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www.cato-unbound.org | ||
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www.lrb.co.uk
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| | | | | One has to wonder whether the advocates of a new Cold War have taken the measure of the challenge posed by 21st-century... | |
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www.keanuheydari.com
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| | | | | This article examines how a segment of the Iranian diaspora-particularly those identifying with "neo-monarchist" ideals-employs nostalgia to mythologize Iran's Pahlavi past and rally political support for restoring the monarchy. Drawing on theorists like Kathleen Stewart and Hamid Naficy, it demonstrates how nostalgia functions as a "cultural practice" that can distort history and spark reactionary political fervor. Through examples from Los Angeles ("Tehrangeles"), the January 6 Capitol attack, and social media groups praising the late Shah, the piece illustrates how idealized memories of imperial Iran galvanize newly established organizations like Iranian Americans for Liberty, which advocate a U.S.-backed overthrow of the Islamic Republic. Ultimately, it warns that such nostalgia can foster discord rather than unity, serving as a powerful yet potentially regressive political force within the diaspora. | |
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dissidentvoice.org
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| | | In the US presidential election on 5 November 2024, American voters provided people in the United States and elsewhere a stupendous gift: the ouster of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration. Simultaneously, the voters bequeathed fellow Americans and people of the world the nightmare of four more years of Donald Trump. Prior to the election, I | ||
