After six years in jail, the Iranian "Blogfather" says today's internet has changed - for the worse
Have you ever heard the saying “living under a rock”? Probably as a sarcastic context, but imagine taking this perspective, multiplied by six years, to criticize the state of the Internet today. That's exactly what Iranian-Canadian journalist and blogger Hossein Derakhshan did this past week with his Medium Matter essay entitled “The Web We Have to Save: The rich, diverse, free web that I loved – and spent years in an Iranian jail for – is dying.”
Casting Jewish-American boycott activists as hypocrites
Last Friday, Channel 2′s popular weekend news show, “Ulpan Shishi,” ran a report by leading anchor Danny Kushmaro, who traveled to the United States to interview the Jews behind the boycott Israel movement. Why Jews, specifically? Because Kushmaro believes Jews must have a special connection to Israel.
The fight for Zabadani
“Who said Zabadani fell to the regime and Hezbollah forces? They are not able to breach its defenses; they’re just fighting in its suburbs!” The Syrian activist, who spoke to NOW on condition of anonymity for security reasons, says that he was in touch with some of the rebels entrenched in Zabadani. “The people in Zabadani want nothing but to be free, and the rebels are still fighting for it,” he insisted.
