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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran
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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran

Ali Abootalebi

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Friday, June 13th, Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear, military, and civilian targets, just days […]

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

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Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

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US Centcom Commander in Syria to Coordinate Kurds, Arabs against ISIL

US Centcom Commander in Syria to Coordinate Kurds, Arabs against ISIL

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Robert Burns of AP reported on the visit inside Syria of the head of the US […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
New Turkish PM Firmly Behind Erdogan on Executive Presidency

New Turkish PM Firmly Behind Erdogan on Executive Presidency

TeleSur | – – Binali Yildirim was unanimously selected by members of Turkey’s ruling party to be the country’s next prime minister. Turkey’s incoming prime […]

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Education
Student Protest, Black Lives Matter, & the Corporate University

Student Protest, Black Lives Matter, & the Corporate University

By Aviva Chomsky | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – During the past academic year, an upsurge of student activism, a movement of millennials, has swept campuses […]

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Displaced and Refugees
UN Overwhelmed: Climate & Conflict have created 60 mn Refugees, Half of them Children

UN Overwhelmed: Climate & Conflict have created 60 mn Refugees, Half of them Children

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, May 20 2016 (IPS) – “We cannot keep jumping from crisis to crisis. We […]

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Acidification of Oceans
The Hottest Year on Record:  12th month in a row of unprecedented heat

The Hottest Year on Record: 12th month in a row of unprecedented heat

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – – “The planet keeps getting warmer. The level of destruction from natural disasters is also climbing. Cenk […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians Capture Israeli Extremists Who Attacked Farmers

Palestinians Capture Israeli Extremists Who Attacked Farmers

By IMEMC | – – Palestinian members of local neighborhood watch committee, in Talfit village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, managed […]

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Dissent
Baghdad on Lockdown not from fear of ISIL but of poor Protesters

Baghdad on Lockdown not from fear of ISIL but of poor Protesters

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Baghdad was a ghost town on Saturday,, as security forces fanned out, blocking key roads into […]

Juan Cole

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Egyptians "shocked" at Lieberman Appointment, note Barak's accusation of "fascism" in Tel Aviv

Egyptians “shocked” at Lieberman Appointment, note Barak’s accusation of “fascism” in Tel Aviv

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – What do Israel’s Arab neighbors think about the political earthquake that struck PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s cabinet […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda's Al-Zawahiri, 9/11 Mastermind, Plays Syrian Politics

Al-Qaeda’s Al-Zawahiri, 9/11 Mastermind, Plays Syrian Politics

By Sam Heller | ( RFE/RL ) | – – When the self-proclaimed Islamic State declared the establishment of a global Muslim “caliphate” in 2014, […]

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