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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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Tech giants call on US to reform surveillance laws

Tech giants call on US to reform surveillance laws

Eight leading US-based technology companies Dec 9 called on Washington to overhaul its surveillance laws following revelations of online eavesdropping by Snowden

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Young Israelis Emigrating Abroad Roils Politics in Tel Aviv

Young Israelis Emigrating Abroad Roils Politics in Tel Aviv

Uri Avnery discusses the issue of young Jewish Israelis leaving Israel for other countries, including Germany. Israel’s out-emigration rate was similar to other industrial countries […]

Juan Cole

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Top 10 errors in Netanyahu's Speech Demanding Iran give up 'Genocidal' Policies

Top 10 errors in Netanyahu’s Speech Demanding Iran give up ‘Genocidal’ Policies

By Juan Cole Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu demanded on Sunday that the world community constrain Iran to change its “genocidal policy” toward Israel, in […]

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Bush
Uygur:  Bush Targetting of Juan Cole proves that NSA can't be trusted with our Personal Data

Uygur: Bush Targetting of Juan Cole proves that NSA can’t be trusted with our Personal Data

Cenk Uygur at Young Turks makes the point that the National Security Agency and other US intelligence (services who are ending up with massive amounts […]

Juan Cole

Israel president 'ready to meet Iran counterpart'

Israel president 'ready to meet Iran counterpart'

Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday he would be prepared to meet his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani, even though their two countries consider each other […]

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Dissent
Egypt: Harsh Sentences Commuted but Case a Dangerous Message for Protesters

Egypt: Harsh Sentences Commuted but Case a Dangerous Message for Protesters

By Human Rights Watch Update: December 7, 2013 The Sidi Gaber Minor Offenses Court on December 7 commuted the sentences for the 21 female Brotherhood […]

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Afghanistan
Are British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case

Are British Spies Complicit in US Drone Strikes? Court of Appeals Takes Case

by Jack Serle An unprecedented attempt to discover if British officials are complicit in the CIA drone campaign in Pakistan reached the Court of Appeal […]

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Solar would be Cheaper:  US Pentagon has spent $8 Trillion to Guard Gulf Oil

Solar would be Cheaper: US Pentagon has spent $8 Trillion to Guard Gulf Oil

By Juan Cole Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was in the Gulf on Friday at a conference of defense ministers from the region, including the […]

Juan Cole

Africa
The Mandela Problem of the AWM Wing of the GOP

The Mandela Problem of the AWM Wing of the GOP

The US Republican Party has become the party of the angry white man (AWM) in the United States, which is a large part of the […]

Juan Cole

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