Jodie Evans, CODEPINK Women for Peace: Action Blog. November 6, 2009. Meddling in Afghanistan’s elections and U.S. failure at every turn to deliver security and justice is increasing the potency of the Taliban.
Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch. August 24, 2009. What foreign reporting of elections in both Afghanistan and Iraq misses is that many ordinary Afghans and Iraqis see their governments as rackets run by political gangsters.
Tamim Ansary, AlterNet AlterNet: World. August 13, 2009. Author Tamim Ansary explains the upcoming elections in Afghanistan, and his hopes for America to do the right thing:
Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.. July 15, 2009. When we create the right environment for deliberative democracy, we can arrive at consensus. In that consensus, there is power.
Theresa Amato, The New Press. July 7, 2009. Third-party candidates are effectively shut out of the presidential race by the two major parties designed to squash the competition.
Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy. June 15, 2009. The May 11 numbers from Terror Free Tomorrow and The New America Foundation concluded, "Ahmadinejad Front Runner in Upcoming Elections."
Robert F. Worth, The New York Times June 15, 2009. More than half a million protesters massed in the streets of Tehran to renew the challenge to the outcome of the vote.
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. June 15, 2009. Can the United States speed the process for greater freedom in Iran? Yes. By staying out of the way as much as possible.
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. June 13, 2009. If it is true that Ahmadinejad's victory is fraudulent, it'll be a dream come true for those pushing a more confrontational approach with Iran.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: World. June 11, 2009. We're always at war with the real powers that be in Iran, but the definition of who's in power is incredibly fluid.
Anna Johnson, The Associated Press June 10, 2009. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's hard-line president took a final shot at his rivals Wednesday during his last public pre-election rally, accusing them of resorting to a smear campaign against him similar to the one used by Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister.
Hanna Ingber Win, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. February 10, 2009. In a surprise turn of events, exit polls show the centrist Kadima party as the leader of Israel's general election, reports Haaertz.
