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Middle East Erupts: Orchestra Seat to the Revolution
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIf the powers that be had realized the global implications of the Internet when it was invented, they probably would have found some way to kill it. Take a look at these early pages and the very first World Wide Web site. Then take a look at this CNN footage of the intrepid Ben Wedeman in Benghazi. In just two decades, the earth has shifted. I suspect the 1989 slaughter of unarmed protesters in Tiananmen Square could not happen today, or at least not without severe international repercussions. Same with Rwanda. One wonders how much sooner Hitler and Stalin might have been stopped if the ...
North Korea Joins Twitter: 2 Other Autocratic Accounts to Follow
By Jordan Carr - AOL News(Aug. 16) -- The English-language website of Uriminzokkiri may not exactly showcase the latest in high technology, but the North Korean news service has apparently plunged into the world of Web 2.0. This is of course not counting Kim Jong-Il's Twitter account and online dating testimonial, as those are not real. Claiming more than 2,000 followers and counting, Uriminzokkiri has established a Twitter account at @uriminzok, according to a report by PC World. How is it? Your mileage may vary, depending on whether you read Korean or have an interest in Pyongyang propaganda. But should you find ...
Opinion: Iran's Green Movement Needs Cyberspace Support
By Barbara Slavin - AOL News(June 10) -- On Saturday, demonstrations will take place in more than two dozen cities across the world to mark the anniversary of Iran's disputed presidential election. Tehran, however, is likely to be relatively quiet. In the year since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a fraud-tainted victory over Mir Hossein Moussavi, the Iranian government has managed to squelch large-scale street demonstrations through arrests, executions and the massive mobilization of security forces. But it hasn't been able to entirely choke off cyberspace. The U.S. is partly to thank for this, but it could be doing much ...
Iran's Opposition Leader Accused in 1988 Massacre
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(June 9) -- This Saturday marks the first anniversary of Iran's disputed presidential election, which the opposition claims was rigged to guarantee the victory of the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. For many people across the world, the runner-up in that flawed vote, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has become a symbol of hope and dignity in the face of repression. Despite threats from the regime's enforcers, who shot dead his nephew during a street protest last December, and have arrested and tortured hundreds of his Green Movement supporters, Mousavi has continued to push for much-needed reform of the ...
'Anonymous' Captured Neda's Death, and Now the Polk Award
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyIn Farsi her name means "voice." Almost instantaneously, screengrabs of 26-year-old student Neda Agha-Soltan, shot through the heart on June 20, 2009, by the Iranian regime's hired guns, became the face of a movement. So powerful was the 40-second video of Neda dying before our eyes, the regime tried to denounce it as a fake. When that didn't work, they blamed Neda's death on unarmed protesters and the CIA. ...
Iran's Opposition Finds Imaginative Ways to Protest
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Jan. 13) -- The Iranian regime's efforts to crush anti-government protests by brutally cracking down on street protests and blocking anti-government Web sites have only encouraged the opposition to find new ways to spread dissent. And their latest tactic – defacing bank notes with slogans like "Death to the dictator" or illustrations insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – could be costing the regime dearly. The protest takes many forms. Some bills have an "X" inked over the word "Islamic" in the country's official name – the Islamic Republic of Iran ...
Chaos Theory - It's a Good Regime in Iran, Real Good!
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Chaos Theory - Iran: Human Rights, No! File Cabinets, Yes!
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Tehran Dissidents Counter Anti-American Government Rally
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTens of thousands of protesters tried to reassert their opposition to the Iranian government Monday by demonstrating against a state-sponsored anti-American rally in Tehran, the New York Times reports. The government event, which followed an angry speech by Ayatollah Khamenei, marked the 30th anniversary of the country's takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Iran's capital city. Despite warnings, the protesters flooded into the streets, wearing the signature green of the burgeoning opposition movement, shouting "death to the dictator" and asserting that Russia, not the United States, is Iran's real ...
Macho, Macho State: Iran's New Foreign Policy Objective
By Ria Misra - Politics DailySo, you're a politically tumultuous state fresh off of an election with widespread allegations of fraud and torture; you're building an internationally frowned-upon nuclear program; and you're on the eve of your first multinational talks, which might result in economically crippling sanctions against you. What do you do? Well, if you're Iran, you orchestrate a series of test-missile launches and start loudly issuing a public list of things you refuse to talk about. ...
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