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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Did Iran win "2014"?  Top 6 Iran Developments this Year

Did Iran win “2014”? Top 6 Iran Developments this Year

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — In 2014, Iran made news on a number of important fronts. 1. Although there was no decisive breakthrough […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
5-year-old Palestinian Boy shot in face by Israeli Police

5-year-old Palestinian Boy shot in face by Israeli Police

RT | — “Israeli police have fired a rubber bullet at a five-year-old Palestinian boy’s face as he was getting out of a school bus […]

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Islamophobia
Germany Accepts 200,000 Asylum seekers in 2014; Thousands of Bigots Protest 'Islamization'

Germany Accepts 200,000 Asylum seekers in 2014; Thousands of Bigots Protest ‘Islamization’

BBC News | — “A record 17,500 people turn out for the latest “anti-Islamisation” rally in the German city of Dresden, according to police estimates.” […]

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Human Rights
Saudi Women who dared Drive to be tried in Terrorism Court

Saudi Women who dared Drive to be tried in Terrorism Court

DeutscheWelle English | — “Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. Two women who did just that have […]

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Apartheid
Top 5 Five reasons 2014 was a game-changer for Palestine

Top 5 Five reasons 2014 was a game-changer for Palestine

By Ramzy Baroud | (Ma’an News Agency) — In terms of losses in human lives, 2014 has been a horrific year for Palestinians, surpassing the […]

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African-Americans
GOP Figures used racist Ape imagery for Obama before North Korea did

GOP Figures used racist Ape imagery for Obama before North Korea did

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment)– North Korea lashed out at President Barack Obama on Saturday, blaming him for the Sony film, “The Interview,” and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Senior Kurdish Politician:  Kirkuk is ours; if Arabs & Turkmen want it, let them fight ISIL for it as we do

Senior Kurdish Politician: Kirkuk is ours; if Arabs & Turkmen want it, let them fight ISIL for it as we do

Shalaw Mohammed | Sulaymaniyah | (Niqash.org) Senior Iraqi Kurdish politician Mullah Bakhtiar discusses his party’s relationship with Iran and with Kurdish parties in Syria – […]

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Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan: Judge orders arrest of cleric accused of refusing to condemn Taliban Massacre at School

Pakistan: Judge orders arrest of cleric accused of refusing to condemn Taliban Massacre at School

Reuters | — “A judge orders the arrest of a senior Pakistan cleric accused of refusing to condemn the school massacre in Peshawar. Paul Chapman […]

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Dissent
Schoolboy arrested for insulting Turkish president released

Schoolboy arrested for insulting Turkish president released

Euronews | — “A Turkish teenager who was arrested at his school on Wednesday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been released from […]

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