04.07.09

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IT'S NOT ABOUT ZELAYA
David L. Wilson
A more likely motive for the coup lies in the Honduran oligarchy's fear of what would happen if the people got a chance to write their own Constitution.

THE ISRAELI IDEA OF A "PALESTINIAN STATE"
Saree Makdisi
Netanyahu's speech marked both the definitive end and a symbolic return to the beginning of the two-state solution. First time as tragedy, second time as farce.

JOINT STATEMENT OF IRANIAN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKERS ON IRAN TODAY
Read by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad

HONDURAN POPULAR MOVEMENTS WAIT FOR INSULZA OUTSIDE OAS IN TEGUCIGALPA
ABN

US: the Only Remaining Country in the Americas Still Maintaining Diplomatic Relations with Honduras after Sunday's Coup
Eva Golinger

THE DESERT IS COVERED WITH FOG
Mohsen Namjoo

HONDURAS RESISTS
Angel Palacios

AL JAZEERA RETURNS TO STREETS OF TEHRAN
Alireza Ronaghi

MOBILIZATION AGAINST THE COUP D'ÉTAT OVERFLOWED PLAZA MORAZÁN, TEGUCIGALPA
ABN

INFLATION FEARS AND COMMODITY PRICES
Jayati Ghosh

MILITARY COUP IN HONDURAS THREATENS DEMOCRACY ACROSS CENTRAL AMERICA
National Labor Committee

WAS THE IRANIAN ELECTION STOLEN? DOES IT MATTER?
Mark Weisbrot

HONDURAS: A Suicidal Error
Fidel Castro Ruz

U.S. GRANTS SUPPORT TO IRANIAN DISSIDENTS
Ken Dilanian

VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS COUP D'ÉTAT IN HONDURAS
Foreign Ministry of Venezuela

IRAN: An Alternative Reading
Azmi Bishara

IRAN'S IDENTITY CRISIS
Abbas Barzegar
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A NATION DIVIDED
Alireza Doostdar

NORTH KOREA:
"Sanity" at the Brink
Michael Parenti

BAHARESTAN SQUARE, TEHRAN, 24 JUNE 2009

IRAN: This Is Not a Revolution
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

FRIDAY ADDRESS, 19 JUNE 2009
Ali Khamenei

"ANTIWAR PARTY" VOTES FOR WAR
Michael Munk

IRAN: Mousavi Supporters Hold Day of Mourning

BRAZIL: Lula Says There Is No Evidence of Fraud in Iran and Wants to Visit the Country
Pablo Uchoa

KHAMENEI RIDES A STORM IN A TEA CUP
M K Bhadrakumar

VENEZUELA DENOUNCES CAMPAIGN OF INTERFERENCE AGAINST THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
Foreign Ministry of Venezuela

AHMADINEJAD SUPPORTER SPEAKS
Kaveh Afrasiabi Interviewed by Don Lemon

40 NATIONAL ORGS. TELL CONGRESS, "FREEZE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL UNTIL ISRAEL FREEZES SETTLEMENTS"
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

IRAN :
What Can the Opposition Win?
Richard Seymour

WORKERS CREATING HOPE: Factory Occupations and Self-Management
Shawn Hattingh

PROTEST AGAINST ELECTION RESULTS, TEHRAN, 15 JUNE 2009

SA POLITICAL POWER BALANCE SHIFTS LEFT -- THOUGH NOT YET ENOUGH TO QUELL GRASSROOTS ANGER
Patrick Bond

IRAN: After the Election

MASS SUPERVISION DURING THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Joel Andreas

WORKERS BLAST WELLS FARGO AS A ROADBLOCK TO RECOVERY
Leah Fried

AHMADINEJAD WON

SOLIDARITY NEEDED NOW: Ahmad Sa'adat Enters Second Week of Hunger Strike
Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat

OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH: A Rhetorical Shift in US Imperialism
Deepa Kumar

WE ARE HALF OF IRAN'S POPULATION
Directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad

INTERVIEW WITH MANUSHI BHATTARAI, NEPALI STUDENT LEADER
Ben Peterson

IRAN: Major Candidates, Possible Outcomes, and Implications for U.S. Policy
Congressional Research Service

OBAMA'S DOUBLESPEAK ON IRAN
Ismael Hossein-zadeh

WHY FOREIGN SAVINGS FAIL TO CAUSE GROWTH
Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira and Paulo Gala

STATEMENT BY IRANIAN ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS ABOUT IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Ervand Abrahamian, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Hamid Dabashi, Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Fatemeh Keshavarz, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Leila Zand, et al.

SEND A BOOK TO GAZA: Free Gaza Movement Launches Its "Right to Read" Campaign

WEST AND RUSSIA SPAR, CHINA WINS
M K Bhadrakumar

BRAZIL: Revisited
Dennis Brutus

JULY DELEGATION TO VENEZUELA: Human Rights, Food Sovereignty, and Social Change
Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York

IDEAS FOR THE STRUGGLE #3
To Be at the Service of Popular Movements, Not to Displace Them
Marta Harnecker

JOE HIGGINS, "THE BEST FIGHTER MONEY CAN'T BUY," ELECTED AS MEP

PEOPLE'S SUMMIT
14-17 June 2009, Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan

BAD HEJAB
Ramin Haerizadeh

TOWARDS A GREAT GERMAN OIL EMPIRE
Alison Frank

YES, WE CAN!
Mohamed Gaber

AFTER THE DEBATE:
Supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mir-Hossein Mousavi

UNEMPLOYMENT CLIMBS TO 9.4 PERCENT, RATE OF JOB LOSS CONTINUES TO SLOW MODERATELY
David Rosnick

RESISTANCE IN GAZA:
Young Palestinians Find Their Voice through Hip-Hop
Jordan Flaherty

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SEEKS SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF DECISION DECLARING PATRIOT ACT PROVISION UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Center for Constitutional Rights

PINK PIGEONS -- WAS IT THEY WHO WON?
Fahmida Riaz

GM'S TRAGEDY:
The System Strikes Back
Rick Wolff

CHOMSKY ON OBAMA SPEECH

EGYPTIAN PUBLIC TO GREET OBAMA WITH SUSPICION
WorldPublicOpinion.org

GARCÍA LORCA
Naseer Shamma

DEBATE: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mir-Hossein Mousavi

MK AFO AGBARIA'S LETTER TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL ON WAR CRIMES IN GAZA
Communist Party of Israel

LIFE IN GAZA: As President Obama Visits Cairo, Gaza Remains Devastated
Jordan Flaherty

HOW THE MEDIA ANNEXED EAST JERUSALEM TO ISRAEL
Jonathan Cook

UNION BUSTING GETTING WORSE, STUDY SHOWS
UE

IDEAS FOR THE STRUGGLE #2
Not to Impose But to Convince
Marta Harnecker

BATTLING OVER POLITICAL AND CULTURAL POWER DURING THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
Joel Andreas

SAMIEH JABBARIN STILL UNDER HOUSE ARREST

N'DIMAGOU -- "DIGNITY"
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako

MR. ABBAS GOES TO WASHINGTON
Ali Abunimah

LESSONS IN IMPERIALISM FROM IRAQ'S PAST
Priya Satia

CHINGLISH LESSONS
Thai Jones

DISLODGING COMFORTABLE FICTIONS
Angela Hudson

THE MANY FACES OF HUMANITARIANISM
Costas Douzinas

INTERVIEW WITH FARIAN SABAHI
LibrInTerra

WORTH 1,000 WORDS AFTER MEMORIAL DAY
Mike Ferner

SOCIOLOGIST OF THE HEART
Thai Jones

UNESCAP:
Food Prices Will Rise Again
IRIN

ISRAEL:
Democratic Rights in Peril
Daniel Rosenberg

RIGHTS ACTIVIST BINAYAK SEN RELEASED ON BAIL
IBN

NETANYAHU CHOOSES WAREHOUSING
Jeff Halper

A BOY, A WALL AND A DONKEY
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

KEN LOACH: "Make the Interests of Ordinary People Come First"
Guillaume Andreux and Charlotte Pello

FINANCE CAPITAL AND FISCAL DEFICITS
Prabhat Patnaik

FROM SEXUAL OBJECTIFICATION TO SEXUAL SUBJECTIFICATION: The Resexualisation of Women's Bodies in the Media
Rosalind Gill

IDEAS FOR THE STRUGGLE #1 Insurrections or Revolutions? The Role of the Political Instrument
Marta Harnecker

THE LEFT AND ELECTORAL POLITICS IN INDIA
Deepankar Basu

NIMBLE FINGERS NO LONGER! Women's Employment in Iran
Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani

MAKING VISIBLE THE FRAMES OF WAR
Nathaniel Mehr

HUNGARY:
"Where We Went Wrong"
GM Tamás Interviewed by Chris Harman

IRAN: The Game of Nations
Azmi Bishara

ECONOMY LOSES 467,000 JOBS IN JUNE, UNEMPLOYMENT EDGES UP TO 9.5 PERCENT
Dean Baker

DOLLAR'S FUTURE IN US HANDS
Henry C K Liu

REPRESSION IN HONDURAS
Angel Palacios

THE INDIGENOUS IN HONDURAS DENOUNCE HUMILIATING TREATMENT OF HONDURAN WOMEN
YVKE/TeleSur

BAD OMENS FOR THE LOWER GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA DELTA
Analytical Monthly Review

MAOISM IN INDIA:
Panic or Panacea?
Nandini Chandra

HONDURAS:
Dawn of General Strike
Gabriela Gurvich

HONDURAS: US Govt. Confirms It Knew Coup Was Coming
Eva Golinger

GHOBA MOSQUE, TEHRAN, 28 JUNE 2009

IRAN'S BUSINESS ELITE, TOO, IS A "DISSIDENT"
Rostam Pourzal

IRAN: Recommended Action
Amnesty International

GAON CHHODAB NAHIN / WE WILL NOT LEAVE OUR VILLAGE

8 BASIJIS SHOT DEAD DURING TEHRAN UNREST
Press TV

EIGHT GLORIOUS YEARS OF THE GREAT NEPALESE PEOPLE'S WAR

ASK THE POLITICAL LADY:
Caring Advice for the Societally Disemboweled
Susie Day

IRAN: Mousavi States His Case
Kaveh L Afrasiabi

BEIJING CAUTIONS US OVER IRAN
M K Bhadrakumar

IRAN: Message to US Peace Groups: A Little Humility Please
Michael Veiluva

REPORT OF FACT-FINDING TEAM FROM JNU ON THE EVE OF LALGARH VIOLENCE
A Fact-finding Team of Students from Jawaharlal Nehru University

MEXICO: As July Elections Approach, Voters Apathetic, Cynical
Dan La Botz

DUELING RALLIES, TEHRAN, 14-17 JUNE 2009

THE IRANIAN ELECTIONS AND THE HYSTERICAL MEDIA
Ron Jacobs

DOCTORS AND NURSES PROTEST IN TEHRAN, 16 JUNE 2009

TEHRAN BURNING
Max Ajl
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IRAN VOTE AND PROTESTS
Richard Seymour

PRESIDENT CHÁVEZ CONGRATULATES AHMADINEJAD ON HIS REELECTION
VTV

A SIP OF COFFEE: Nahr al-Bared Camp, Lebanon
A-films

OPEN LETTER: Left Must Unite to Create an Alternative
Socialist Workers Party (Britain)

COLOMBIA STILL UNDISPUTED LEADER IN TRADE UNIONIST MURDERS
Gustavo Capdevila

CHANGE
Mohamed Gaber

IDEAS FOR THE STRUGGLE #4
Should We Reject Bureaucratic Centralism and Use Only Consensus?
Marta Harnecker

POPULAR VOTE FAVORS LEBANON’S OPPOSITION, DESPITE LOSS
Joshua Landis

AHMADINEJAD FRONT RUNNER IN UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS; Iranians Continue to Back Compromise and Better Relations with US and West
Terror Free Tomorrow: The Center for Public Opinion, et al.

IRAN: Artists Campaign for Mousavi
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Dariush Mehrjui, et al.

ASIA: Land Grabs Threaten Food Security
IRIN

HIS NAME IS EZRA NAWI
Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, and Neve Gordon

GAZA: By Land or by Water
LifeSource

WHY UNIONS STILL MATTER
Michael D. Yates Interviewed by Sasha Lilley

SOLIDARITY WITH THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON!

60 DIE IN PERU RAINFOREST PROTEST: Peru's Amazon Indigenous Peoples Need You to TAKE ACTION Now!

A SURPRISING RESULT FOR INEQUALITY
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

VICTORY! Veolia Abandons Jerusalem Light Rail Project under Political Pressure
Omar Barghouti

FEELING THE HATE IN JERUSALEM
Max Blumenthal and Joseph Dana

ISRAEL: Manof's Local "Loyalty Oath," Designed to Bar Arabs
Jonathan Cook

THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION
John Douglas Millar

THE CONSTANTLY WIDENING GAP BETWEEN WORDS AND DEEDS
Reuven Kaminer

GABRIEL KOLKO'S WORLD IN CRISIS
Nathaniel Mehr

BRING IT AOUN
Elias Muhanna

CINEMA AS A DEMOCRATIC EMBLEM
Alain Badiou

AFTER MASS PROTESTS . . . Maximum Penalties Imposed in Racially-charged Va. Murder Case
Phil Wilayto

DEATH ON THE NILE
Matthew G. Stanard

"WELCOME, OBAMA"
Ashraf Omar

THE RISE AND FALL OF MEXICO'S GREEN MOVEMENT
Jordi Díez

APPEALS COURT RULES AGAINST SHELL NIGERIA, ALLOWS PLAINTIFFS TO SEEK FURTHER INFORMATION TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS TO UNITED STATES
Center for Constitutional Rights

JEFF MADRICK'S CASE FOR BIG GOVERNMENT
Michael Meeropol

"INTRODUCTION" TO THE SEX OF CLASS
Dorothy Sue Cobble

AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE CAIRO INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA on the Occasion of His Cairo Speech to the "Blacks" of the Twenty-first Century

CATERPILLAR UNDER FIRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES FOR SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

'NGOZATION' OF LATIN AMERICA: A Study of Donors, NGOs, and the Poor
Charlene Chi

SECOND ISSUE OF JAFA NOW AVAILABLE!
Labour for Palestine

WORKERS' FIGHTS AGAINST BANKS GAIN MOMENTUM
Al Hart

THE RISE OF CHINA AND THE DEMISE OF THE CAPITALIST WORLD ECONOMY
Minqi Li

NATION-STATES AS BUILDING BLOCKS
Nancy Jacobs

EL SALVADOR:
The Beginning of a New Era
Jay Hartling

OBAMA'S GUANTÁNAMO APPEASEMENT PLAN
Marjorie Cohn

OIL, ISLAM, AND WOMEN
Michael L. Ross

PARSA
Directed by Hossein Rasti

INTERVIEW WITH BAHMAN GHOBADI, Director of Nobody Knows about the Persian Cats
AFP

METRO
Magdy El Shafee

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND CORPORATE PROFITS, 1ST QUARTER 2009 (Preliminary)
Bureau of Economic Analysis

THE RENEWAL OF DEMOCRACY: An Interview with Paul Ginsborg
Daniel Finn

FEAR OF A MUSLIM PLANET:
Hip-Hop's Hidden History
Naeem Mohaiemen

CATCH DAT BEAT
Jordan Flaherty

SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS ART AND ITS SOCIAL CONTEXTS
Matthew Meacham

NO ONE TO TURN TO: The Under-reporting of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Aid Workers and Peacekeepers
Corinna Csáky

ISRAELI CABINET WANTS TO BAN NAKBA COMMEMORATION
Communist Party of Israel

TO WIN MARRIAGE EQUALITY, WE NEED A DIVORCE
Sherry Wolf

LAW AND WOMEN'S AGENCY IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY IRAN
Louise Halper

THE FINAL MATCH
Directed by Saman Salour

CAPITALIST CRISIS, SOCIALIST RENEWAL
Rick Wolff

WHY FOOL YOURSELVES? Introspection May Help the CPI(M) Recognize a Harsh Truth
Ashok Mitra

INTERVIEW WITH KEN SARO-WIWA, JR.
Omoyele Sowore

SWEET CRUDE
Directed by Sandy Cioffi

LET CODEPINK VISIT GAZA
Dorothy Zellner

RETURN TO ABADAN AND KHORRAMSHAHR
Hamid Reza Hoseini

MASSIVE CASUALTIES FEARED IN NIGERIAN MILITARY ATTACK ON NIGER DELTA VILLAGES
Denzil Amagbe Kentebe and Sandy Cioffi Interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan González

ECOLOGY, CAPITALISM, AND SOCIALISM
John Bellamy Foster

THE RESURRECTION OF INDIA'S CONGRESS PARTY -- A WORRYING ROAD AHEAD
Mitu Sengupta

JUDITH BUTLER -- UNGRIEVABLE LIVES
Nelly Kambouri

CCR GUANTÁNAMO ATTORNEYS COMMENT AFTER PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
Center for Constitutional Rights

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