Media Myths about Iran By Phil Wilayto (Hamilton) Mar 18 2010 -...
A speech on "Media Myths about Iran" By Phil Wilayto at McMaster University Hamilton Canada. In this speech Phil is focusing on the US...
A speech on "Media Myths about Iran" By Phil Wilayto at McMaster University Hamilton Canada. In this speech Phil is focusing on the US government and media drive to create a justification for war and sanctions against Iran.
Phil Wilayto is an organizer and writer based in Richmond, Virginia, USA, where he is a co-founder of the community organization Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality and the editor of the quarterly newspaper The Virginia Defender. A civilian organizer in the Vietnam War GI Movement, he is a founding member of the Virginia Anti-War Network and the Virginia People's Assembly and a member of the Continuations Body of the National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations.
In July 2007 Phil organized a five-member People's Peace Delegation to Iran, a project that became the basis for his book “In Defense of Iran: Notes from a U.S. Peace Delegation's Journey through the Islamic Republic.” Along with other CASMII members, Phil has led workshops on Iran at national conferences of the National Assembly, Historians Against the War and United for Peace & Justice. He has been interviewed on Democracy Now, PressTV and National Public Radio, among other news outlets.
Book: "In Defense of Iran http://www.defendersfje.org/dpi/
He can be reached at
[email protected]
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Police Violence on ISO Rally against israel - 01 June 2010 - Gujrati and...
Police Voilence on ISO (Imamia Students Organization) rally against Israeli Crimes a Question for Pakistani Authority is this democracy or...
Police Voilence on ISO (Imamia Students Organization) rally against Israeli Crimes a Question for Pakistani Authority is this democracy or dictatorship. Shame on Pakistani Police!
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Bush Dynasty: Who rules Democracy? June 2010 - English
Journalist Russ Baker is the author of "Family of Secrets", a book which gives an insight into the Bush family. Mr. Baker spoke to RT...
Journalist Russ Baker is the author of "Family of Secrets", a book which gives an insight into the Bush family. Mr. Baker spoke to RT about how powerful the clan is and how much influence it still has in the White House. The book is full of sensational allegations, from the family's link to the JFK assassination and the Watergate scandal, to the clan's deep involvement with the CIA.
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Noam Chomsky on Obama Administration and US Foreign Policy - Jul2010 -...
Noam Chomsky, renowned for both his work in the field of linguistics and as a critic of US policies, offers a critical perspective on the foreign...
Noam Chomsky, renowned for both his work in the field of linguistics and as a critic of US policies, offers a critical perspective on the foreign policy of the Obama administration. Professor Chomsky is often considered one of the most respected and influential intellectuals alive, and is currently a Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at MIT. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman introduces Professor Chomsky and shares her experience in Haiti in the wake of the 2010 earthquake there.
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How The Elite Control Politics - English
It is very important for us all to realise that we're living under a simple but clever system that has been designed to contain revolution whilst...
It is very important for us all to realise that we're living under a simple but clever system that has been designed to contain revolution whilst projecting the illusion of being a free, fair and open democracy. The 2-party system provides firm support for the elite to implement their agenda from the top down, whilst the ordinary people at the grassroots level squabble between themselves over which political party is the best. In reality, it doesn't matter which of the two parties you vote for because the same agenda will unfold regardless. Hence, both parties are controlled at the very top by the same force.
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[English][LQ][FULL] Ahmadinejad Speech to mark the 32nd anniversary of...
Ahmadinejads Speech at Azadi Square to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that...
Ahmadinejads Speech at Azadi Square to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that a new Middle East will be created in the near future without the United States and Israel.
"I assure you that despite all evil and complicated plans, and thanks to the resistance of nations, there will be a new Middle East but without the US and the Zionist regime [of Israel]," he told the Iranians gathering at Tehran's Azadi Square to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
The Iranian president also urged the arrogant powers not to interfere in the internal affairs of the region's countries such as Egypt and Tunisia.
"What are you doing in Afghanistan? What are these military bases in the region for? Are you compassionate or hypocrite?" Ahmadinejad asked.
He also argued that the West is deceitful in claiming that with the two-state slogan it can pave the way for Israel to dominate the region.
Hailing the revolution in Egypt, the Iranian president warned the Egyptian people to be vigilant, insisting that "It is your right to be free. It is your right to decide your government, and it is your right to freely express yourself about your country and global issues."
"Be united and do not fear corrupt governments, and victory is near," he added.
In Egypt, thousands of people gathered outside the presidential palace in Cairo on Friday after President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down amid repeated calls for his resignation.
Tensions are expected to escalate further on the eighteenth day of pro-democracy protests as millions are to come together at mosques for Muslim communal prayers on Friday.
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Bring Forth The Revolution - English
World can not run the way it is right now. 20% of the world population consuming 80% of world's resources and 80% of the population consuming 20%...
World can not run the way it is right now. 20% of the world population consuming 80% of world's resources and 80% of the population consuming 20% of the world resources. Unfaithful dictators and the puppets of the world hegemonic powers have NO RIGHT to rule over the public. Pious ones from amongst the people should be making decisions on the behalf of the people. The criteria is piety, clean past, simple life style, awareness of what our creator has ordained for us, knows what justice means in its true sense. This is the best case scenario till Imam Mahdi (a.s) takes over the charge of this world.
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بحرین اور سعودی عرب کی انقلابی تحریکیں...
بحرین اور سعودی عرب کی انقلابی تحریکیں Bahrain and Saudi Revolutions - Urdu
بحرین اور سعودی عرب کی انقلابی تحریکیں Bahrain and Saudi Revolutions - Urdu
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Syria President offers more freedoms after forces kill 37 - 24Mar2011 -...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-syria-idUSTRE72N2MC20110324.
President Bashar al-Assad made an unprecedented pledge of greater...
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-syria-idUSTRE72N2MC20110324.
President Bashar al-Assad made an unprecedented pledge of greater freedom and more prosperity to Syrians Thursday as anger mounted following a crackdown on protesters that left at least 37 dead.
As an aide to Assad in Damascus read out a list of decrees, which included a possible end to 48 years of emergency rule, a human rights group said a leading pro-democracy activist, Mazen Darwish, had been arrested.
In the southern city of Deraa, a hospital official said at least 37 people had been killed there Wednesday when security forces opened fire on demonstrators inspired by uprisings across the Arab world that have shaken authoritarian leaders.
Announcing the sort of concessions that would have seemed almost unimaginable three months ago in Syria, Assad adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told a news conference the president had not himself ordered his forces to fire on protesters:
"I was a witness to the instructions of His Excellency that live ammunition should not be fired -- even if the police, security forces or officers of the status were being killed."
Assad, she said, would draft laws to provide for media freedoms and allow political movements other than the Baath party, which has ruled for half a century.
Assad, who succeed his late father Hafez al-Assed in 2000, had, Shaaban said, decreed the drafting of a law for political parties "to be presented for public debate" and would strive above all to raise living standards across the country.
She said another decree would look at "ending with great urgency the emergency law, along with issuing legislation that assures the security of the nation and its citizens."
DERAA KILLINGS
Security forces opened fire on hundreds of youths on the outskirts of Deraa Wednesday, witnesses said, after nearly a week of protests in which seven civilians had already died.
The main hospital in Deraa, in southern Syria near the Jordanian border, had received the bodies of at least 37 protesters killed Wednesday, a hospital official said.
Around 20,000 people marched Thursday in the funerals for nine of those killed, chanting freedom slogans and denying official accounts that infiltrators and "armed gangs" were behind the killings and violence in Deraa.
"Traitors do not kill their own people," they chanted. "God, Syria, Freedom. The blood of martyrs is not spilled in vain!"
As Syrian soldiers armed with automatic rifles roamed the streets of the southern city, residents emptied shops of basic goods and said they feared Assad's government was intent on crushing the revolt by force.
Assad, a close ally of Iran, key player in neighboring Lebanon and supporter of militant groups opposed to Israel, had earlier dismissed demands for reform in Syria, a country of 20 million people run by the Baath Party since a 1963 coup. Assad's father took personal in 1970.
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Rally for Bahrain - Downtown Vancouver BC Canada Mar. 26, 2011 - English
Rally in Vancouver, Canada held in solidarity with Bahrain
For best LIVE coverage of Bahrain, Egyptian, & Other Revolutions check out the Press TV...
Rally in Vancouver, Canada held in solidarity with Bahrain
For best LIVE coverage of Bahrain, Egyptian, & Other Revolutions check out the Press TV website and click WATCH LIVE
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Protesters return to Egypts Tahrir square - 01Apr2011 - English
Thousands of people have gathered in Cairo's Tahrir [Liberation] Square.
Pro-reform activists say they fear the country's revolution is under...
Thousands of people have gathered in Cairo's Tahrir [Liberation] Square.
Pro-reform activists say they fear the country's revolution is under threat.
They are calling for the country's military government to punish the remaining members of former President Hosni Mubarak's regime.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Cairo, Egypt.
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Egyptians call on ruling junta to implement reforms - Apr 2, 2011 - English
People have once again demonstrated in the Egyptian capital Cairo, calling on the ruling junta to step up political and social reforms.
Press...
People have once again demonstrated in the Egyptian capital Cairo, calling on the ruling junta to step up political and social reforms.
Press TV's Ehab Zahriyeh reports from Cairo
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The Siege of Syria -English
After admittedly organizing, training, funding, and equipping the very mobs littering Syria’s streets, many of whom have resorted to arson and...
After admittedly organizing, training, funding, and equipping the very mobs littering Syria’s streets, many of whom have resorted to arson and armed clashes with Syrian security forces, the United States is pressuring the Syrian government to step down. The US does not expect a sovereign nation to stand-down in the face of openly foreign-funded sedition, rather it is simply using the resulting violence to justify wider intervention and the eventual seizure and despoiling of yet another Arab nation.
The coverage by the corporate-owned Western media exclusively relies on “activists inside and outside the country,” the London-based “Syrian Human Rights Monitoring Centre” which apparently has no web presence, the Damascus Center for Human Rights which boasts memberships with the National Endowment for Democracy and Tides Foundation-funded International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, funded by the European Union, the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Open Society Institute, the Sigrid Rausing Trust, and Humanity United.
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[Comment with Galloway] Bahrains crown prince visit to US and UK, Yemen...
Some of the topics talked over in this edition of Press TV's Comment are as follows:
-Fraternization of western leaders with the rulers of...
Some of the topics talked over in this edition of Press TV's Comment are as follows:
-Fraternization of western leaders with the rulers of Bahrain, regardless of the suppression of the democracy movement.
-Yemenis' getting rid of Saleh dictatorship
- Ofcom and its ruling against Press TV
- UK training of Saudi troops
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