Corey Hunt

Corey Hunt is a freelance journalist, blogger, and human rights activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in Concord, Massachusetts, he grew up in New Hampshire and moved to California at the age of 16. He recently spent time with Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq and with refugees on the Turkey-Syria border, near the flashpoint city of Kobane. He has also authored numerous drug war dispatches from Mexico and studied Islam while visiting both India and Nepal. Other travels he has undertaken include Colombia, Venezuela, and Sri Lanka. He is a vigorous supporter of Iranian democracy, especially since 2009. His website can be found at coreyhunt.wordpress.com.

Most Recent Articles by Corey Hunt:

Peace and a new beginning are not on the horizon April 24, 2015

Make no mistake: the war everyone fears is already here

Alex Jones scores one for tyranny April 25, 2013

Iranian Press TV: While claiming to defend America from a dystopic future, a popular radio host turns to a land that is already there

Blasphemy: the first order of business November 11, 2012

Just hours after President Obama is re-elected, the “anti-Islam” filmmaker is sentenced to prison

A Descent Back to the Dark Ages October 29, 2012

Women's rights and the presidential election

Priorities Must Be Reconsidered Immediately September 25, 2012

Outrage over the anti-Islam film reaches the UN as more serious issues plague the Middle East and Beyond

The Arab Spring Hollows Out September 17, 2012

Why calls for democracy in the Middle East can no longer be taken seriously