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Iraqi Shiites Demand Expulsion of US Troops after Israel Attacks Iran
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Iraqi Shiites Demand Expulsion of US Troops after Israel Attacks Iran

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli-Iranian War of 2025 has put Iraq in an extremely difficult situation. The country’s Shiite majority sympathizes with Iran […]

American Spring? How nonviolent Protest in the US is Accelerating

American Spring? How nonviolent Protest in the US is Accelerating

06/16/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism: Will America Ever Rejoin the International Community?

Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism: Will America Ever Rejoin the International Community?

06/16/2025 By John Feffer

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As Pakistan says US Drones killed 400 Civilians, UN Report Demands US Data (Ross)

As Pakistan says US Drones killed 400 Civilians, UN Report Demands US Data (Ross)

Alice K. Ross writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: A report by a UN expert urges the US to ‘release its own data on […]

Juan Cole

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Top 10 Ways Ted Cruz & the Tea Party Weakened America with Shutdown

Top 10 Ways Ted Cruz & the Tea Party Weakened America with Shutdown

1. The Cruz/Tea Party shut down of the US government cost the US economy $24 billion 2. As a result of the shutdown, fourth quarter […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars

The American Genocide Against Iraq: 4% of Population Dead as result of US sanctions, wars

A new household survey of Iraqis has projected the civilian death toll from the Bush administration’s invasion and occupation of Iraq at roughly 450,000. Passive […]

Juan Cole

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Clown Capitol (Jamiol Cartoon)

Clown Capitol (Jamiol Cartoon)

courtesy Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

Iran
Top Ten Ways the US and Iran could avoid a Catastrophic War

Top Ten Ways the US and Iran could avoid a Catastrophic War

On Tuesday, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, presented his government’s proposals for ending the international stand-off over Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. Iran maintains that […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Celebrating Dirty Gas & Oil is Our Planet’s Funeral   (Klare)

Celebrating Dirty Gas & Oil is Our Planet’s Funeral (Klare)

Michael T. Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com For years, energy analysts had been anticipating an imminent decline in global oil supplies.  Suddenly, they’re singing a new […]

Juan Cole

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Now the NSA has your Little Black Book

Now the NSA has your Little Black Book

Before the internet, we used to keep the names and telephone numbers of our friends and acquaintances in a little address book. Young people who […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Rep. Van Hollen on House Rule Change on Shutdown Vote: "Democracy has been Suspended!"

Rep. Van Hollen on House Rule Change on Shutdown Vote: “Democracy has been Suspended!”

Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) went viral in a YouTube video he released of his parliamentary inquiries on a change in House rules that forbade […]

Juan Cole

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Arms Industries have Washington lift Restrictions on Weapons Exports (Currier)

Arms Industries have Washington lift Restrictions on Weapons Exports (Currier)

Cora Currier writes for ProPublica The United States is loosening controls over military exports, in a shift that former U.S. officials and human rights advocates […]

Juan Cole

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