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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran
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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran

Ali Abootalebi

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Friday, June 13th, Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear, military, and civilian targets, just days […]

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

07/02/2025 By Open Democracy

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

07/02/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Ayatollah Cameron Threatens to invade Ecuador Embassy re: Assange (or, Whitewashing Iran for the US National Security State)

Ayatollah Cameron Threatens to invade Ecuador Embassy re: Assange (or, Whitewashing Iran for the US National Security State)

Update: Ecuador granted Julian Assange diplomatic asylum on Thursday. The British government’s menacing of the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday morning, with its threat […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Why Syria’s Revolution is not like Libya’s  (Dughman)

Why Syria’s Revolution is not like Libya’s (Dughman)

Husam Dughman writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: The Arab Spring springs surprises When a popular uprising started in Tunisia less than two […]

Juan Cole

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Conservative ‘Dark Money’ Outspending even Superpacs on Attack Ads (Barker)

Conservative ‘Dark Money’ Outspending even Superpacs on Attack Ads (Barker)

Kim Barker writes at ProPublica Two conservative nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, have poured almost $60 million into TV ads to influence the […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Romney shills for dirty Big Coal as Obama touts Iowa Wind Power

Romney shills for dirty Big Coal as Obama touts Iowa Wind Power

Wind energy is on a roll in the United States, having doubled since 2008 to 50 gigawatts, enough to power 13 million homes. So why […]

Juan Cole

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Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Torture) is the New Normal in America (McCoy)

Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Torture) is the New Normal in America (McCoy)

Alfred W. McCoy writes at Tomdispatch Impunity at Home, Rendition AbroadHow Two Administrations and Both Parties Made Illegality the American Way of Life  After a […]

Juan Cole

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Your Election is being Bought by 47 Billionaires (and they are Buying War, Climate Change)

Your Election is being Bought by 47 Billionaires (and they are Buying War, Climate Change)

The Public Interest Group Education Fund and the NGO Demos released a study in early August on the financing of the presidential campaign. They found […]

Juan Cole

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Uygur:  Paul Ryan Created the Deficit

Uygur: Paul Ryan Created the Deficit

Cenk Uygur of Current TV takes on Paul Ryan’s claims to be a deficit hawk and for small government, showing all the ways that Ryan’s […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Arabs and the Olympics (Majid)

Arabs and the Olympics (Majid)

Anouar Majid writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The 2012 Olympics in London gave us a golden opportunity to assess the condition of […]

Juan Cole

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Really, America?  Really?   These are your Top Stories?

Really, America? Really? These are your Top Stories?

Top stories according to google news analytics, 2 pm Monday 8.13.12

Juan Cole

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