Archive for the 'Iran' Category
Yesterday, Nine Years Ago
• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off on Yesterday, Nine Years AgoPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Bailouts, Black People, Cancer, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Immigration, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Iran, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Joblessness, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency
Howard Zinn, Author of “A People’s History of the United States,” Dies at 87
• January 28, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cuba, Education, Haiti, History, Iran, Mexico, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "A People's History of the United States", "Memory of Fire", "The People Speak", Alice Walker, Anti-War, Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Civil Libertarian, Dresden, Eduardo Galeano, Heart Attack, Hiroshima, Historian, Howard Zinn, Iraq, James Bond, James Carroll, Jeff Zinn, Marian Wright Edelman, Matt Damon, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Nazis, Noam Chomsky, Royan France, Spelman College, The Greatest Generation, Tokyo, Vietnam
King
• January 18, 2010 • Comments Off on KingPosted in Afghanistan, American Politics, Black People, Hate Crimes, History, Holidays, Iran, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Television, The Iraq War II, The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: Civil Rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Favorite, Human Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Peace, President Lyndon Johnson, Riverside Church, The Sixties, The Vietnam War, Vietnam
PBS Frontline Has a Documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan ندا آقا سلطان
• November 17, 2009 • Comments Off on PBS Frontline Has a Documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan ندا آقا سلطانPosted in American Foreign Policy, Class, Documentaries, Education, Film, History, Iran, Neda Soltani, Obama Administration, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "A Death in Tehran", "Frontline", Death, Demonstrations, Dictatorship, Documentary, Iran, Iran Election 2009, Islamic Republic, Killings, Neda Agha-Soltan, Neda Agha-Soltani, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltan, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltani, Neda Soltani, PBS, Protestors, Puiblic Broadcasting System, The Basij, The Twitter Revolt, The Twitter Revolution, Twitter, ندا آقا سلطان
Ahmadinejad Orders Investigation into Neda’s Death
• July 1, 2009 • Comments Off on Ahmadinejad Orders Investigation into Neda’s DeathPosted in American Foreign Policy, Class, History, Iran, Neda Soltani, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, BBC, British Embassy, Commander Hossein Taeb, Dr. Arash Hejazi, Guardian Council, Hossein Taeb, Iran, Janbakhteh, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hussein Moussavi, Neda Agha-Soltani, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltani, Press TV, Supreme Leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah, The Basij, Whitewash
Neda’s Parents Driven From Home; Neda’s Body Never Returned to Parents and Buried Secretly
• June 24, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Iran, Neda Soltani, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: BBC, Body, Eastern Tehran, Iran, Iran Election 2009, Islam, Javan, Jon Leyne, Meshkini Street, Neda Agha-Soltani, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltani, Neda Soltani, Revolutionary Guards, Shi'a, The Basij, The Guardian, ندا صالحی آقا سلطان
For Young Neda Soltani
• June 22, 2009 • Comments Off on For Young Neda SoltaniPosted in History, Iran, Neda Soltani, Religion, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Allah Akbar, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Cursing, Iran, Iran Election 2009, Janbakhteh, Murders, Neda Agha-Soltani, Neda Soltani, Nico Pitney, Paramilitary, Revolutionary Guard, Shahid, Supreme Leader Ayatollah, The Basij, The Twitter Revolution, ندا آقا سلطان, ندا سلطانی