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Top 10 Signs that Israeli Gov’t is starving People in Gaza
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Top 10 Signs that Israeli Gov’t is starving People in Gaza

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli military has destroyed most of the cropland in Gaza and won’t let Palestinians fish. There isn’t enough food […]

Israel is exploiting the Vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian Clashes and a weak State

Israel is exploiting the Vacuum left by southern Syria’s sectarian Clashes and a weak State

07/21/2025 By The Conversation

Whose Country is this, Anyway: The Struggle to Survive Trump

Whose Country is this, Anyway: The Struggle to Survive Trump

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Where is our Amsterdam? Lavabits, Snowden & Wikileaks Censorship recall age of Absolutism

Where is our Amsterdam? Lavabits, Snowden & Wikileaks Censorship recall age of Absolutism

The long struggle against censorship in the 18th century at the time of oppressive kings in Europe involved the hand-copying and circulation of unpublished anonymous […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Barbecuing the Planet:  With Fracking, we’ll go on investing 3x in Hydrocarbons what we will in renewables (Klare)

Barbecuing the Planet: With Fracking, we’ll go on investing 3x in Hydrocarbons what we will in renewables (Klare)

Michael T. Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: When it comes to energy and economics in the climate-change era, nothing is what it seems.  Most of us […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
The Miranda Warning in 2013 is Worded a little Differently (Jamiol Cartoon)

The Miranda Warning in 2013 is Worded a little Differently (Jamiol Cartoon)

courtesy of Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

US politics
Sanjay Gupta: We have been Systematically Misled on Dangers of Marijuana

Sanjay Gupta: We have been Systematically Misled on Dangers of Marijuana

Dr. Gupta with Piers Morgan

Juan Cole

Egypt
"After the Ruler undermined Democracy, the people wanted the Military..." Egypt 1952 (video)

“After the Ruler undermined Democracy, the people wanted the Military…” Egypt 1952 (video)

Egyptian Revolution of 1952 “the Communists called it a military dictatorship . . .” “Gen. Muhammad Naguib was considered a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer . . […]

Juan Cole

Russia
And another thing!  Russia denies Visas to US Officials involved in Torture, including Yoo, Addington

And another thing! Russia denies Visas to US Officials involved in Torture, including Yoo, Addington

The food fight between the United States and the Russian Federation has revolved around relatively minor issues in the two countries’ relationship like whether Obama […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Farmers Face Shortfall because of Fighting

Syrian Farmers Face Shortfall because of Fighting

The war in Syria is interfering in farmers’ ability to bring in the wheat and other crops. It is a sad Eid al-Fitr (the feast […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Shameless:  American Sanctions hit Ordinary Iranians' Access to Medicine

Shameless: American Sanctions hit Ordinary Iranians’ Access to Medicine

American and European sanctions contribute to the difficulties ordinary Iranians in getting medicine and affording it. Channel 4 News reports The National Iranian American Council […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Wall Street has a Cow as Town uses Eminent Domain to Help Homeowners avoid Foreclosure (Lazare)

Wall Street has a Cow as Town uses Eminent Domain to Help Homeowners avoid Foreclosure (Lazare)

Eminent Domain for the People Leaves Wall Street Furious Housing justice advocates hopeful about innovative Richmond plan to use public seizure laws to save underwater […]

Juan Cole

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