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This is my last post because I am no longer welcome here. I am not sorry for wearing out my welcome. My poems about Neda Soltan needed to be written. I'm only sorry in that censoring All my poems the moderators also censored dozens of great poems by other authors posted in the best of 2009, 2010, and 2011 selections. My apology is to these poets. I leaned so much and enjoyed all my time here. I wish everybody well.

Reza Moghadassi, the managing editor of the conservative site Mehr, has criticised the Government's media law for "restricting the free flow of information more and more each day". The Government's recent decree would allow the Ministry of Communications to filter a website immediately after a ban was issued by the Media Supervisory Council.

Tucson schools bans books by Chicano and Native American authors TUCSON -- Outrage was the response to the news that Tucson schools has banned books, including "Rethinking Columbus," with an essay by award-winning Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko, who lives in Tucson, and works by Buffy Sainte Marie, Winona LaDuke, Leonard Peltier and Rigoberta Menchu. The decision to ban Chicano and Native American books follows the 4 to 1 vote on Tuesday by the Tucson Unified School District board to succumb to the State of Arizona, and forbid Mexican American Studies, rather than fight the state decision. Students said the banned books were seized from their classrooms and out of their hands, after Tucson schools banned Mexican American Studies, including a book of photos of Mexico. Crying, students said it was like Nazi Germany, and they were unable to sleep since it happened. The banned book, "Rethinking Columbus," includes work by many Native Americans, as Debbie Reese reports, the book includes: Suzan Shown Harjo's "We Have No Reason to Celebrate" Buffy Sainte-Marie's "My Country, 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying" Joseph Bruchac's "A Friend of the Indians" Cornel Pewewardy's "A Barbie-Doll Pocahontas" N. Scott Momaday's "The Delight Song of Tsoai-Talee" Michael Dorris's "Why I'm Not Thankful for Thanksgiving" Leslie Marmon's "Ceremony" Wendy Rose's "Three Thousand Dollar Death Song" Winona LaDuke's "To the Women of the World: Our Future, Our Responsibility" The now banned reading list of the Tucson schools' Mexican American Studies includes two books by Native American author Sherman Alexie and a book of poetry by O'odham poet Ofelia Zepeda. Continues http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/brenda-norrell/2012/01/tucson-schools-bans-books-chicano-and-native-american-authors