Good afternoon. Why does some parts of the past live on while others disappear. How do cities decide which buildings to preserve and which to tear down or which people to include in a history textbook and which to omit.These are not random events. Even a house accidentally destroyed in a fire can be rebuilt exactly as it was or in a totally new fashion. Similarly, someone, some volunteer or curator decides which objects will be put on display in a museum and what the labels about them will say.These decisio ...

The repression has intensified. The fact is the executions reflect the degree of violence and cruelty the Islamic Republic has unleashed against the Iranian people. Arrests have become far more widespread and have now reached layers of society that although always under threat hadn't been directly targeted like this before.I see the repression now as extremely serious. The establishment's violence against its own people is a naked one, and I know people are deeply angry. ...

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