Monthly Archives: January 2011

Brookings’ “centrist” opposition to the rule of law – Glenn Greenwald

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Daniel Hernandez, Intern Who Helped Save Giffords: Political Discourse Has Become “Completely Destructive” | | AlterNet

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Hadi Ghaemi: Who Is Afraid of Talking about Iran’s Human Rights Crisis?

Hadi Ghaemi and Aaron Rhodes As the latest round of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group is about to resume, the ongoing human rights crisis in Iran is once more being overshadowed and ignored by the international community.

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BREAKING NEWS – Iranian Kurdish Political Activist Hossein Khezri Executed This Morning In Orumiyeh (1)

Saturday January 15th, 2011 –  28 year old Hossein Khezri an Iranian Kurdish political activist was hanged this morning at the Central Prison in Orumiyeh.  According to reports by HRANA on January 2nd, 2011 a team was sent from Tehran … Continue reading

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Arab despots should heed events in Tunisia | Observer editorial | Comment is free | The Observer

The fall from power of Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine ben Ali is one of those widely unpredicted turns of events that hindsight quickly labels inevitable.

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Frank Rich on Tucson : A Must Read!!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/opinion/16rich.html?_r=1&src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB#

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National Brotherhood Week

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Blind Libel by Garry Wills | NYRBlog | The New York Review of Books

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Charles Krauthammer: Transgression,Betrayal and the Exercise of Faith

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/11/AR2011011106068.html There will be no careful platonic abstractions as in David Brooks (CP) or the self-cultivated superiority and contempt of the Great Will: for the Good Doctor (GD) is through and through a Neo-Conservative zealot, incapable of anything but the … Continue reading

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Thousands of Tunisians take to the streets despite president’s vow to quit | World news | guardian.co.uk

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