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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Dissent
Rep. Peter King sees Red over Pulitzers Honoring Snowden, Journalists covering NSA

Rep. Peter King sees Red over Pulitzers Honoring Snowden, Journalists covering NSA

Rep. Peter King has made it clear that he will stop at nothing to attack anyone who thinks Ed Snowden did something useful. He was one of the first to call for the reporters who revealed the NSA’s surveillance to be prosecuted and has no qualms about…

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in "Capn America 2":  "The Whole Society is Corrupt"

Screenwriters On Total Info Awareness in “Capn America 2”: “The Whole Society is Corrupt”

(By Scott Huver) BAM! POW! ZAP!: The ‘Winter Soldier’ Screenwriters Dish About Their Story Decisions and Cap’s Future (via Fandango Movie Blog) By: Scott Huver on […]

Juan Cole

Christianity
On Eve of Pope's visit to Israel, Radical Israeli Settlers attack Christian Village

On Eve of Pope’s visit to Israel, Radical Israeli Settlers attack Christian Village

(By Quinn Coffey) Just weeks before Pope Francis’ first official visit to the Holy Land, a number of Christian holy sites in Israel and Palestine […]

Juan Cole

Central Intelligence Agency
Top 6 Pulitzer Prize "Traitors" in American Journalism

Top 6 Pulitzer Prize “Traitors” in American Journalism

(By Juan Cole) The Pulitzer Prize committee’s opinion that Edward Snowden is a public servant rather than a traitor or criminal, as evidenced in its […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Who Rules America Today?  - Domhoff

Who Rules America Today? – Domhoff

Talk by G. William Domhoff: Who Rules America Today? h/t G. William Domhoff

Juan Cole

History
Mussolini buys Crowds during visit to Libya (1937) - Historical Video of the Day

Mussolini buys Crowds during visit to Libya (1937) – Historical Video of the Day

Italy ruled Libya from 1911 until midway through WW II, with the fascist years being especially harsh. This newsreel gives a sense of how the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Global Solar Power generation Increased by 1/3 In 2013 Alone (with Charts)

Global Solar Power generation Increased by 1/3 In 2013 Alone (with Charts)

With about 37,007 megawatts (MW) of solar PV power installed in 2013, world solar PV power capacity increased about 35% to 136,697 MW. Whereas Europe had dominated annual growth for years up until 2013 (10 years, to be precise), solar PV growth was…

Juan Cole

Domestic Terrorism
US Press once again Declines to Call White Terrorism in Kansas, Nevada, White Terrorism

US Press once again Declines to Call White Terrorism in Kansas, Nevada, White Terrorism

(By Juan Cole) My Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others, judging by the Facebook shares, must be among the more popular pieces I […]

Juan Cole

Economy
8 Plutocrats out-earned 3.6 mn Working Poor & 7 Other Headlines You won't see in MSM

8 Plutocrats out-earned 3.6 mn Working Poor & 7 Other Headlines You won’t see in MSM

(By Paul Buchheit) The following are all relevant, fact-based issues, the "hard news" stories that the media has a responsibility to report. But the business-oriented […]

Juan Cole

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