Martin Holland
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"On Friday, #toronto Police said they were preparing for an estimated 200,000 people to attend the march after 150,000 rallied at Sankofa Square in the downtown core two weeks ago.
But on Saturday police estimated 350,000 people ended up taking part."
#Iran #iranrevolution […]
"On Friday, #toronto Police said they were preparing for an estimated 200,000 people to attend the march after 150,000 rallied at Sankofa Square in the downtown core two weeks ago.
But on Saturday police estimated 350,000 people ended up taking part."
#Iran #iranrevolution […]
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journa.host
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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"On Friday, #toronto Police said they were preparing for an estimated 200,000 people to attend the march after 150,000 rallied at Sankofa Square in the downtown core two weeks ago.
But on Saturday police estimated 350,000 people ended up taking part."
#Iran #iranrevolution […]
"On Friday, #toronto Police said they were preparing for an estimated 200,000 people to attend the march after 150,000 rallied at Sankofa Square in the downtown core two weeks ago.
But on Saturday police estimated 350,000 people ended up taking part."
#Iran #iranrevolution […]
Reposted by Martin Holland
Some 200,000 people demonstrated Saturday against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, police said, answering a call from #Iran ’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked up international pressure on #Tehran.
apnews.com/article/iran...
apnews.com/article/iran...
Iran’s crown prince says survival of Tehran government 'sends a clear signal to every bully'
Police say around 200,000 people have demonstrated against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany.
apnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Some 200,000 people demonstrated Saturday against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, police said, answering a call from #Iran ’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked up international pressure on #Tehran.
apnews.com/article/iran...
apnews.com/article/iran...
> der Arbeiter aus Khuzestan, glaubt, dass die Bevölkerung aus den vergangenen Protesten gelernt habe. »Nach all diesen skrupellosen Morden werden sich die Menschen bei künftigen Protesten sicherlich bewaffnen, Rache für das Blut der Gefallenen nehmen und ihre Rechte gegen die Unterdrücker […]
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federation.network
February 11, 2026 at 7:27 AM
> der Arbeiter aus Khuzestan, glaubt, dass die Bevölkerung aus den vergangenen Protesten gelernt habe. »Nach all diesen skrupellosen Morden werden sich die Menschen bei künftigen Protesten sicherlich bewaffnen, Rache für das Blut der Gefallenen nehmen und ihre Rechte gegen die Unterdrücker […]
Einfach nur herzzerreißend.
> Drückt heute noch jemand die Daumen? Lässt noch jemand das Leid an sich heran, stellt sich vor, was es heißt, mehrere Zehntausend Menschen zu erschießen, welche Skrupellosigkeit dazu gehört, wie gefühlstaub die Tötenden gewesen sein müssen, wie lange sie gezielt […]
> Drückt heute noch jemand die Daumen? Lässt noch jemand das Leid an sich heran, stellt sich vor, was es heißt, mehrere Zehntausend Menschen zu erschießen, welche Skrupellosigkeit dazu gehört, wie gefühlstaub die Tötenden gewesen sein müssen, wie lange sie gezielt […]
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federation.network
February 4, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Einfach nur herzzerreißend.
> Drückt heute noch jemand die Daumen? Lässt noch jemand das Leid an sich heran, stellt sich vor, was es heißt, mehrere Zehntausend Menschen zu erschießen, welche Skrupellosigkeit dazu gehört, wie gefühlstaub die Tötenden gewesen sein müssen, wie lange sie gezielt […]
> Drückt heute noch jemand die Daumen? Lässt noch jemand das Leid an sich heran, stellt sich vor, was es heißt, mehrere Zehntausend Menschen zu erschießen, welche Skrupellosigkeit dazu gehört, wie gefühlstaub die Tötenden gewesen sein müssen, wie lange sie gezielt […]
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> From protests to polls, the ruling class is increasingly confronted by the possibility that there is, in fact, a global consensus against injustice, for #democracy, for climate action, and for basic humanity. These movements aren’t going away. That’s encouraging, suggesting that we can […]
> From protests to polls, the ruling class is increasingly confronted by the possibility that there is, in fact, a global consensus against injustice, for #democracy, for climate action, and for basic humanity. These movements aren’t going away. That’s encouraging, suggesting that we can […]
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federation.network
February 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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> From protests to polls, the ruling class is increasingly confronted by the possibility that there is, in fact, a global consensus against injustice, for #democracy, for climate action, and for basic humanity. These movements aren’t going away. That’s encouraging, suggesting that we can […]
> From protests to polls, the ruling class is increasingly confronted by the possibility that there is, in fact, a global consensus against injustice, for #democracy, for climate action, and for basic humanity. These movements aren’t going away. That’s encouraging, suggesting that we can […]
Reposted by Martin Holland
30.000!!!! Horrific!
"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of #Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll. So many people were slaughtered by Iranian security services on […]
"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of #Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll. So many people were slaughtered by Iranian security services on […]
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journa.host
January 26, 2026 at 9:26 AM
30.000!!!! Horrific!
"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of #Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll. So many people were slaughtered by Iranian security services on […]
"As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of #Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll. So many people were slaughtered by Iranian security services on […]
> One can object that there are elements of classical European #fascism that are not found in Trumpism (mass rallies and public rituals, for example)—or that there are additional elements of Trumpism that belong on the list (#maga’s hypermasculinity, misogyny, and co-option of Christianity all […]
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federation.network
January 25, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Reposted by Martin Holland
When #Iran comes back online and all the horror that has happened (and surely is still happening) is seen by Iranians and the world, the #IslamicRepublic is done.
It has too.
#IranProtests #IranRevolution
It has too.
#IranProtests #IranRevolution
January 21, 2026 at 9:43 PM
When #Iran comes back online and all the horror that has happened (and surely is still happening) is seen by Iranians and the world, the #IslamicRepublic is done.
It has too.
#IranProtests #IranRevolution
It has too.
#IranProtests #IranRevolution
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewstroehlein/115887777815407109
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"The world order European leaders had known their whole lives was collapsing, and they had no idea how to respond. #russia’s murderous military was pushing westward from the east. The #trump regime was destroying the […]
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"The world order European leaders had known their whole lives was collapsing, and they had no idea how to respond. #russia’s murderous military was pushing westward from the east. The #trump regime was destroying the […]
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journa.host
January 16, 2026 at 7:41 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@andrewstroehlein/115887777815407109
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"The world order European leaders had known their whole lives was collapsing, and they had no idea how to respond. #russia’s murderous military was pushing westward from the east. The #trump regime was destroying the […]
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"The world order European leaders had known their whole lives was collapsing, and they had no idea how to respond. #russia’s murderous military was pushing westward from the east. The #trump regime was destroying the […]
> Jetzt müssen die Iranerinnen und Iraner fürchten, dass das Regime bis zu seinem Fall, der kommen wird, mit noch mehr Gewalt regiert. Während sich #donaldtrump feiern lassen kann, einen Frieden geschaffen zu haben, der nichts anderes bedeutet als eine verlängerte Diktatur. Auf den iranischen […]
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federation.network
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
> Jetzt müssen die Iranerinnen und Iraner fürchten, dass das Regime bis zu seinem Fall, der kommen wird, mit noch mehr Gewalt regiert. Während sich #donaldtrump feiern lassen kann, einen Frieden geschaffen zu haben, der nichts anderes bedeutet als eine verlängerte Diktatur. Auf den iranischen […]
Ein bisschen komisch, so hinter einer deutschen Paywall bzw. in einer deutschen Zeitung. Aber das geht natürlich höchstens halb an die Menschen im Iran und hauptsächlich doch wieder an uns. Also ruhig morgen mal zur SZ greifen, gibt da leider keine Geschenke-Links:
> 2014 sagte ich zu den […]
> 2014 sagte ich zu den […]
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federation.network
January 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Ein bisschen komisch, so hinter einer deutschen Paywall bzw. in einer deutschen Zeitung. Aber das geht natürlich höchstens halb an die Menschen im Iran und hauptsächlich doch wieder an uns. Also ruhig morgen mal zur SZ greifen, gibt da leider keine Geschenke-Links:
> 2014 sagte ich zu den […]
> 2014 sagte ich zu den […]
WTF does that mean? Will the #usa now bomb #Iran? Or will they abandon Iranians like the Kurds in 1991?
> Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials […]
> Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials […]
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federation.network
January 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
WTF does that mean? Will the #usa now bomb #Iran? Or will they abandon Iranians like the Kurds in 1991?
> Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials […]
> Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers. They will pay a big price. I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials […]
> Videos published on Iranian social media channels on Sunday and verified by The New York Times showed dozens of what appeared to be black body bags, lined up on the ground or on stretchers outside the Forensic Diagnostic and Laboratory Centre in Kahrizak, a town on the outskirts of #tehran […]
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federation.network
January 12, 2026 at 1:42 PM
> Videos published on Iranian social media channels on Sunday and verified by The New York Times showed dozens of what appeared to be black body bags, lined up on the ground or on stretchers outside the Forensic Diagnostic and Laboratory Centre in Kahrizak, a town on the outskirts of #tehran […]
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> As in the previous night, the protests were widespread, erupting in the cities of Mashhad, Tabriz, Urumiyeh, Isfahan, Karaj and Yazd, among others, according to witness interviews and videos either verified by The New York Times or appearing on BBC Persian. In each instance the videos […]
> As in the previous night, the protests were widespread, erupting in the cities of Mashhad, Tabriz, Urumiyeh, Isfahan, Karaj and Yazd, among others, according to witness interviews and videos either verified by The New York Times or appearing on BBC Persian. In each instance the videos […]
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federation.network
January 10, 2026 at 6:50 AM
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> As in the previous night, the protests were widespread, erupting in the cities of Mashhad, Tabriz, Urumiyeh, Isfahan, Karaj and Yazd, among others, according to witness interviews and videos either verified by The New York Times or appearing on BBC Persian. In each instance the videos […]
> As in the previous night, the protests were widespread, erupting in the cities of Mashhad, Tabriz, Urumiyeh, Isfahan, Karaj and Yazd, among others, according to witness interviews and videos either verified by The New York Times or appearing on BBC Persian. In each instance the videos […]
> Suppression has become the only answer the #islamicrepublic has to the crises it faces. It is for this reason that the security forces – centred on the #irgc – constitutes the single most significant barrier to regime change. They have repeatedly demonstrated that the regime has not only the […]
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federation.network
January 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
> Suppression has become the only answer the #islamicrepublic has to the crises it faces. It is for this reason that the security forces – centred on the #irgc – constitutes the single most significant barrier to regime change. They have repeatedly demonstrated that the regime has not only the […]
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> Die anderen Europäer – nicht nur #merz – hielten sich dagegen auffällig zurück. Wer solche klaren Verstöße nicht eindeutig benennt, stellt letztlich die Geltung der Uno-Charta infrage. Das kann sich auf die Ukraine auswirken und auf womöglich weitere europäische Territorien. Und eines […]
> Die anderen Europäer – nicht nur #merz – hielten sich dagegen auffällig zurück. Wer solche klaren Verstöße nicht eindeutig benennt, stellt letztlich die Geltung der Uno-Charta infrage. Das kann sich auf die Ukraine auswirken und auf womöglich weitere europäische Territorien. Und eines […]
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federation.network
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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> Die anderen Europäer – nicht nur #merz – hielten sich dagegen auffällig zurück. Wer solche klaren Verstöße nicht eindeutig benennt, stellt letztlich die Geltung der Uno-Charta infrage. Das kann sich auf die Ukraine auswirken und auf womöglich weitere europäische Territorien. Und eines […]
> Die anderen Europäer – nicht nur #merz – hielten sich dagegen auffällig zurück. Wer solche klaren Verstöße nicht eindeutig benennt, stellt letztlich die Geltung der Uno-Charta infrage. Das kann sich auf die Ukraine auswirken und auf womöglich weitere europäische Territorien. Und eines […]
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> The dangerous thing here is the idea that a President can just decide that a leader is not legitimate and then invade the country and presumably put someone in power who is favored by the Administration. If that were the case, that’s the end of international law, that’s the end of the […]
> The dangerous thing here is the idea that a President can just decide that a leader is not legitimate and then invade the country and presumably put someone in power who is favored by the Administration. If that were the case, that’s the end of international law, that’s the end of the […]
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federation.network
January 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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> The dangerous thing here is the idea that a President can just decide that a leader is not legitimate and then invade the country and presumably put someone in power who is favored by the Administration. If that were the case, that’s the end of international law, that’s the end of the […]
> The dangerous thing here is the idea that a President can just decide that a leader is not legitimate and then invade the country and presumably put someone in power who is favored by the Administration. If that were the case, that’s the end of international law, that’s the end of the […]
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> The dangerous thing here is the idea that a President can just decide that a leader is not legitimate and then invade the country and presumably put someone in power who is favored by the Administration. If that were the case, that’s the end of international law, that’s the end of the […]
> The dangerous thing here is the idea that a President can just decide that a leader is not legitimate and then invade the country and presumably put someone in power who is favored by the Administration. If that were the case, that’s the end of international law, that’s the end of the […]
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federation.network
January 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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> The dangerous thing here is the idea that a President can just decide that a leader is not legitimate and then invade the country and presumably put someone in power who is favored by the Administration. If that were the case, that’s the end of international law, that’s the end of the […]
> The dangerous thing here is the idea that a President can just decide that a leader is not legitimate and then invade the country and presumably put someone in power who is favored by the Administration. If that were the case, that’s the end of international law, that’s the end of the […]
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> Regardless of their politics, all opposition factions have failed to build powerful organizations or lasting networks that could direct the protests. Without such direction, the current protests are likely to lose momentum and fizzle out, just like previous rounds. Even if they were to last […]
> Regardless of their politics, all opposition factions have failed to build powerful organizations or lasting networks that could direct the protests. Without such direction, the current protests are likely to lose momentum and fizzle out, just like previous rounds. Even if they were to last […]
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federation.network
January 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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> Regardless of their politics, all opposition factions have failed to build powerful organizations or lasting networks that could direct the protests. Without such direction, the current protests are likely to lose momentum and fizzle out, just like previous rounds. Even if they were to last […]
> Regardless of their politics, all opposition factions have failed to build powerful organizations or lasting networks that could direct the protests. Without such direction, the current protests are likely to lose momentum and fizzle out, just like previous rounds. Even if they were to last […]
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> Das könnte die Regierung ändern: indem sie Mittelschicht und Geringverdiener durch eine große Reform finanziell besserstellt, die zudem die #konjunktur ankurbelt. Damit die Reform zu spüren ist, müsste ein Durchschnittsverdiener mindestens fünf Prozent mehr auf dem Konto haben, 1600 Euro […]
> Das könnte die Regierung ändern: indem sie Mittelschicht und Geringverdiener durch eine große Reform finanziell besserstellt, die zudem die #konjunktur ankurbelt. Damit die Reform zu spüren ist, müsste ein Durchschnittsverdiener mindestens fünf Prozent mehr auf dem Konto haben, 1600 Euro […]
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federation.network
December 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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> Das könnte die Regierung ändern: indem sie Mittelschicht und Geringverdiener durch eine große Reform finanziell besserstellt, die zudem die #konjunktur ankurbelt. Damit die Reform zu spüren ist, müsste ein Durchschnittsverdiener mindestens fünf Prozent mehr auf dem Konto haben, 1600 Euro […]
> Das könnte die Regierung ändern: indem sie Mittelschicht und Geringverdiener durch eine große Reform finanziell besserstellt, die zudem die #konjunktur ankurbelt. Damit die Reform zu spüren ist, müsste ein Durchschnittsverdiener mindestens fünf Prozent mehr auf dem Konto haben, 1600 Euro […]
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> The balance of risk now demands that European leaders cripple #Trump. They have learned from a year of abject cowering before Trump that such behaviour only makes it easy for him to push them over. The reasons for caution are disappearing. The extreme reaction of #maga leaders to the […]
> The balance of risk now demands that European leaders cripple #Trump. They have learned from a year of abject cowering before Trump that such behaviour only makes it easy for him to push them over. The reasons for caution are disappearing. The extreme reaction of #maga leaders to the […]
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federation.network
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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> The balance of risk now demands that European leaders cripple #Trump. They have learned from a year of abject cowering before Trump that such behaviour only makes it easy for him to push them over. The reasons for caution are disappearing. The extreme reaction of #maga leaders to the […]
> The balance of risk now demands that European leaders cripple #Trump. They have learned from a year of abject cowering before Trump that such behaviour only makes it easy for him to push them over. The reasons for caution are disappearing. The extreme reaction of #maga leaders to the […]
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> The balance of risk now demands that European leaders cripple #Trump. They have learned from a year of abject cowering before Trump that such behaviour only makes it easy for him to push them over. The reasons for caution are disappearing. The extreme reaction of #maga leaders to the […]
> The balance of risk now demands that European leaders cripple #Trump. They have learned from a year of abject cowering before Trump that such behaviour only makes it easy for him to push them over. The reasons for caution are disappearing. The extreme reaction of #maga leaders to the […]
Original post on federation.network
federation.network
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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> The balance of risk now demands that European leaders cripple #Trump. They have learned from a year of abject cowering before Trump that such behaviour only makes it easy for him to push them over. The reasons for caution are disappearing. The extreme reaction of #maga leaders to the […]
> The balance of risk now demands that European leaders cripple #Trump. They have learned from a year of abject cowering before Trump that such behaviour only makes it easy for him to push them over. The reasons for caution are disappearing. The extreme reaction of #maga leaders to the […]