Date
sheila.dadvar
04-Oct-2007 (5 comments)
I love reading and writing so much, it feels like a passion to me, one that I have not nurtured for a long time, in Farsi or English. >>>

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Nazanin Ghasemian
04-Oct-2007 (28 comments)

IDEAS

A logical energy strategy

An anti-Imperialist case against a nuclear Iran

04-Oct-2007 (12 comments)
In the fog of justifiable panic, some good comrades, friends and allies are prone to (and do) argue the following: Because the Iranian regime is under fire by the imperialists, we must support whatever the mullahs do, unconditionally. That regime is involved in a fundamental conflict with the imperialists, and all other conflicts (those involving the civil and social rights of the Iranian people vis-à-vis their state) must take a backseat to this supreme conflict... Refusing to do the hard work, some of us have consequently fallen back on 'my enemy's enemy is my friend, god be dammed!' type of thinking; a mentality that, when adopted previously by western leftists, led to their defeat in one battlefield after another during the Cold War >>>
alimostofi
04-Oct-2007 (9 comments)
We are being tested folks >>>
cyrusrasti
04-Oct-2007 (7 comments)
Debra Cagan, a U.S. Department of Defense official had officially stated that she hates Iranians, all Iranians! >>>
SCE Campaign
04-Oct-2007 (2 comments)
Delara Darabi and few of her prisonmates were punished for celebrating Delara's birthday in prison. >>>

VIEW

Evil de jour

The very people who are preparing us for another war are the only ones that are going to benefit from it

04-Oct-2007 (15 comments)
Now it is Iran’s turn; and the Evil de jour is Mr. Ahmadinejad. He is described as anything from Hitler reincarnate to the most dangerous man on earth. Never mind that he is not the head of an army, or that he has no real power; the main thing is that he is EVIL. Never mind that there are no Iranian troops in Canada or Mexico; never mind that he does not possess thousands of nuclear missiles; he is still the most dangerous man alive and we have to do something about him. It always amazes me to see that people, time and again, fall for the same old song and dance routine. Don’t you ever get a sense of déjà vu? Can’t people see that they are being, so openly, manipulated? Apparently not. >>>
bahmani
04-Oct-2007 (21 comments)
Well not ALL Iranians just some...>>>

WAR

Same old story

Same old story

1950's comic book connection to current Iran-U.S. crisis not far-fetched

by Darius Kadivar
04-Oct-2007

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COMIC BOOK

Same old story

1950's comic book connection to current Iran-U.S. crisis not far-fetched

04-Oct-2007
Comic Book of the 1950’s T-Man #3 "Death Trap in Iran!" highlights Cold War Paranoia I finally managed to find the comic book on ebay and decided to share it with you readers so that you can make up your own opinion. It should be added that this comic book hero which preceded Ian Fleming’s James Bond Franchise or the TV hit Mission Impossible ( which was partly directed by our Talented Iranian compatriot Reza Badiyi did not just operate in Iran, but a little everywhere in the so-called “Communist Infested World” or “Third World Dictatorships” in the views of the Free World public opinion of the Time.>>>

OPENING

Eerily accurate

Eerily accurate

"Benedictus": Opening night and post-show reception

by Lalé Welsh
04-Oct-2007 (2 comments)

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Ghool
04-Oct-2007 (22 comments)
Bomb Islamic Republic >>>

REVIEW

Last ditch effort for redemption

"Benedictus" is a good look at possible scenarios in current U.S.-Iran standoff

04-Oct-2007
The song of thanksgiving for the coming of the redeemer, is Jewish in origin but Christian in tone, as the expression of redemption and hope. For instance the song is used at funerals at the moment of internment when such matters are of sudden urgency. So it is only fitting that this clever little play about an Israeli Arms dealer, and an Iranian Mullah is called "Benedictus". The play is set in a Roman church for secret meetings between estranged, and unlikely friends, to help fend off a war with the US, and the ever present specter of religion serves as the backdrop for a poignant, sometimes funny, and always eerily accurate look at Middle East tensions today, and in particular the impending war against Iran. >>>

JEWS

Blame game

Why do so many people make such a big deal about Jews?

04-Oct-2007 (72 comments)
Why are so many people making such a big deal out of such a troubled nation, the Jewish nation (if we can call it a nation). Although Jews are pretty strong (especially rich) and so and so, there is absolutely no proof about all the things said and written exaggerating their power and importance. Iranians say Zionists (Jews) plot against Iran to destroy it. Many in other countries believe similar stories, though in slightly different, locally appropriate, versions. The richest man in the world is currently an Arab (search on Google world's most powerful man is a non-Jewish, Christian, American. Arabs in the U.A.E. make much more money than Jews in Israel. The Internet is full of anti-Jewish stuff, and Jews seem to be squeezed out all over the virtual world.>>>

POETRY

I Do Not Want You, Petroleum
04-Oct-2007 (one comment)
I don't want you, petroleum!
For a long time,
I thought that you burnt for me.
Now I see that I am burning for you.

I'm not saying that it's not pleasant
Sitting near a kerosine heater
And enjoying the falling snow. >>>