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Jan 2025
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Frankenstein's Monster In New Orleans | ...

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Terror in New Orleans after a driver plows into crowds on Bourbon Street on new years eve. Ten years ago I asked then PM David Cameron if he'd read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. ISIS and Al Qaeda monsters in control of Syria, the Arab world is falling apart, I no longer recognise it.


Professor Seyed Marandi and Chris hedges return to Moats first outing in 2025, surely it can't get worse than 2024, can it?


Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi: Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran 

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/s_m_marandi

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Prof.MohammadMarandi/


Chris Hedges: Journalist, Writer and Political Commentator

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrislynnhedges

- YouTube: The Chris Hedges Report on 

https://youtube.com/@therealnews

- The Chris Hedges Report site: https://chrishedges.substack.com/

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