When I was an undergrad, I practically minor in Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky. Needless to say, his death is a loss to all of us and a reminder to “do the right thing.” Associated Press: Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose leftist “A People’s History of the United States” sold a [...]
Christian Science Monitor – Excerpt: “Opposition Green Movement activists in major cities around Iran are playing a cat-and-mouse game with authorities seeking to shut down their operations ahead of Feb. 11, a revolutionary anniversary that the activists are hoping to use for the country’s largest street protests yet. ‘The whole future … is at stake,’ [...]
Reuters – Excerpt: “Iran’s supreme leader called on the opposition Tuesday to distance itself from the Islamic Republic’s Western enemies, in a warning ahead of possible new anti-government protests next month. Tension has risen in Iran after eight people were killed in clashes between the security forces and opposition supporters on Ashura, the ritual day [...]
The Guardian – Excerpt: “Iranian MPs lifted a blanket of official denial on the country’s post-election upheaval today by blaming a senior regime insider for abuses that led to the deaths of at least three prisoners in a detention centre. In the first publicly documented admission that abuses occurred in the weeks after President Mahmoud [...]
Just another reason why al-Jazeera is awesome.
NY Times Op-Ed: “THE Islamic Republic of Iran is not about to implode. Nevertheless, the misguided idea that it may do so is becoming enshrined as conventional wisdom in Washington. For President Obama, this misconception provides a bit of cover; it helps obscure his failure to follow up on his campaign promises about engaging Iran [...]