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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Farhang Jahanpour

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

01/12/2026 By Richard Drake

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Syria: Will Killing of Hundreds with Sarin Gas force Obama’s Hand?

Syria: Will Killing of Hundreds with Sarin Gas force Obama’s Hand?

Syrian sources on the ground and expatriate human rights organizations are alleging Wednesday morning that Syrian aircraft have killed hundreds of people in rebel-held East […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Alleged Torturers sue Abu Ghraib Torture Victims (Lazare)

Alleged Torturers sue Abu Ghraib Torture Victims (Lazare)

Sarah Lazare writes at Commondreams ‘Defense’ contractor CACI International has taken the shocking step of suing four former Abu Ghraib detainees who are seeking redress […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt’s Revenge of the Leftovers: Mubarak to be released, Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie Arrested

Egypt’s Revenge of the Leftovers: Mubarak to be released, Muslim Brotherhood leader Badie Arrested

Too much could easily be made of the pending release from prison of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak, who is still facing charges of complicity […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Greenwald Partner falsely detained as Terrorist: How to Create a Dictatorship

Greenwald Partner falsely detained as Terrorist: How to Create a Dictatorship

How to turn a democracy into a STASI authoritarian state in 10 easy steps: 1. Misuse the concept of a Top Secret government document (say, […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Climate Change Activism as a Nonviolent Movement without Leaders (McKibben)

Climate Change Activism as a Nonviolent Movement without Leaders (McKibben)

Bill McKibben writes at Tomdispatch.com The history we grow up with shapes our sense of reality — it’s hard to shake. If you were young […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Has Military Suppression of Political Islam ever Worked?

Has Military Suppression of Political Islam ever Worked?

The Egyptian military’s obvious determination to crush the Muslim Brotherhood involves serious human rights violations, apparent in the appalling scenes of the siege of members […]

Juan Cole

Energy
New Hot Zones now cover 5% of Earth; Only Fix is Halting CO2 (Lazare)

New Hot Zones now cover 5% of Earth; Only Fix is Halting CO2 (Lazare)

Sarah Lazare writes at Commondreams.org A new study dishes out some very bad news about the global warming crisis. It is too late to stop […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
It’s not about Democracy: Top Ten Reasons Washington is Reluctant to cut off Egypt Aid

It’s not about Democracy: Top Ten Reasons Washington is Reluctant to cut off Egypt Aid

another 80 people died in violence in Egypt on Friday, as Muslim Brotherhood crowds protested the military crackdown on their sit-ins that cost hundreds of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt's Waco

Egypt’s Waco

Within Egypt, and in many other Arab countries, the shocking killings of Black Wednesday have elicited horror in many quarters, but have actually been supported […]

Juan Cole

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