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Juan Cole

Environmentalism
Can we ever Clean Torrents of Plastic Dumped in the Oceans?

Can we ever Clean Torrents of Plastic Dumped in the Oceans?

Juan Cole

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME (IPS) – With 30 countries from Kenya to Indonesia and from Canada to Brazil now involved in the world campaign to beat pollution by countering the torrents of plastic trash that are degrading oceans and endangering the life they sustain, the UN has strengthened […]

censorship
Will Egypt’s Jailed Youth Activists Ever See Justice?

Will Egypt’s Jailed Youth Activists Ever See Justice?

Juan Cole

Netizen Report | (Global Voices Online) | – – On 19 October, Egypt’s highest court of appeal postponed the trial of prominent activist and blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah to 8 November. The 36-year-old father and husband was a leading voice in the 2011 protests that helped to overthrow former president Hosni Mubarak. Abd El […]

Environmentalism
Forget Terrorism: Industrial Pollution causes 1 in every 6 deaths worldwide

Forget Terrorism: Industrial Pollution causes 1 in every 6 deaths worldwide

Juan Cole

By Sam Morgan | EURACTIV.com| – – A new study is the first to take into account all types of pollution. The results make difficult reading. Pollution causes 9 million deaths around the world every year, according to a landmark new study which found that one in six of all deaths are linked to polluted […]

Featured
Last counties in Kirkuk fall to Iraqi Gov't as Sistani calls for protection of Kurdish Citizens

Last counties in Kirkuk fall to Iraqi Gov’t as Sistani calls for protection of Kurdish Citizens

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Iraqi military and its Shiite militia auxiliaries have completed their reassertion in Kirkuk. The last pockets of resistance fell as units advanced on Altun Kupru, the last check point before you get to Erbil, one of the three Kurdistan provinces. In the process, there was […]

African-Americans
Like his hero Trump, John Kelly falsely smears Critics

Like his hero Trump, John Kelly falsely smears Critics

Juan Cole

The Real Fake News is the Trump White House

Bush
George W. Bush & GOP lack standing to bash Trump for Racism

George W. Bush & GOP lack standing to bash Trump for Racism

Juan Cole

From Willie Horton to Bridget McCain, the Bush’s were complicit with the GOP Southern strategy and its racist imperatives

Saudi Arabia
Why is Saudi Arabia suddenly so paranoid?

Why is Saudi Arabia suddenly so paranoid?

Juan Cole

By James L. Gelvin | (The Conversation) | – – In the past, Saudi Arabia depended upon its enormous oil wealth and the United States for its security. It used the former to buy friends and pay off enemies and potential enemies. It used the latter to guarantee its survival. With a few exceptions, Saudi […]

Feminism
Beyond the “Me Too” campaign: Sexual harassers and adult bullies

Beyond the “Me Too” campaign: Sexual harassers and adult bullies

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By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – His name was Jesse. I would have considered him to be handsome but for his dark eyes, which looked at me in a predatory manner. Dressed in his blue security guard uniform at the downtown Denver library, he looked official and authoritative. I was only sixteen, […]

Bush
Iran’s Khamenei: We’ll observe Deal if Europe does, despite “Charlatan,” Trump

Iran’s Khamenei: We’ll observe Deal if Europe does, despite “Charlatan,” Trump

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The Leader of Iran said that Trump’s obvious Stupidity should not Lull Iranians since he is sneaky

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