Here’s something that might help: a library of material on nonviolent struggle from the Albert Einstein Institution. None of it is in Persian, but there are translations in multiple languages, including Azeri and Arabic, so hopefully someone can speak one of the languages and put it to use. Good luck. P.S. For the regressive shouting-heads [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Iran’
For the People of Iran
Posted: June 24, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Albert Einstein Institution, Iran, nonviolence, nonviolent struggle
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Drop Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, Part 5: Iran
Posted: March 25, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghan National Army, Afghanistan, ANA, COIN, counterinsurgency, Iran, ISAF, Obama
Flooding any area with large numbers of armed people will always have larger ramifications than just the security implications in the immediate area. In Afghanistan, we have to look to the borders, to Pakistan and to Iran, to understand the implications of an escalation. In both cases, escalation poses grave risks for U.S. interests. Let’s [...]
American Militarism and a Christian Way Out
Posted: September 16, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Iran, Iraq, Jesus, military-industrial complex, nonviolence, Petraeus
The anti-war movement in the U.S. has been described as the weakest social movement in America, and for good reason. The Military Industrial Complex (MIC) 2.0 is very, very smart. It understands that Congress wields the power of the purse, and so it distributes its business across every single congressional district, thereby investing most Members’ [...]
Security
Posted: August 15, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: civilian diplomacy, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Iran, security
Hank Brusselback for VP, please. “If the government isn’t willing to talk to people, then the people need to be willing to (talk to each other),” Brusselback said. “It comes from a belief in the nature of security — it’s not about weapons, fear and posturing on the world stage. It’s about communication, talking to [...]
