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Juan Cole

Donald Trump
We did Trump to Ourselves and Should Own up to It; Mueller and Putin can't Save US

We did Trump to Ourselves and Should Own up to It; Mueller and Putin can’t Save US

Juan Cole

All this is not to say that Putin did not try to put Trump in. He did.

Islam
Building Bridges: Juan Cole Interview on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires

Building Bridges: Juan Cole Interview on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires

Juan Cole

Andrew C Condon interviewed me in this podcast on my new book abut peace themes in the Qur’an and the life of the Prophet Muhammad. Andrew is with the Bridge Initiative, aimed at combating Islamophobia, of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at Georgetown University Building Bridges Interview with Juan Cole […]

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No, Trump did not Defeat ISIL: He Executed Obama's Plan

No, Trump did not Defeat ISIL: He Executed Obama’s Plan

Juan Cole

American, Lefist-Kurdish Flags raised Over ISIL’s last Sliver of Territory in E. Syria

Donald Trump
Leaked Audio Exposes Oil & Gas Execs Laughing With Joy Over Cozy Access to Trump Officials

Leaked Audio Exposes Oil & Gas Execs Laughing With Joy Over Cozy Access to Trump Officials

Juan Cole

By Jon Queally, staff writer |- (Commondreams.org) – “It’s really a new world for us and very, very helpful,” said powerful fossil fuel lobby group’s CEO during closed-door meeting A newly-leaked audio recording reveals that oil and gas executives in a private meeting were “giddy” with laughter in the summer of 2017 as they rejoiced […]

Donald Trump
How Trump's Recognition of Israeli Usurpation of Syrian Golan Strengthens Iran, Russia in ME

How Trump’s Recognition of Israeli Usurpation of Syrian Golan Strengthens Iran, Russia in ME

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump’s call for recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights, a part of Syria, is intended to help his and his donors’ ally Binyamin Netanyahu win the Israeli elections. It is another example of his uncanny ability to sabotage his own policies. Not to mention to sabotage any […]

Islamophobia
Islamophobia is no Myth: NZ Mosque attacks show it is is real, deadly and spreading around the world

Islamophobia is no Myth: NZ Mosque attacks show it is is real, deadly and spreading around the world

Juan Cole

It is about time we started to hold the media, and those that peddle far-right hatred

Featured
2020 Dem Presidential Hopefuls Flee Israel lobbies’ AIPAC after MoveOn.org Boycott Call

2020 Dem Presidential Hopefuls Flee Israel lobbies’ AIPAC after MoveOn.org Boycott Call

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders is “concerned about the platform AIPAC is providing for leaders who have expressed bigotry and oppose a two-state solution.”

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How Bush's War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and Climate Catastrophe

How Bush’s War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and Climate Catastrophe

Juan Cole

This sort of glib rhetoric was to cost the lives of nearly 5,000 American military personnel and the lives of several hundred thousand Iraqis

Colonialism
No, Fox's Katie Pavlich, the US wasn't the First to Abolish Slavery

No, Fox’s Katie Pavlich, the US wasn’t the First to Abolish Slavery

Juan Cole

Fox Cable News’ Katie Pavlich asserted Tuesday, “They keep blaming America for slavery, but the truth is that throughout human history slavery has existed. America came along as the first country to end it within 150 years. And we get no credit for that.” Seriously, how utterly and comprehensively brain dead stupid and ignorant do […]

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