Blogger Andrew Sullivan, recently made aware of the disastrous and destructive actions of radical Jews and hardline Zionists, gets it in one: Peter Beinart heralds it in: “Ever since 9/11, according to opinion polls, Republicans have worried more about terrorism than have Democrats. Initially, this fear translated into overwhelming support for military action abroad. But…
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Protecting “honour” in the Islamic Republic
Following the recent extensive essays by Robert Fisk on honour killings around the world, here’s another shocking case: Tehran, Iran. Farsnews reported that on April 25th, 2010 police found a 24 year old woman dead in her apartment, on Shariati St. After an initial investigation it became apparent the woman was called Mahsa and was…
Our selective amnesia when outrages occur
Guy Rundle writes in the Sunday Age of “the contradictions and hypocrisies of much human rights campaigning these days.” It’s so much easier to get outraged over Iranian abuses than to focus closer to home.
Fidel visits a dolphin show and reflects on his legacy
Credit where it’s due. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg may have spread propaganda about Saddam, Iran and Israel, but he can write and his latest dispatch about meeting Fidel Castro (here’s the first) is fascinating: There were many odd things about my recent Havana stopover (apart from the dolphin show, which I’ll get to shortly), but…
Castro tells Ahmadinejad to respect the Jews
Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg – a man fond of war, Israel and conflict with Iran – is invited to Havana to meet and converse with Fidel Castro. There is much to digest but this is especially interesting: He said the Iranian government should understand the consequences of theological anti-Semitism. “This went on for maybe two…
Seeing the faces of our world
My photographer mate Conor Ashleigh sent this amazing collection of images by Christian Movila on Romania, Iran, Palestine and people in conflict. Haunting and beautiful: Cristian Movila – Jagged Lines from e-photoreview on Vimeo.
Get ready for the Ahmadinejad Google
Foreign Policy’s Evgeny Morozov explores the possibility of an Iranian search engine and the “growing politicization of the internet in general and of search space in particular.”
Nokia and their mates in Tehran
In my book The Blogging Revolution I examined the role of Western web multinationals in assisting repressive regimes censoring information. This latest story should therefore not come as a shock but how many Westerners realise that their mobile phone company is backing a dictatorship? A jailed Iranian journalist is suing phone company Nokia on the…
Jews who see war through the eyes of Tel Aviv
Tony Karon @ Tom Dispatch attempts to stop the Zionist push for military action against Iran. The fact that the same frauds who pushed us into war against Iraq are now trying similar tactics against Tehran – “Iran is a grave threat etc” – should worry us all.
Thank us for helping Iranian repression
The more the West bullies Tehran, the easier these outrages will occur: Iranian newspapers have been banned from publishing the names or photos of the leaders of Iran‘s green movement, according to a confidential governmental ruling revealed by an opposition website. The move is part of a new round of censorship, which follows the recent…