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Socrates Is Dead

Former Brazil captain Socrates has died at the age of 57. He had been in a critical condition with an intestinal infection since being admitted

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Spring

Glimpse of green light in the dead of winter night. How inspired a generation, hope of liberty, free thought. Inspired they rose, millions silent and

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Dubious Win

Scenes from Tehran of bearded Iranian youth swarming over the walls of the British embassy evoked memories of the 1979-81 hostage crisis that created the

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Pissing Off the U.S.

Some of us seek to argue for a soft landing for US-Iran relations through things like serious mutually beneficial and peaceful dialog, and discussion, and

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Neruda’s Last Laugh

: The Chilean Nobel-Prize winning Pablo Neruda was a poet, writer, diplomat, dissident and all-round bon vivant. If you’re a fan, pay homage to the

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RT vs. the mainstream media

In an interview on NPR a guest from Globalmediawars.com, Nathanael Massey, described RT’s coverage for on “On the Media,” as entertainment news without substance. “The

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Zibakalam vs regime apologists

The kind of debates presented below would not be considered all that noteworthy, but rather routine, in any society where meaningful debates on state policies

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