Politics of Resistance Conference at The New School

US begins airdrops of food and water into Haiti

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8466973.stm

Chavez: US uses earthquake to occupy Haiti

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=116425&sectionid=351020706

Note: Press TV is under the control of Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Iranian Rap: Quf feat. Bidad "Basse Moftbari", produced by Mahdyar Aghajani

This track is so extremely haunting, beautiful, and intense that it is almost painful--in a good way. I love the music, Bidad's eerie traditional vocals and Quf rapping the slang poetry. Plus, the production and mix are deep and amazing.
The song and an English translation of the lyrics can be found at http://madyaraghajani.com/ , as well as the track credits:
Title: Basse Moftbari
Rapper: Quf
Traditional Vocals: Bidad
Producer: Mahdyar Aghajani
Written by: M. Aghajani, A. Ghahremani, A. Ghassemi, S. Lashkari, J. Rowhani
Mixed by: Mahdyar Aghajani, Guy Buss
Mastered by: Guy Buss

This post originally appeared here:
http://www.iranian.com/main/blog/jigsawnovich/rap-e-fars-quf-bidad-basse-moftbari-produced-mahdyar-aghajani

Kindness is what love looks like in public

"Funk--the raw stuff of life. Recognizing that you got to find yourself--but there is dangerous freedom in the Funk. Don't want to get funky. That ain't love. Soul is the sharing of soothing sweetness against the backdrop of the Funk. Kindness is a species of justice. Kindness is what love looks like in public."--Cornell West

Evidence of Hezbollah Involvement with Prof's Assassination?

http://iranian.com/main/blog/onlyiran/evidence-lebanese-hezbollah-involvement-prof-ali-mohammadis-assassination

Political Hackers are Getting Busy

A couple days ago the "Iranian Green Army" hacked the Iranian Hizbollah website. Third choice down on the http://hizbollah.ir/ homepage still redirects to http://www.getasexpartner.com/hiz-bol.htm. But now, instead of the green screen, etc., (see related post http://www.iranian.com/main/blog/jigsawnovich/hackers-redirect-visitors-hizbollah-site) there is a photo of Supreme Leader Khamenei with the IRI flag in the background, and the following message:
"Site has been returned,and the Hacker(s) Has Been Traced By Iranian Cyber Army , We will catch them as soon possible."
Of course, you may remember that Twitter was hacked by "Iranian Cyber Army" on December 17, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7BcDbxY2Wk
and more recently, China's Search Engine Giant was also attacked by "Iranian Cyber Army." http://blog.trendmicro.com/iranian-cyber-army-strikes-at-china’s-search-engine-giant-chinese-hackers-retaliate/

'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death in Iraq

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/01/20101177190839368.html

Fidel Castro's reflections on Haiti

http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2010/enero/vier15/Reflections-14enero.html

The U.S. Military in Haiti: A Compassionate Invasion

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/02880419533791953494195432600;_ylt=AnbNjRIrfZJMAf4DxUePIL9H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTNrNjBtNmNhBGFzc2V0A3RpbWUvMjAxMDAxMTYvMDI4ODA0MTk1MzM3OTE5NTM0OTQxOTU0MzI2MDAEY2NvZGUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDdGhldXNtaWxpdGFy