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Dr. King would be Standing beside All Who are now Standing up for Our Democracy
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Dr. King would be Standing beside All Who are now Standing up for Our Democracy

Mitchell Zimmerman

A member of the Freedom Movement reflects on Dr. King’s legacy in our perilous times

Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

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Syria spills over on Lebanon: Beirut Bombing Kills Sunni Critic of Syria's al-Assad

Syria spills over on Lebanon: Beirut Bombing Kills Sunni Critic of Syria’s al-Assad

(By Juan Cole) Respected Lebanese politician and former ambassador to the United States, Muhammad Shatah, was assassinated by a massive car bomb near the parliament […]

Juan Cole

The mother of all wars

The mother of all wars

What has happened in Turkey in the past 10 days is just mind-boggling.

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EU welcomes annulation of controversial regulation lifting investigation secrecy

EU welcomes annulation of controversial regulation lifting investigation secrecy

European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle welcomed the annulation of the bill obliging those carrying out investigations to inform superiors

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EU warns Israel of backlash for settlement building

EU warns Israel of backlash for settlement building

Unnamed diplomat tells Israeli TV that European governments would have little sympathy for construction announcements during talks

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Human Rights
The other Victim of Israeli settler vigilantism is Israeli Society Itself

The other Victim of Israeli settler vigilantism is Israeli Society Itself

(By Shirin Rubin) Israeli society will pay the ‘price’ for settler vigilantism, rights group warns (via The Christian Science Monitor) When Ahmad Milhem heard earlier […]

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Iran
Increasingly, all Roads run through Iran (Damascus, Baghdad, Asia)

Increasingly, all Roads run through Iran (Damascus, Baghdad, Asia)

(By Marianna Charountaki) “While Iran’s importance for regional politics was always there, it has only now become apparent, especially for the foreign policies of international […]

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Climate Change
Locusts & Climate Change Plague Yemen on top of al-Qaeda, Drones, Huthis (Video of the Day)

Locusts & Climate Change Plague Yemen on top of al-Qaeda, Drones, Huthis (Video of the Day)

Yemen has suffered flash floods and unusual amounts of rainfall recently. These phenomena are not new, but they may be increasing because of climate change, […]

Juan Cole

History
Yezidi Kurdish Family in Syria, 1899 (Photo of the Day)

Yezidi Kurdish Family in Syria, 1899 (Photo of the Day)

A Kurdish Yezidi Family of the Mount Simeon district of northern Syria, at a village near Aleppo, circa 1899 (From Gertrude Bell, Syria: The Desert […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
US Arms Shiite Iraqi Gov't to Kill Sunni Rebels, Arms Syrian Sunni Rebels to overthrow Shiite Gov't

US Arms Shiite Iraqi Gov’t to Kill Sunni Rebels, Arms Syrian Sunni Rebels to overthrow Shiite Gov’t

(By Juan Cole) It can only be called an Escherian Mobius Strip foreign policy. The Obama administration is sending hellfire missiles and surveillance drones to […]

Juan Cole

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