Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.
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Juan Cole: Islam, History and the Enlargement of the Self
They discuss Cole’s career, ranging from his upbringing in a military family to becoming a leading public intellectual during the Iraq War
An Atomic Armageddon? Will the U.S. and Russia Abandon All Nuclear Restraints?
Russian and American leaders will face no barriers to the expansion of those thermonuclear arsenals
Melting Ice Makes the Greenland Minerals Trump Wants Dangerous to Extract: Climate Change
the Arctic’s climate is changing more rapidly than anywhere on Earth, further increasing the already substantial economic and personal risk
Genocide in Gaza, Apartheid in the Palestinian West Bank: UN Report
Palestinians face “criminal prosecution in military courts during which their due process and fair trial rights are systematically violated.”
The Power Play President
For Trump, peace negotiations and military operations are simply different means to the same end: total control
Iran Protests have put the Country’s Political System on Trial
The unrest poses the most serious challenge to Iran’s political establishment since 2022
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel Rally against Military Conscription, with one Killed after they attack Bus
An Israeli police statement blamed the demonstrators, saying that they had disturbed the peace, closed off streets, damaged buses
With Maduro Abduction, the US Addiction to Regime Change is now farcical
Maduro’s arrest revives a familiar US fantasy: that removing a strongman brings stability. From Iraq to Afghanistan, history suggests otherwise
Trump’s War on Women: Bodies, Roles, and Futures at Risk
Trump has made his intention to rid the government of women crystal clear — with some window-dressing exceptions
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