The 12th of June 2009 saw Iran’s tenth presidential election get underway with Iranians turning out in record numbers. As someone who decided to vote

“Religious despotism is most intransigent because a religious despot views his rule as not only his right but his duty.” — Abdolkarim Soroush The French

Thirty years have now passed since the stern, bearded visage of Ayatollah Khomeini graced our television screens decrying the many “ills” of the West and

  CNN Finally Confirms Israel Broke Ceasefire First. It’s a shame it took CNN this long to tell us what we all already knew.

English version– An episode of the Dutch documentary program “Tegenlicht” about the Israel lobby in the USA. This documentary (April 2007) was created as a

Friends, Enemies, and “Existential” Threats In the ceaseless and invariably bellicose calls for war (both open and clandestine) against Iran, perhaps one argument invoked by

Youtube: Clintons4McCain founder & PUMA gets smacked down on Hardball… I unfortunately don’t have enough time to break down all the disturbing, malicious and bigoted

Fiery debate on Al-Jazeera’s Inside Iraq between veteran journalist and author Robert Fisk and Brad Blakeman, former member of President George W. Bush’s Senior Staff… Part 1:

Grand Ayatollah Montazeri’s legacy is complex and multi-faceted. Some revile him as nothing more than the scourge of the Shah who was instrumental in fomenting the

Youtube: The Listening Post’s Meenakshi Ravi reports on Shooting Back. It is a project organised by Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem which gives cameras to Palestinians

Rapture and Apocalypse: How Real is the Evangelical Hold on U.S. Foreign Policy? That religion plays a prominent role in American politics is undeniable. The

Seriously???!!! How doesn’t the news anchor burst out in tears of laughter?!!! McCain’s audacity and imperial hubris are at times truly astonishing. Chomsky clearly hit

This interview with investigative reporter, Ron Suskind, is simply a must watch…     Democracy Now:    The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the

Last week Iran responded to the latest European proposal regarding its controversial nuclear program. The so-called “Iran Six” were however neither amused, nor heartened by

Mahmoud Darwish, The award-winning Palestinian poet, has died aged 67, after heart surgery in a Texas hospital. Wikipedia:  Mahmoud Darwish (13 March 1942 – 9

http://foxattacks.com: You’re not going to believe what FOX is up to now—we could hardly believe it ourselves.  Not only are they smearing Michelle Obama with

Alternet.com: It’s back-to-school time! Parents are starting to shop for their children’s school supplies: notebooks, pencils, crayons, and of course, Bill O’Reilly’s book, “The O’Reilly

Straight talk or IRI-propaganda machine? We can hardly be begrudged for being skeptical, can we?!

Both Palestinians and Iranians ought to seriously worry if Mofaz clinches the Kadima Party leadership and the Israeli premiership (though to be frank I doubt

An interesting lecture by Prof. Ervand Abrahamian, one of the most important scholars of modern Iranian politics on the nature and role of the crowd

Negotiations over the future role and status of America’s armed forces in Iraq have been underway for some time, while any sign of agreement between

Interesting debate between an Iranian-American theologian and American neuroscientist/philosopher on faith, science, reason, secularism and fundamentalism…definitely worth a watch…

As Keith Olbermann deftly shows, the bumbling McCain totally confuses the timeline and history of “the surge” by claiming it preceded the overtures toward and formation of the Sunni

A fortnight ago Turkish prosecutors indicted 86 secular Turks on terrorism charges for their alleged involvement in plots to topple the governing conservative populist Justice

You can see the New Yorker cover which has caused quite a stink, further escalated by Obama’s people’s remonstrations and unabated whining here at my blog