDAD


THURSDAY JUNE 18th / 28 KHORDAD


FRIDAY JUNE 19th / 29 KHORDAD
after Khamenei announces protests will be put down

POEM FOR THE ROOFTOPS OF IRAN: WHERE IS THIS PLACE


SATURDAY JUNE 20th / 30 KHORDAD
after brutal crackdown, murder of Neda

POEM FOR THE ROOFTOPS OF IRAN: LISTEN CLOSELY

ANOTHER WORTH SEEING


SUNDAY JUNE 21st / 31 KHORDAD

POEM FOR THE ROOFTOPS: “LET US NOT FORGET”

ANOTHER


MONDAY JUNE 22nd / 1 TIR


TUESDAY JUNE 23rd / 2 TIR

MAY NOT BE ACCURATE DATE – WAS POSTED 6/23 BUT THAT IS ONLY INDICATION


WEDNESDAY JUNE 24th / 3 TIR


THURSDAY JUNE 25th / 4 TIR

VIGIL FOR THE DEAD @ TEHRAN UNIVERSITY (Help me find Allah-o-Akbar video for this date)


FRIDAY JUNE 26th / 5 TIR


SATURDAY JUNE 27th / 6 TIR


SUNDAY JUNE 28th / 7 TIR


MONDAY JUNE 29th / 8 TIR


TUESDAY JUNE 30th / 9 TIR


WEDNESDAY JULY 1st / 10 TIR


THURSDAY JULY 2nd / 11 TIR


FRIDAY JULY 3rd / 12 TIR


SATURDAY JULY 4th / 13 TIR


SUNDAY JULY 5th / 14 TIR


MONDAY JULY 6th / 15 TIR

MAY NOT BE ACCURATE DATE – WAS POSTED 7/6 BUT THAT IS ONLY INDICATION


TUESDAY JULY 7th / 16 TIR


WEDNESDAY JULY 8th / 17 TIR


THURSDAY JULY 9th / 18 TIR
after protesters return to the streets


FRIDAY JULY 10th / 19 TIR


SATURDAY JULY 11th / 20 TIR


SUNDAY JULY 12th / 21 TIR

MONDAY JULY 13th / 22 TIR

also from tonight, the candlelight neighborhood of 19 year old Sohrab Aarabi


TUESDAY JULY 14th / 23 TIR


WEDNESDAY JULY 15th / 24 TIR



THURSDAY JULY 16th / 25 TIR


FRIDAY JULY 17th / 26 TIR


SATURDAY JULY 18th / 27 TIR


SUNDAY JULY 19th / 28 TIR


MONDAY JULY 20th / 29 TIR


TUESDAY JULY 21st / 30 TIR


WEDNESDAY JULY 22nd / 31 TIR

NO ALLAH-O AKBAR VIDEO for TONIGHT SO FAR – This is near Sohrab Aarabi’s home


THURSDAY JULY 23rd / 1 MORDAD


FRIDAY JULY 24th / 2 MORDAD


SATURDAY JULY 25th / 3 MORDAD


SUNDAY JULY 26th / 4 MORDAD


MONDAY JULY 27th / 5 MORDAD


TUESDAY JULY 28th / 6 MORDAD


WEDNESDAY JULY 29th / 7 MORDAD


THURSDAY JULY 30th / 8 MORDAD
After protests marking 40 days since Neda was murdered


FRIDAY JULY 31st / 9 MORDAD


SATURDAY AUGUST 1st / 10 MORDAD


SUNDAY AUGUST 2nd / 11 MORDAD

And a new uploader besides y45har tonight!!:


MONDAY AUGUST 3rd / 12 MORDAD
After the day of Ahmadinejad’s pre-inauguration ceremony

From y45har:

And another since this was such an important day:


TUESDAY AUGUST 4th / 13 MORDAD


WEDNESDAY AUGUST 5th / 14 MORDAD
After Ahmadinejad’s “Inauguration” Ceremony


THURSDAY AUGUST 6th / 15 MORDAD


FRIDAY AUGUST 7th / 16 MORDAD


SATURDAY AUGUST 8th / 17 MORDAD


SUNDAY AUGUST 9th / 18 MORDAD


MONDAY AUGUST 10th / 19 MORDAD


TUESDAY AUGUST 11th / 20 MORDAD


WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12th / 21 MORDAD


AUGUST 13th / 25 MORDAD thru AUGUST 26th / 4 SHAHRIVAR


THURSDAY AUGUST 27th / 5 SHAHRIVAR


FRIDAY AUGUST 28th / 6 SHAHRIVAR


AUGUST 29th / 7 SHAHRIVAR to SEPT 3rd / 12 SHAHRIVAR


FRIDAY SEPT 4th / 13 SHAHRIVAR


SEPT 5th / 14 SHAHRIVAR to SEPT 8th / 17 SHAHRIVAR


WEDNESDAY SEPT 9th / 18 SHAHRIVAR


THURSDAY SEPT 10th / 19 SHAHRIVAR


FRIDAY SEPT 11th / 20 SHAHRIVAR


SATURDAY SEPT 12th / 21 SHAHRIVAR


SUNDAY SEPT 13th / 22 SHAHRIVAR


MONDAY SEPT 14th / 23 SHAHRIVAR


TUESDAY SEPT 15th / 24 SHAHRIVAR


WEDNESDAY SEPT 16th / 25 SHAHRIVAR


THURSDAY SEPT 17th / 26 SHAHRIVAR


FRIDAY SEPT 18th – DEC 25th / 27 SHAHRIVAR – 4 AZAR


SATURDAY DEC 26 / 5 AZAR


SUNDAY DEC 27 / 6 AZAR


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