You are currently browsing the weblog archives for the day Sunday, October 11th, 2009.

Breaking News

Philospher Slavoj Zizek on the Iraq War, Bush White House and More

Irancove @ May 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Via: Democracy Now!
Slavoj Zizek, Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist. He is author of more than fifty books, including the forthcoming In Defense of Lost Causes.
AMY GOODMAN: Today, we spend a half of the broadcast with renowned philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Zizek. He has been called “the Elvis of cultural theory,” widely considered one […]

More on page 419

Google and the Renaming of the Persian Gulf

Irancove @ May 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Trita Parsi has a great article on Google changing the name of the historically and internationally recognized Persian Gulf to the “Arabian Gulf” on Google Earth.
What Do Google and Saddam Have in Common?
By Trita Parsi
Google has a funny way of doing business — one that involves muddying politics in the Middle East.
In recent months, the […]

More on page 418

NIAC Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Hassan Daioleslam

Irancove @ May 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Source: NIAC
Washington, DC - On April 30, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) filed a lawsuit against Hassan Daioleslam in response to his defamatory articles about NIAC. Daioleslam, who has been identified by former members of the terrorist-listed Mujahedin organization as a member of the group’s executive committee, has since early 2007 mischaracterized NIAC’s anti-war […]

More on page 417