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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas
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Cowardly Israeli Murder of 5 Journalists, including Anas al-Sharif, Smearing them as Hamas

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli state by now has a long and sanguinary history of murdering writers and journalists in cold blood. In […]

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

As Summer Temperatures Soar, Iran’s Water Crisis Worsens

08/11/2025 By Global Voices

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

Why the Gaza War won’t End: Israel’s Strategic Goal has been Ethnic Cleansing

08/11/2025 By Foreign Policy in Focus

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"I will Survive" the Muslim Brotherhood: Leftist Egyptian Youth Music Video

“I will Survive” the Muslim Brotherhood: Leftist Egyptian Youth Music Video

Not an endorsement, but this cover by secular leftists of Gloria Gaynor’s 1978 “I will Survive,” with satirical Arabic lyrics (translated in subtitles) about the […]

Juan Cole

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The Great Benghazi Conspiracy and Republican Forgeries

The Great Benghazi Conspiracy and Republican Forgeries

John Aravosis at AmericaBlog has been all over the Republican congressmen who forged versions of alleged White House emails on Benghazi and falsified them to […]

Juan Cole

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Moapa Band of Paiutes Celebrates switch from Coal to Solar Energy in Nevada

Moapa Band of Paiutes Celebrates switch from Coal to Solar Energy in Nevada

The Moapa Paiutes are celebrating the advent of solar power and the beginning of the end of coal power in southern Nevada. They are having […]

Juan Cole

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The Great American Descent into Plutocracy (Kroll)

The Great American Descent into Plutocracy (Kroll)

Andy Kroll writes at Tomdispatch.com Billionaires with an axe to grind, now is your time. Not since the days before a bumbling crew of would-be […]

Juan Cole

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Really Star-Trekking: Skylab Astronauts Reflect on Life in Outer Space (Video)

Really Star-Trekking: Skylab Astronauts Reflect on Life in Outer Space (Video)

Three astronauts from the International Space Station did a Google hangout with the stars of “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” Meanwhile, VOA profiles an earlier generation […]

Juan Cole

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Bombing Kills 15 in Kabul, 6 Americans: Is this What Winning Looks Like? (+ VICE video)

Bombing Kills 15 in Kabul, 6 Americans: Is this What Winning Looks Like? (+ VICE video)

Gulbuddin Hikmatyar’s Hizb-i Islami [the Islamic Party] guerrilla group bombed a military convoy in Kabul this morning, killing 15, including 6 Americans. The Reagan administration […]

Juan Cole

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Kenya gets Funding for Africa's Largest Wind Farm

Kenya gets Funding for Africa’s Largest Wind Farm

The African Development Bank has approved $150 million in funding for the Turkana wind farm in Kenya, which will be Africa’s largest, generating 300 megawatts […]

Juan Cole

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Obama must Make Fighting Climate Change National Project, or Die the death of a thousand Scandals

Obama must Make Fighting Climate Change National Project, or Die the death of a thousand Scandals

President Obama, like George H. W. Bush, has a problem with the ‘vision thing.’ And that is the reason for which he is being dogged […]

Juan Cole

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"Crazy:" Egyptian Version (Video)

“Crazy:” Egyptian Version (Video)

Egyptian version of “Crazy,” the 2006 Gnarls Barkley single (a collaboration of Danger Mouse and Cee Lo Green):

Juan Cole

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