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Optimism as Resistance

I am an Iranian citizen and I did not participate in the fraudulent June 12th presidential elections in Iran. This is the awkward position I

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Raw at Red Rock

[Persian translation] I escaped.  I left June gloom behind and took to the road, chasing the unknown into the desert. The music is at full

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The End of the Beginning?

Indeed, the post-election demonstrations have neither been an uprising of intellectuals and students nor die-hard anti-regime elements from northern Tehran. Instead, the masses that poured

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99 Green Balloons

You and I in a little toy shop Where some mourn for the king of pop While others take the money they’ve got And set

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