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“Let My People Go!”: Natan Sharansky and the Movement to Save Soviet Jews
Abbas Daris, a protester who was sentenced to death
Kamran Samimi, a Bahai who was executed
Aziz Ghasemzadeh, a teacher activist
Neighbor
Assassins Turquoise
Democracy
Doctors and revolution
Maryam Amouzegar: “teaching Students with Autism”
Guide for Iranian Asylum Seekers in Turkey, by Kouhyar Goudarzi
Jaron Lanier: “You are not a Gadget”
Hossein Ronaghi’s letter from prison “I Will Not Bow to the Unfair and Unjust Judiciary”
Center for Civic Ed: “Elements of Democracy”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Address on Women’s Rights to the Legislature of New York
Progressio: “Capacity Building for Local NGOs: a Guidance Manual for Good Practice”
Mohammad Nourizad: “a Mother’s Sorrow”
John Gray: “the Violent Visions of Slavoj Žižek”
Adel Daher: “a Philosophical Critique of Islamism”
Ann Elizabeth Mayer: “Islam and Human Rights”
Selected Tavaana Democracy and Human Rights Case Studies
United Nations: “the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health”
Hassan Yousefi Eshkevari: “No! This is No Longer My God!”
Civitas/center for Civic Ed: “foundations of Democracy”
Dr. Rachel Pruchno: “What to Do When Someone is Suicidal”
Behnam Ebrahimzadeh’s Letter to His Son From Prison
The Seneca Falls Convention’s Declaration of Sentiments
Eleanor Roosevelt: “The Struggle for Human Rights”
Elie Wiesel: “the Perils of Indifference”
Mohammed Arkoun: “From Ijtihad to the Critique of Islamic Reason”
Andrew Carnegie: “the Gospel of Wealth”
“We Shall Overcome” & “O Freedom”
Roya Hakakian’s Interview on Popular Resistance to Antisemitism in Iran
Kant: “Idea for a Universal History With a Cosmopolitan Intent”
Kant: “Perpetual Peace: a Philosophical Sketch”
Elham Asghari, Iranian Female Swimmer’s Message “I Will Not Submit to Bullying!”
National Democratic Institute: “Civic Participation Glossary”
Adam Michnik’s Letters From Prison
Center for Civic Education: Foundations of Democracy
Malala Yousafzai’s Speech at the United Nations
Steve Crenshaw & John Jackson: “Small Acts of Resistance”
Joseph Schumpeter: “Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy”
Robert D. Putnam: “Democracy”
Samuel P. Huntington: “Democracy’s Third Wave”
Mancur Olson: “Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development”
Carole Pateman: “Participation and Democratic Theory”
Adam Przeworski: “Minimalist Conception of Democracy: a Defense”
Gohar Eshgi’s Message on Her Son, Slain Blogger Sattar Beheshti
Larry Diamond: “Liberation Technology”
South Africa’s Negotiated Transition, by Courtney Jung and Ian Shapiro
Inglehart & Baker: “modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values”
Anne Phillips: “the Representation of Women”
David Held: “the Transformation of Political Community: Rethinking Democracy in the Context of Globalization”
Bruce Russet: “Democracy and Peace”
Farzad Kamangar’s unpublished Letter to his beloved
Jila Baniyaghoob’s Story “Three Years have Passed”
Zia Nabavi’s Excruciating Story
Mohammad Nourizad’s Message “We have killed People”
Mohammad Nourizad’s Message “Mohammad, you weren’t there to see”
Massoud Bastani’s Farewell Before Returning to Prison
Majid Tavakoli’s letter from prison “For Change”
Sattar Beheshti’s final post “they tell us not to talk or they will shut our mouths”
Freedom House & Shanker Institute: “Democracy Web”
Isaiah Berlin: “two Concepts of Liberty”
Iranian Student Union’s 2012 message to Khamenei
Charlotte Bunch: “Transforming Human Rights From a Feminist Perspective”
US Holocaust Museum: “the Path to Nazi Genocide”
Gudula Geuther and Mathias Metzener: “Fundamental Rights”
Civitas: “The Nature of the State”
Montesquieu: “The Spirit of the Laws”
Tony Judt: “Postwar: a History of Europe Since 1945”
Nasr Abu Zayd: “Reformation of Islamic Thought”
Vladimir Tismăneanu: “the Devil in History”
Majid Tavakoli’s Memento of Resilience and Resistance
Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Press Conference
Reagan’s Speech at Moscow State University
Guide for Iranian Asylum Seekers in Turkey
Saeed Sabzian: “on Sorrow and Repression in Iranian Music”
Daryoush Ashouri: “modernity and Us” an Interview
Kamran Rahimian’s Letter From Prison to Mohammad Nourizad
Hossein Raeesi “Children’s Justice Manual”
Majid Mohammedi: “a Look at the Institutions and Decision Making of the Judiciary in the Islamic Republic of Iran”
Benjamin Constant: “the Liberty of the Ancients Compared With That of the Moderns”
How to Build a Good Small NGO
Iranian Student’s Statement “repeal Gender Discrimination in Higher Education”
Mir Hossein Mousavi’s Daughter: “they Slapped Us in the Face and Wanted Us to Strip Naked”
Massoud Kordpour’s Letter to Rouhani From Prison
Lynn Hunt: “Inventing Human Rights: a History”
Philippe C. Schmitter & Terry Lynn Karl: “what Democracy is…and is Not”
Adam Przeworski et. al: “what Makes Democracies Endure?”
Martin Luther King Jr: “I Have a Dream”
John Stuart Mill: “On Liberty”
Andrew Hamilton “Defense of Freedom of the Press”
War and Holocaust
Women’s Rights Case Studies
Mehdi Karroubi’s Critique of Iranian Ruling Elite’s Repression and Corruption
Technology Case Studies
Democracy and Human Rights Case Studies
Margaret Sanger: “the Right to One’s Body”
John Ehrenberg: “Civil Society: the Critical History of an Idea”
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: “the Solitude of Self”
Susan B. Anthony’s Speech “women’s Right to Vote”
Betty Friedan: “The Feminine Mystique”
Emma Lazarus: “The New Colossus”
Woodrow Wilson’s Campaign Speeches “The New Freedom”
Danchurchaid: “the ABCs of Advocacy”
Thomas Jefferson: “Notes on the State of Virginia – Religion”
Andrei Sakharov: “Peace, Progress, and Human Rights”
Hannah Arendt: “Men in Dark Times”
Gohar Eshghi to Rouhani “we Expect You to Keep Your Oath”
Jafar Panahi to Hassan Rouhani “Do Not Try to Establish a New System of Censorship!”
Center for Civic Ed: “Teaching Civic Education: a User Manual”
Emma Watson: “Gender Equality is Your Issue Too”
Amartya Sen: “Democracy as a Universal Value”
Kazem Alamdari: “Civil Society: Theories, Contexts, and Experiences”
Title Display: Saeed Sabzian: “Biopower” Disability and Social Change in Iran
Hossein Bastani: “Citizen Journalism Manual”
Mehrangiz Kar: “Children of Addiction”
Arash Naraghi: “Philosophy of Law”
Hossein Mirdamadi’s Letter to His Nephew, the Supreme Leader
Hossein Raeesi: “Protecting Children’s Rights”
Selected Tavaana Women’s Rights Case Studies
International Idea: “State of Local Democracy Assessment Framework”
Nasr Abu Zaid: “Innovation, Prohibition, and Hermeneutics”
Mohammed Nazari’s Open Letter From Prison
Xu Zhiyong’s Closing Statement at Court “for Freedom, Justice, and Love”
Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s Open Letter “why I Have Gone on Hunger Strike”
Frederick Douglass’ Independence Day Speech at Rochester
Rebecca Mackinnon: “Consent of the Networked”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman: “Women and Economics”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn “Live Not by Lies”
John Adams “Liberty and Knowledge”
Witness: “Video for Change”
Harry S. Truman’s Inaugural Address
Mohammad Maleki’s Letter on His Imprisonment and Torture
Majid Tavakoli’s Letter From Prison “let’s Remain on the Side of the People”
Writers’ Association of Iran: “December 4th, a day to say no to Censorship and Yes to Freedom of Speech”
Narges Mohammadi: the only thing I demand of You, Mr. President, is that Civil Society be realized
Peyman Aref’s letter to Rouhani “I Voted for you to keep Universities from turning into barracks”
Bahareh Hedayat’s Prison Interrogation Letter
Henry David Thoreau: “Civil Disobedience”
Henry David Thoreau: “Walden”
Atena Daemi & Golrokh Iraee’s open letter from Evin Prison
Mehrangiz Kar: “protecting Women’s Rights in Iran”
Nima Rashedan: “Advanced Digital Safety”
Mehdi Jami: “Blogging, Web Publishing, and Creative Activism with Network Security”
William Lloyd Garrison’s Prospectus for the Liberator
Anne Applebaum: “Iron Curtain”
Hashem Khastar: “Resign for Your Own Sake, Mr. Khamenei”
