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History Lesson on US-Iran Relations
A history lesson on American relations with Iran:
Ring of Iranian Bases Threatens US
I had grabbed an earlier version of this graphic off a Democratic Underground bulletin board from 2005. It made the point that the United States, […]
Omar Khayyam (31)
Don’t try every door because of some bauble; you just have to accept the good and bad of your time; a shake of the cup […]
General Assembly Condemns Syria as Regime Bombards Homs Again
The world condemned the Syria regime’s brutal crackdown on its own people at the UN General Assembly on Thursday. What would be the response of […]
Tomgram: Ari Berman, The Politics of the Super Rich
At a time when it’s become a cliché to say that Occupy Wall Street has changed the nation’s political conversation — drawing long overdue attention to the struggles of the 99% — electoral politics and the 2012 presidential el…
Omar Khayyam (5)
Get up and come here for the sake of my heart, and lend your beauty to solving my problem. Bring an earthenware cup full of […]
Santorum Hypes Iran ‘Threat’
GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum warned North Dakota on Wednesday that it was in the cross-hairs of an Iranian attack. Among the news about Iran […]
Ahmadinejad Speech on Nuclear Energy Advances (Full Text)
The USG Open Source Center translates the speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the inauguration of three civilian nuclear projects Iran: Ahmadinezhad Inaugurates Nuclear […]
Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Imperial Hegemony and Its Discontents
In the years of conscious, self-inflicted decline at home, “losses” continued to mount elsewhere. In the past decade, for the first time in 500 years, South America has taken successful steps to free itself from western dominati…
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