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The Iran and Obama Dance

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Sanctions, Nuclear Negotiations, Sarkozy, Nuclear Program, US-Iran Relations, War With Iran, Afghanistan, Iranian, President Obama, p5 +1, Gordon Brown, Iran, Barack Obama, Gang Rape, Political Prisoners, Iraq, Pittsburgh, Dissidents, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

It's not Obama's fault that Iraq and Afghanistan happened, but it will be his fault if he rushes into a threat-laden, pseudo-engagement with Iran at this historical crossroads in US-Iran relations.

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Today is the Anniversary of the 1999 Iran Protest

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: July 9, Press Freedom, Ayatollah, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Tehran University, Iranian, Salam, Iran, 1999 Student Protests, Dissent, Independent Press, Salam Newspaper, Mohammad Khatami, Freedom of Expression, Paramilitary-Forces, Chain Murders, Islamic Republic of Iran, Dissidents, Iran News, Iran Protests, Iran Protest, Iran July 9, July 9 Protests for Iranians, Iran Protest July 9, Tehran July 9, July 9 Iran, Iran Today News, Iran News July 9, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

Without the July 1999 protests, there could never have been June 2009. What the students courageously started then has led to a massive movement encompassing all Iranians.

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An Iranian Parent: "I Realized I Do Not Fear Death. I Fear My Daughter Will Not Be Free When I Die."

Heather Robinson | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Iranian Protestors, President Obama, Human Rights, Natan Sharanksy, Dissidents, Freedom, World News
Heather Robinson

Yesterday evening Bret Stephens, foreign affairs columnist for The Wall Street Journal, shared some fascinating comments about the bravery of Iranians...

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Let a Thousand Blogs Bloom: Young Cubans Voice Their Discontent

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Santiago De Cuba, Cuban Olympic Athletes, Ernest Hemingway, Repression, Fidel Castro, Political Prisoners, Politics, Havana, Virgin of Charity, Raul Castro, Cuba, World, Cachita, Dissidents, Dissent, Blogging, Technology, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Young people filled with discontent and with desires to make things change, received us to hear about the Cuban blogosphere.

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In Cuba This Summer, The Carrot and The Stick

David Paul Appell | Posted 12.13.2008 | World

Read More: Castro, Raul Castro, Cuba Land Reform, Embargo, Cuba Embargo, US-Cuba Policy, Cuban Embargo, Cuba, Dissidents, Foreign Policy, World News
David Paul Appell

Since Fidel Castro stepped aside last February, there has in fact been real change afoot down in Cuba. The nation's development is more than cosmetic: it's a matter of survival for the ruling class.

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Ai Weiwei: Artist as Diffident Olympics Hero

Monroe Price | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Christianity, Artists, Ai Weiwei, China, Beijing, Dissidents, Olympics, Entertainment News
Monroe Price

The search is on for the unique encapsulation, the stroke that conveys China, the Olympics and change all in one go -- Weiwei is a cornucopia of the complexity of China.

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