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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

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Egypt
Fourth of July Comes a Day Early to Cairo after Fundamentalist President is Removed (video)

Fourth of July Comes a Day Early to Cairo after Fundamentalist President is Removed (video)

RT has video:

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's Countdown to Meltdown: Morsi Refuses to Deal

Egypt’s Countdown to Meltdown: Morsi Refuses to Deal

The Egyptian military’s ultimatum to the Muslim Brotherhood President Muhammad Morsi and his left, liberal & centrist political opposition to find a compromise by 4 […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Snowden Fall-out:  European Denial of Overflight to Bolivian President Angers South America

Snowden Fall-out: European Denial of Overflight to Bolivian President Angers South America

As Bolivian President Evo Morales was returning from Moscow in a private jet after consultations on energy, his pilot was suddenly informed that France and […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
Uncle Peeping Tom: US Surveils EU (Jamiol Cartoon)

Uncle Peeping Tom: US Surveils EU (Jamiol Cartoon)

courtesy Paul Jamiol

Juan Cole

Egypt
Feminist Revolutionary Narratives from Egypt and Syria: Hopes and Disappointments (cook)

Feminist Revolutionary Narratives from Egypt and Syria: Hopes and Disappointments (cook)

miriam cooke writes for ISLAMiCommentary * *REVOLUTIONARY NARRATIVES: NAWAL EL SAADAWI AND SAMAER YAZBEK ISLAMiCommentary Editor’s Note: This paper was written by miriam cooke and […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt: Fundamentalist Morsi Defies both Protesters & Military Ultimatum, says Obama Backs Him

Egypt: Fundamentalist Morsi Defies both Protesters & Military Ultimatum, says Obama Backs Him

Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi’s support in his own government began crumbling on Monday. Ten independent members of the Egyptian upper house or senate (Majlis al-Shura) […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Snowden:  US now using deprivation of Citizenship as a Weapon

Snowden: US now using deprivation of Citizenship as a Weapon

Edward Snowden released a statement from Moscow on Monday, slamming Barack Obama for revoking his passport and rendering him stateless and unable to seek asylum […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Baikonur, Kazakhstan:  Unmanned Russian rocket crashes (spectacular video)

Baikonur, Kazakhstan: Unmanned Russian rocket crashes (spectacular video)

At the Baikonur Space Station in Kazakhstan, an unmanned Russian Proton M rocket booster went sideways and crashed this morning. Here’s the video from Russian […]

Juan Cole

Domestic Surveillance
How Internet Censorship Really Works

How Internet Censorship Really Works

The Berkman Center points out that the internet is not a public space. It is a private space that tolerates some public speech; but not […]

Juan Cole

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