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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

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You always knew it was a Gas Hog:  Ben Affleck's Batmobile to be a Hybrid

You always knew it was a Gas Hog: Ben Affleck’s Batmobile to be a Hybrid

Ben Affleck is slated to be the next Batman, and the Batmobile could get a major overhaul too. A hybrid Batmobile? Even the Dark Knight is going green. Yesterday director Zack Snyder tweeted the above teaser picture of the next Batmobile, and later…

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Iran Going Big With Renewables! 5,000 MW Of New Solar & Wind Capacity By 2018?

Iran Going Big With Renewables! 5,000 MW Of New Solar & Wind Capacity By 2018?

Iran is aiming big with renewables, based on recent statements made by the Iranian Energy Minister, Hamid Chitchian. As revealed by Chitchian, the country’s new goal is to add 5,000 MW of new solar energy and wind energy capacity by the year 2018.…

Juan Cole

American Jews
Donald Sterling's Illiberal Zionism Part of Racism Controversy with Magic Johnson

Donald Sterling’s Illiberal Zionism Part of Racism Controversy with Magic Johnson

(By Juan Cole) Major political ideas and philosophies are complex and ambiguous, not straightforward. American conservatism is an alliance of economic conservatives and cultural conservatives. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
NASA:  West Antarctic ice sheet collapse now Inevitable, 10 ft Sea Rise Locked In

NASA: West Antarctic ice sheet collapse now Inevitable, 10 ft Sea Rise Locked In

West Antarctic ice sheet collapse ‘unstoppable’, says NASA (via AFP) Ice is melting in the western Antarctic at an “unstoppable” pace, scientists said Monday, warning […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
When Greenwald met Snowden: "Spark a ... movement against the dangers of state surveillance"

When Greenwald met Snowden: “Spark a … movement against the dangers of state surveillance”

(By Glenn Greenwald via Tomdispatch) [This essay is a shortened and adapted version of Chapter 1 of Glenn Greenwald’s new book, No Place to Hide: […]

Juan Cole

al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Yemeni anti-Al-Qaeda Campaign gains Popular Support but US Embassy forced to Close

Yemeni anti-Al-Qaeda Campaign gains Popular Support but US Embassy forced to Close

(By Robert Sharp) As Yemen enters the post-National Dialogue Conference period, theory and practice are colliding; the constitutional referendum will take place in June followed […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
 Operation American Spring aims to drive Obama from office this Friday

Operation American Spring aims to drive Obama from office this Friday

Operation American Spring promises to drive Obama from office this Friday (via Raw Story ) Self-styled revolutionary patriots plan to converge on Washington, D.C., this […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
The Real Egyptian Divide is between Tahrir Self-Government and Authoritarians of all Stripes

The Real Egyptian Divide is between Tahrir Self-Government and Authoritarians of all Stripes

(By Haifaa G. Khalafallah) Revolutions or coups seeking to change modern Egypt, whether in 1919 or 1952, never challenged the familiar patterns of power relations, […]

Juan Cole

Bush
Top 5 Signs that it is Rove who is Brain Dead, not Hillary

Top 5 Signs that it is Rove who is Brain Dead, not Hillary

(By Juan Cole) Karl Rove was reported to have raised questions about Hillary Clinton’s mental well-being because of her fall in late 2012. He later […]

Juan Cole

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