Here comes the hysteria and bold-faced lies. In the wake of the Iranian election, various commentators and so-called reporters in the United States are reacting as if the end of the world was at hand. Although nobody knows for certain and everyone only has the words of western press pundits and an angry candidate to go by, virtually every mainstream US news source is calling the re-election of Ahmadinejad the result of fraud. There has been no verification of this from any objective (…)
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The Iranian Elections and the Hysterical Media
20 June 2009, by Ron Jacobs -
خطـاب مفتوح للجيش
21 شباط (فبراير) 2009, بقلم عبد الحليم قنديللا نريد جنرالا يخلف رأس النظام القائم، ويخلع البزة العسكرية ليرتدي أخري مدنية، ويترأس حزبا إداريا يحكم بلا سند ولا شرعية، ولا نريد أن ينتهي النظام الحالي إلي توريث بنسب العائلة، ولا بصلات المؤسسة الأمنية، بل أن تعود السلطة للشعب وحده، يتصرف فيها بإرادته الحرة الطليقة من كل قيد أو شبهة وصاية.
نريد للبلاد جيشها الذي يحترم الدستور والقانون، ويحمي أمنها القومي المضيع، ويصون سلامة مصر، ويحرس خطاها، لا أن يسند نظاما يدوس القانون، ويدهس مبادئ الشرعية والدستور، وينتهك حقوق المصريين، ويسرق ثروة (…) -
Syria’s policies may save it from a Dignity Revolution
4 February 2011, by John BellTunisia has fallen; Egypt is on the verge; Jordan, Yemen and Algeria are feeling the tremors.
Many commentators have mentioned that these revolutions are about bread, freedom and justice, and they have also frequently mentioned “dignity.” Having used that word often to describe Palestinian needs vis-a-vis Israeli occupation, I sought a definition of this keyword, and found: “the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.”
This need for status and legitimacy in a community is basic and (…) -
Iranian Elections: The ‘Stolen Elections’ Hoax
21 June 2009, by James Petras"Change for the poor means food and jobs, not a relaxed dress code or mixed recreation... Politics in Iran is a lot more about class war than religion." Financial Times Editorial, June 15 2009
Introduction
There is hardly any election, in which the White House has a significant stake, where the electoral defeat of the pro-US candidate is not denounced as illegitimate by the entire political and mass media elite. In the most recent period, the White House and its camp followers cried (…)