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A Middle East without Nukes
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A Middle East without Nukes

Fariba Amini

“You can’t bomb away the knowledge”  -John Kerry Marg bar means death to… It was chanted after the hostage crisis.  Marg bar America.  Death to […]

After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment

After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment

06/26/2025 By Common Dreams

Iranian-Americans Opposed US Attack on Iran, Visa Ban: NIAC Poll

Iranian-Americans Opposed US Attack on Iran, Visa Ban: NIAC Poll

06/26/2025 By contributors

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Tampa Area Republicans terrified of Tea Party, Ryan (Guzzo)

Tampa Area Republicans terrified of Tea Party, Ryan (Guzzo)

Paul Guzzo writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: As Republicans from all over the nation converge upon the City of Tampa to celebrate […]

Juan Cole

Africa
South Africa: Label West Bank Squatter Products; Israel: You Apartheid State!

South Africa: Label West Bank Squatter Products; Israel: You Apartheid State!

Having Avigdor Lieberman as a foreign minister is one of the worst things that could happen to Israel. I was in Brazil last year this […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Just Deserts: Iraqis get Iraq’s Oil, not Bush/Cheney (Muttitt)

Just Deserts: Iraqis get Iraq’s Oil, not Bush/Cheney (Muttitt)

Gregg Muttitt writes at Tomdispatch: Mission Accomplished for Big Oil? How an American Disaster Paved the Way for Big Oil’s Rise — and Possible Fall […]

Juan Cole

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Top Five Worst Planks in GOP Platform

Top Five Worst Planks in GOP Platform

These are the promises that the Republican Party is making to us if it wins: 1. Outlawing abortion altogether, with no exceptions for the life […]

Juan Cole

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Syrian Official: Resignation of al-Assad on the Table

Syrian Official: Resignation of al-Assad on the Table

Admittedly, the Baathist government of Bashar al-Assad could go on faltering for a long time. And it is very hard to know what is going […]

Juan Cole

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Hurricane Isaac may Threaten RNC convention of Climate-Change Deniers in Tampa

Hurricane Isaac may Threaten RNC convention of Climate-Change Deniers in Tampa

Hurricane season comes every year in the Mexican Gulf, so it is no real surprise that a tropical depression in the Atlantic may well turn […]

Juan Cole

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Dear Rep. King:  Meet a Pregnant Rape Victim

Dear Rep. King: Meet a Pregnant Rape Victim

Following in Rep. Todd Akin’s footsteps, evangelical extremist Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said today of pregnancy from rape, “Well I just haven’t heard of that […]

Juan Cole

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Islamic Shariah & Todd Akin/ Paul Ryan on Abortion & Legitimate Rape

Islamic Shariah & Todd Akin/ Paul Ryan on Abortion & Legitimate Rape

The troubles of Rep. Todd Akin, Republican candidate for the senate in Missouri, derive from his absolute opposition to abortion, even in cases where a […]

Juan Cole

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On Real Gender and Racial Equality (Gloria Steinem Poster)

On Real Gender and Racial Equality (Gloria Steinem Poster)

Juan Cole

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