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Vote For RFE and Tehranchik - Campaign News »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 1 year, 2 months ago in Humor
With all the candidates covered with slime and mud, Radio Free Europa and Tehranchik's co- presidency becomes more and more of a sure bet ...
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Democracy is Dead: Whats So Funny about Read the Bill? »
Posted by: populist 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
This “Read the Bills” movement has finally cut through political pretensions to reveal that there is no “deliberative democracy” in the USA. Apparently, members of ...
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Christopher Hitchens on Lebanon and Syria | vanityfair.com »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months ago in Political News
In newly liberated Lebanon, the signposts on “the Arab street” point in opposite directions. The author’s experiences—he was buoyed by a huge rally ...
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Some Arabs inspired, others unimpressed after Obama's speech »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Michele Kilo, a Syrian writer and activist, said the extended hand by the US to the Muslim world will have a great impact on the ...
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Who Put the‘green’in the Green Revolution?«LewRockwell.com Blog »
Posted by: dissent 5 months, 1 week ago in News
Who Put the ‘green’ in the Green Revolution?
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The United States, of course.
As in the previous “color revolutions” that seem to tirelessly capture the ...Read (215) | Share | Discuss (3) | Read Full Story at lewrockwell.com
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How Can the U.S. Be an Empire and a Democracy at the Same Time? | Bill Moyers Journal (video & transcript) »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 1 month ago in Political Opinion
Reporting from the world's most troubled hotspots, Mark Danner has seen countless deaths over ethnic and political divides, and witnessed firsthand how U.S ...
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Commonwealth countries need a 'democracy health check' »
Posted by: WikiMap 3 days, 4 hours ago in News
All Commonwealth countries should face a democracy "health check" at least every two years, a new report says.
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covertress: "A Republic, if You Can Keep It" »
Posted by: gbudavid 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The deliberations of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 were held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in ...
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Question & Answer on the Iran Crisis »
Posted by: tehranchik 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
1. Was the June 12, 2009 election fair?
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2. Isn't it true that the Guardian Council is indirectly elected by the Iranian people?
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China, Cuba, Other Authoritarian Regimes Censor News From Iran »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months ago in Political News
Out of fear that history might repeat itself, the authoritarian governments of China, Cuba and Burma have been selectively censoring the news this month of ...
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Direct Democracy - Why the American People must disband Congress »
Posted by: onlyonesecret 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Political Opinion
When it comes to federal legislation, your vote doesn't count in America...
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In China, a Grass Roots Rebellion »
Posted by: berkeley 10 months ago in Political News
When Tang Xiaozhao first saw a copy of the pro-democracy petition in her e-mail inbox, she silently acknowledged she agreed with everything in it but ...
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Wildcat oil strikes: Europeans are finally waking up to the demise of democracy »
Posted by: berkeley 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The peoples of Europe have finally discovered what they signed up to. I do mean "peoples" (plural) because however much political elites may deceive themselves ...
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Pakistan Avoids Pitfall, but Path Ahead Is Unclear »
Posted by: suzanek 8 months, 1 week ago in News
It was a signal moment in Pakistan’s political development: A huge demonstration forced the restoration of a dismissed chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, a ...
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British MEP Advice to Americans: Think Hard Before Going Down State-Run Healthcare Road »
Posted by: tadair919 3 months ago in Political Opinion
Daniel Hannan, a British member of the European Parliament, became an internet superstar when he spoke out in parliament against Gordon Brown's government spending ...
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