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New Orleans: ethnic cleansing revisited

…hear this gunfire they will stop then. But that didn’t help us. Nothing like that helped us. (Online at Peace, Earth & Justice News) Buffalo-based columnist Michael I. Niman notes…

Tunisian interim leader resigns; more unrest in Bahrain, Oman, Yemen

…causing casualties,” Ghannouchi said. “This resignation will serve Tunisia, and the revolution and the future of Tunisia.” (Middle East Online, Feb. 27) Three protesters were killed in street clashes with…

Iran: online revolt against hijab

Iranian women by the thousands are posting their photos without a hijab on a Facebook page called My Stealthy Freedom, created by London-based Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad, and winning over 180,000 “likes” since…

Bahrain: investigation of opposition online content

Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior initiated a criminal investigation on Feb. 17 into alleged illegal content posted by the country’s main opposition group, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society. Al-Wefaq regularly publishes content to its website…

Whither the ‘Topless Jihad’?

…who received death threats after posting topless pictures of herself online in defiance of the growing hegemony of political Islam in her country. Femen’s followers waged a “topless jihad,” baring…

Syria: gas attacks, air-strikes and hypocrisy —again

…is hardly the first instance of ANSWER covergence with white supremacists. Bill Weinberg Assad-Putin online propaganda: house of mirrors Dig how far down the rabbit hole we are… Snopes notes…

Podcast: against the ‘red-baiting’ calumny

…CounterVortex An in-depth exploration of the CodePink-Sinhgam controversy… …is online at China Media Project. CounterVortex Podcast transcript: against the ‘red-baiting’ calumny Transcript from CounterVortex podcast of Aug. 26: I must…

Rojava revolution speaks in New York City

Metropolitan area Kurds and their supporters on Nov. 18 held a panel at the City University of New York entitled “Kobanê and the Rojava Revolution”—which actually featured a live Skype…

Protests and deadly repression sweep Arab world

…with two more killed by a hand grenade in Tae. Street clashes were also reported from Sanaa, the capital. (Middle East Online, Middle East Online, Feb. 18) In Amman, Jordan,…

Libya: Qaddafi surges east again as rebels appeal for aid

…of these resolutions,” Juppe said. “Having said that, we are prepared to discuss this with our partners.” (NYT, NYT, March 31; AP, Reuters, Reuters, Reuters, PTI, Middle East Online, March…

Libyan, Syrian opposition score gains on diplomatic front; Yemenis shift for themselves

…responsibility.” (Middle East Online, Hurriyet Daily News, July 15) The news came as Libyan rebels announced that they were advancing on the government-held oil port of Brega, which has repeatedly…

Protests hit Saudi Arabia; “Bloody Friday” in Yemen; riots in Alexandria

…the “Hunayn Revolution”—after a 630 CE battle in which the Prophet Mohammed defeated a Bedouin army. (The Independent, March 5; AFP, March 4; Middle East Online, March 3) Also March…