HW 18 Least Favorite Blog

After reading through my “Blogs I’m Watching”, I came across an extremely sad and horrible blog. The blog was called “Iran: Thousands of hungry workers go on strike.”( http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/07/iran-thousands-of-hungry-workers-go-on-strike/). I found the blog in Global Voices. The blog talked about how thousands of sugar cane workers in Iran were going on strike because they were not getting paid and were going hungry. The reason I did not like the blog was because it is upsetting to think about thousands of workers who are not being treated fairly, getting enough money to pay for food or support their families, and even when striking not being recognized. The blog talks about how the workers went on strike previously, and the government made them promises but failed to keep them. The blog explains that, “after two days of striking, Iranian intelligence agents started to put pressure on workers and threaten them with severe punishment”. After reading how poorly the employees were being treated, this blog suddenly became my least favorite. One worker was even arrested at his house and put in jail. When he needed to seek medical attention, they had a video of him handcuffed to the hospital bed. This blog is a reality shock of how horrible some places in this world really are.