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Bahraini girl Shahad Ahmed, 18 months old, takes part in a candlelight vigil to protest against the imminent war on Iraq in front of the United Nation House in Manama, Bahrain, March 16, 2003. Some 100 people have taken part in the vigil, organized by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (Photo: AP) (published by CBS News )
Thanks, Dr. Paul, for Telling the Truth!
Complete article:
- Original location -- http://sn.im/paulir
- Our backup copy -- http://sn.im/paulircp
Link: We Will Come and Take You To Your Dream Land
"I just returned from Iran. I spent close to four weeks in the midst of the protests and participated in lots of the events. Here are some facts (my observations) ..."
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[Paraphrasing interviewee's statements about the opposition abroad] "'They are a bunch of idiots sitting in the comfort of their secured and air-conditioned houses, [engaging] in part[y]ing, drinking and having fun, and every once in a while stick their heads out of their . . . and give us direction: Go ahead, get on the streets, protest, destroy the regime, prepare the country for our return, we will come and take you to your dream land.'"
Complete article:
- Original location -> http://groups.google.com/group/laal/browse_thread/thread/8de8978723a4502d?hl=en&pli=1
- Our backup copy -> http://sn.im/obsteh
Link: Financial and Corporate Interests Mobilize the Left
"Imperialism is so much easier when the one sector that ought to be against it, can so readily be manipulated into acting on its behalf."
Complete article:
- Original location -- http://mltoday.com/en/financial-and-corporate-interests-mobilize-the-left-651.html
- Our backup copy here -- http://sn.im/omp3l
Link: Open Letter to United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ)
Dear UFPJ's Leadership Group,
UFPJ has asked in its Action Alert of 7/9/09 that people join the "United 4 Iran" Global Day of Action on July 25. Is UFPJ confident that the leaders and proponents of this action are not being financed by NED and other "pro-democracy" fronts awash with some of the $400 million that the U.S. Congress has provided to the National Endowment for Democracy, the CIA, the USAID - U.S. Agency for International Development and others for the explicit purpose of subversion, acts of sabotage, financing, equipping and training upper echelon Iranian-Americans who are ready to serve the U.S. foreign policy objectives of infiltrating and penetrating the security spheres of the Iranian nation?…
Complete letter:
- As published by author's org (accepts reader comments) -- http://www.iranaifc.com/public1.php?id_news=238
- Our copy with author's help (may be formatted slightly better) -- http://women4peace.org/others_articles/2009-07-18_ardeshir_ufpj.html
While we're at it, why not quote one of those reader comments right here? Reader commentator Mike Shaw says (dated 2009-08-27 and retrieved 2009-10-04):
Dear Mr. Ommani, I heartily thank you for this open letter which really is a "tour de force" exposing UFPJ's ignorance (or perhaps US political establishment collaboration) regarding the Iran elections. As a anti-imperialist, anti-war activist from the US I can bear witness to UFPJ leadership's tendency to Democratic Party collaborationism, pacifist hypocrisy and political treachery. I'm just so happy to have see their vile mistakes on this issue exposed for the record. I am always impressed by your articles, keep up the excellent work.
On the Coverage in the US of Iran's Presidential Election of 2009
The coverage of the Iran elections in the US media is far from an objective news report and lacks any professional journalistic standards. . . . [more]
Clarendon, Virginia, USA, 2003-03? (Connection Newspapers)
Countries that Enrich Uranium
By Jack W., 2009-10-05
In respect of uranium enrichment, we may accurately ascribe to Iran the following characteristics:
- She enriches uranium.
- She belongs to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).
- She is not granted Nuclear-Weapon State status under the NPT.
According to a 2007 report published by the US Department of Energy ( http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/932144-njhbTH/932144.pdf (PDF)) (source for which countries enriched and which belonged to NPT but not for which had nuclear-weapon status), the same description also applies to the following countries:
Brazil, Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands.
So what I would like somebody to 'splain to me, is why is it that the Western media are on Iran's case all the time and accusing her of developing nuclear weapons, but not the cases of Brazil, Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands? What is so special about Iran as a member of NPT?
A good place to respond would be the online discussion forum of Women for Peace and Justice in Iran: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/women4peaceiniran/
Comments on Iranian-Americans’ Protests in the United States
By Simin Royanian. July, 2009
I would like to ask what the purpose of these actions is. Usually, protesters and those who go on hunger strikes do so for a cause or demand that is not supported by those in power, is in opposition to the prevailing narrative, and/or is not reflected in the main media.
Full article -> http://sn.im/iramphs
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One would hope that American peace and justice groups, having learned from the CIA coups d’etats and the interference in even the labor organizations and creating "labor strikes" against Salvador Allende, and having learned from all the machinations of the FBI against the Black Panthers, and many more, would hesitate, and study, and do research, and ask important questions, before they jump on the bandwagon.
Video: Interview with Simin Royanian on the 2009 Presidential Election in Iran, Part One
(of four parts)
Q: Who is your candidate of choice in the 2009 Iran elections and why?
Q: Some argue that Ahmadinejad's speeches are harsh against the west and that causes tension; do you agree?
Q: If Iran is in such a good position domestically, then why are people protesting against Ahmadinejad?
Q: So are you suggesting that young Iranians are actually protesting against the core values of the Islamic Republic instead?
Video: Interview with Simin Royanian on the 2009 Presidential Election in Iran, Part Two
Q: So, if young Iranians want change, do you see these
protests as a means for them to get those changes,
or not?
A: I believe that this may not serve their interest
. . .
Q: Don't you think that the Islamic Republic has made it so difficult for Iranians to be able to get change the legal way that protesting is the only answer?
Q: What do you think the western powers want?
Q: What do you think the US is doing to flame the fires in [the] Iran protest, if they are doing anything at all?
Video: Interview with Simin Royanian on the 2009 Presidential Election in Iran, Part Three
Q: Some may argue that the privitization of Iran [sic] may be to its benefit, instead of the way it is now.
Q: Are you suggesting that Iranians in Iran should stop protesting?
Q: [It's] not fair to compare [the] US [to] Iran, since it is much easier to get a permit in the US for protest than it is in Iran.
Q: [Whom] does Ahmadinejad represent and [whom] does Mousavi represent?
Video: Interview with Simin Royanian on the 2009 Presidential Election in Iran, Part Four
(continues answer to question from previous part)
Q: What is your opinion about Iran's involvement in Palestine?
Q: What does an ideal Iran look like to you?
A: Of course, I would like to see a socialist government.
But at the minimum, . . . I would like to see a secular
government,
because I believe in equality among all . . .