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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Buried, altered, silenced: 4 ways government climate information has changed since Trump took office

Buried, altered, silenced: 4 ways government climate information has changed since Trump took office

By Morgan Currie and Britt S. Paris | The Conversation | – – After Donald Trump won the presidential election, hundreds of volunteers around the […]

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Syria: A Market bombing kills 38 and Explains why Government won Syria War

Syria: A Market bombing kills 38 and Explains why Government won Syria War

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A rocket fired by rebel forces at a market, Kashkul, in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Increasingly Ludicrous WH denial that Austin bombings were "terrorism"

Increasingly Ludicrous WH denial that Austin bombings were “terrorism”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Update: The suspect in the central Texas bombings is dead, after he detonated a bomb in […]

Juan Cole

BDS Occupied Territories
Actor Cynthia Nixon, NY Governor Hopeful, attacked over Israel Boycott

Actor Cynthia Nixon, NY Governor Hopeful, attacked over Israel Boycott

Middle East Monitor | – – A leading pro-Israel activist is attempting to derail an American actor’s bid to become the governor of New York […]

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Authoritarianism
French Ex-President Sarkozy arrested over Libya Campaign money Charges

French Ex-President Sarkozy arrested over Libya Campaign money Charges

TeleSur | – – Sarkozy has categorically denied receiving any campaign funding from the North African country. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was detained by […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
On Seeing America’s Wars Whole: Six Questions for the New York Times

On Seeing America’s Wars Whole: Six Questions for the New York Times

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Dear Mr. Sulzberger: Congratulations on assuming the reins of this nation’s — and arguably, the […]

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racism
A "Serial Bomber" in Austin?  Civil Rights Activists Targeted and Trump is Silent

A “Serial Bomber” in Austin? Civil Rights Activists Targeted and Trump is Silent

TeleSur | – – Two of the people who were killed belonged to African-American families with deep roots to city’s Black, religious and civil-rights groups. […]

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Internet
The more Computers know about you, the less Free you Are: Is there a Fix?

The more Computers know about you, the less Free you Are: Is there a Fix?

By Dirk Helbing | (Project Syndicate) | – – Economic revolutions often bring profound social change, affecting everything from jobs to family size. With the […]

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Cambridge Analytica as the Matrix: Information Dominance and the Next Level of Fake News

Cambridge Analytica as the Matrix: Information Dominance and the Next Level of Fake News

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The 1999 film “The Matrix,” written by Lana Wachowski (formerly Laurence “Larry” Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski […]

Juan Cole

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