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Halimi: There are Now No Middle Eastern Certainties
Znet Article, May, 04 2011
Serge Halimi
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The democratic Arab revolts are redrawing political, diplomatic and ideological boundaries in the Middle East
Fisk: What if the Spirit of Rebellion Spread to Iran?
Znet Article, April, 24 2011
Robert Fisk
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It's the same dangerous equation: young people being told what to do by old guys
Fisk: The Arab Awakening Began in Lebanon in 2005
Znet Article, April, 17 2011
Robert Fisk
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Revolutions don't start with a single dramatic event, such as the destruction of a church or a man's self-immolation
Young: Honduras, Iran, and the Propaganda Model
Znet Article, July, 05 2010
Kevin Young
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Government repression in Iran and Honduras in the summer of 2009 was at least roughly comparable. Consistent and honest news media could thus be expected to devote at least roughly comparable levels of attention and indignation to the two cases. I...
Bennis: Can a Security Council 'Coalition of the Unwilling'
Znet Article, May, 23 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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Sanctions that don’t work vs. diplomacy that does
Sakhi: Iran and Cultural Imperialism
Znet Article, February, 24 2010
Shokoufeh Sakhi
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Last night Britain executed two men arrested during the period of widespread unrest that erupted after January 29th’s disputed Chilcot inquiry into the Labour government and Tony Blair’s role in the invasion of Iraq.
Edwards: Nuclear Deceit - The Times And Iran
Znet Article, January, 15 2010
David Edwards
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On December 14, The Times announced that it had obtained documents about Iran’s nuclear program that revealed “a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator. This is the component of a nuclear weapon that triggers the explosionâ€. (Leading art...
Wallerstein: The World Left and the Iranian Elections
Znet Article, August, 05 2009
Immanuel Wallerstein
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The recent elections in Iran, and the subsequent challenges to their legitimacy, have been a matter of enormous internal conflict in Iran, and of seemingly endless debate in the rest of the world -- a debate that threatens to linger for some time ...
Shalom: Question & Answer on the Iran Crisis
Znet Article, July, 07 2009
Stephen Shalom
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Right after the June 12 elections in Iran, the Campaign for Peace and Democracy issued a statement expressing our strong support for the masses of Iranians protesting electoral fraud and our horror at the ferocious response of the government. Our ...
Zunes: The Iranian Uprising is Home Grown, and Must Stay That Way
Znet Article, June, 19 2009
Stephen Zunes
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The growing nonviolent insurrection in Iran against the efforts by the ruling clerics to return the ultra-conservative and increasingly autocratic incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinjead to power is growing. Whatever the outcome, it represents an...
Fisk: Iran's Day of Destiny
Znet Article, June, 17 2009
Robert Fisk
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Fisk witnesses the courage of one million protesters who ignored threats, guns and bloodshed to demand freedom in Iran
Zirin: Iran: It Aint a Soccer Riot
Znet Article, June, 16 2009
Dave Zirin
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Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has compared the protests following his country's recent sham election to the common scuffles that take place after a soccer game...
Zunes: Has the Election Been Stolen in Iran?
Znet Article, June, 15 2009
Stephen Zunes
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If it is true that Ahmadinejad's victory is fraudulent, it'll be a dream come true for those pushing a more confrontational approach with Iran.
Bennis: Iraq War Entering Year Six: Multiple Crises Rising In Middle East
Znet Article, March, 09 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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As the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War approaches amid a renewed rise in violence, once-claimed U.S. regional goals of "democratization," "stability," "freedom" are overwhelmed by violent, anti-democratic, unilateral and militaristic U.S. action...
Bennis: Iran in the Crosshairs
Znet Article, March, 03 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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Washington watched as 2007 came to a violent and inglorious end. U.S. wars raged in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S.-backed Israeli occupation suffocated Palestinians, U.S.-allied governments in Pakistan and Kenya faced national explosions over false de...
Bennis: Responding to Islamophobia: A Pro-Active Strategy
Znet Article, November, 28 2007
Phyllis Bennis
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The current Islamophobic crusade in the US reflects a deeply rooted racist demonisation of Muslim communities that, if not responded, might consolidate the racist demagoguery as a
Kolko: Will US Attack Iran? Hersh, Kolko Weigh In
Znet Article, October, 01 2007
Gabriel Kolko
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THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN ECONOMIES are now in a crisis, and it may be protracted. The dollar is falling in value, Gulf States and others may abandon it, etc. A war with Iran would produce economic chaos, because oil would be scarce. There are states,...
Cohn: Pursue Diplomacy, Not War, With Iran
Znet Article, September, 25 2007
Marjorie Cohn
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to the United States has prompted an outcry, including...
Weissman: Greenspan, Kissinger: Oil Drives U.S. in Iraq, Iran
Znet Article, September, 20 2007
Robert Weissman
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Alan Greenspan had acknowledged what is blindingly obvious to those who live in the reality-based world: The Iraq War was largely about oil.
Naiman: Slam Dunk: The Bush Administration Is Trying to Provoke Iran
Znet Article, September, 01 2007
Robert Naiman
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The Bush Administration is once again escalating its confrontation with Iran. Clearly they have multiple motivations for doing so. They're trying to "change the channel" from the...
