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Category Archives: pop culture
Sanctions are Here to Stay
I realize these are getting more and more infrequent, but as soon as I get back to Austin, the apathy will slowly slink away and I’ll return to doing this pretty much every day. A 12-hour semester should allow that, … Continue reading
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Sanctions are Here to Stay, part II
Today, your song actually comes from Afghanistan (I think), and there’s kind of a funny story behind it; the newscaster at the beginning of the clip will tell you more. Watch the video too, it’s way interesting. Oh, if you … Continue reading
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New verb: Iranian Him/Her/It
The following letter was written by an Iranian teacher in the New York City. من دبير يکی از دبيرستان های نيويورک هستم، چند روز پيش يکی از دانش آموزان دبيرستان ما در اقدامی نادر بر سر موضوعی رودروی مدير ترسناک … Continue reading
“B’EAU-PAL” Water Scares Dow Execs Into Hiding
Photos: http://www.theyesmen.org/blog/dow-runs-scared-from-water London – A new, beautifully-designed line of bottled water – this time not from the melting Alps, nor from faraway, clean-water-deprived Fiji, but rather from the contaminated ground near the site of the 1984 Bhopal catastrophe – scared … Continue reading
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Tagged B'EAU-PAL, Bopal, Dow Chemicals, The Yes Men
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Austin Candlelight Vigil to Mourn those Killed in the Streets of Iran
700 people gathered at the Pfluger pedestrian bridge in Austin, Texas on July 23 to mourn those killed or injured in Iran. Here is a poem writen by Ed Seymour, an Austin local who participated in last night’s vigil: Silence … Continue reading
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Chatham House Study Questions Results of the Iranian Election
A newly released statistical study of the rigged election by Chatham House raises enormous questions about the validity of the Interior Ministry’s reported vote totals. And Mousavi himself is making the point, in detailed fashion, that the vote was bogus. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chatham House, election fraud, Iranian election
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Report: Austin Protest Against Election Fraud in Iran
More News coverage: “Iran’s Political Crisis Fuels Expatriates’ Fears, Hopes” – Wall Street Journal Austin American-Statesman Austin American-Statesman Pictures The Daily Texan News8Austin Public Radio International’s “To The Point” interviews a member of IPJ. “Iranians in US watch presidential election” … Continue reading
Mousavi and Fedaii Guerrillas
Pro-Mousavi supporters have used a popular radical leftist’s song in a campaign video they made for him, which is also posted on YouTube. The song comes from leftist group the Fedaii Guerrillas, who fought against the Shah’s regime. Now Mousavi … Continue reading
Mohammadreza Haddadi Receives a stay
Iran Human Rights, May 27: The scheduled execution of juvenile offender Mohammadreza Haddadi has been halted. Haddadi’s defence lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, wrote in a letter that Mohammadreza Haddadi’s execution, which was scheduled to take place this morning, was halted after … Continue reading
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Arrested Development – Single Payer Now!
Senator Dick Durbin said last week that the banks own Congress. That’s true. But they don’t come close to the hammerlock their brothers in the health insurance and drug companies have over the place. The drug companies and health insurance … Continue reading