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Archives: Dissent
Turkey’s Snap Elections: Erdoğan is forcing his people to take sides
By Bahar Baser and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk | (The Conversation) | - - Ever since the June 2015 elections, which thwarted the proposed presidential system that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has long…
Iran Pres. Rouhani criticizes Hardliners, is slapped down by Revolutionary Guards
By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) | - - Iran's Guardians Council, long accused of being a tool for hard-liners in factional power struggles, is at the center of a new war…
Egypt’s “Terrorism” Law Violates “Fundamental Freedoms”
By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | - - NEW YORK (IPS) - Egyptian authorities are already holding a record number of journalists behind bars, and a draconian new anti-terror law…
Petition Calling For Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Arrest Goes Viral
By IMEMC | - - A British petition demanding the arrest of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upon his arrival in the UK next month, went viral in just a few…
Turkey: As Violence hits Istanbul, southeast, Can Pres. Erdogan turn it to Political Advantage?
By Alpaslan Ozerdem | (The Conversation) | - - Armed attacks on the US consulate and a police station are the latest in a wave of bloody violence in Turkey that has…
Bernie Sanders launches “Political Revolution” w/ 100K Virtual House Partiers
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Bernie Sanders spoke from a house party in Washington, D.C., to supporters gathering in 3500 homes and other locations around the country in groups ranging from…
Is this how the Establishment takes down Outsiders like Bernie Sanders?
Thom Hartmann | (Video report) | - - "Thom Hartmann shares about media coverage of a new Quinnipiac poll, but the coverage leaves out some important information. Why? because Bernie is an…
Young Protesters Languish in Jail under Egypt’s Military Counter-Revolution
By Nelly Bassily | ( openDemocracy) | - - Yara Sallam is starting the second year of her sentence in Qanater Women's prison outside Cairo. She says, "I do not feel any…
Your Fourth of July and My Fourth of July
Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Revised for the 2010s: Your Fourth of July is invasions and wars. My Fourth of July is the pure sunbeam of peace. Yours is…
Israelis Detain, expel Former Pres. of Tunisia from Gaza Aid Flotilla; he vows to return
By IMEMC | - - Israeli occupation authorities deported to France, late on Monday, former Tunisian president Moncef al-Marzouqi, who took part in Freedom Flotilla III. After intercepting and towing the Gaza…
Democracy in retreat in Half the 193 UN Member States
By Thalif Deen | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Democracy is on the retreat and authoritarianism is on the rise in more than 96 of the U.N.’s 193 member states, according…
Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain’s Arab Spring
By Faten Bushehri | (Global Voices) | - - The Saudi Cables, released by WikiLeaks, includes a treasure trove of information in secret exchanges between Saudi diplomats on restive Bahrain Saudi Arabia's…
PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel
By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | - - Continuing his assault on transparency and independent voices in the media, Prime Minister Netanyahu denied investigative journalist Raviv Drucker’s Freedom of Information Law…
French Telco CEO Receives Death Threats, is Cyberstalked over Withdrawal from Israel
By IMEMC | - - Orange boss Stephane Richard has taken legal action after receiving death threats against himself and family members amid a row over withdrawing his brand from Israel, legal…
Saudi Arabia Lashing Blogger Reveals What Religion Fears Most
Cenk Uygur & John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video) | - - "The public flogging of jailed blogger Raif Badawi is now “sure” to resume after Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court upheld…
Young Middle East Millennials’ Digital Split From Fundamentalism (Cole Interview)
Elliot Hill | (TheLipTV Video Interview) | - - "Millennials in the Middle East are forming a clear generational gap between themselves and their elders, with the digital revolution effecting a sweeping…
Tens of thousands participate in Israel’s annual gay pride Parade
AFP | (Video Report) | - - "Tens of thousands of people turned out on Friday for Israel's annual Gay Pride parade, dancing in the streets of Tel Aviv and waving rainbow-coloured…
Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater: “It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed”
By Alexander Bisley | (Lumiere Reader) | - - N.B. Rosewater is now streaming at Amazon Instant Video and will be available on Netflix beginning June 10 It’s slightly surreal interviewing Jon…