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Trump’s “New” Mideast: False Promises of Peace Through War
Archaeology

Trump’s “New” Mideast: False Promises of Peace Through War

Daniel Martin Varisco

Imperial wars falsely advertised as a means to peace and stability are not, however, “new” in this region

200K in St. Paul Join 8M  Record “No Kings” US Protest

200K in St. Paul Join 8M Record “No Kings” US Protest

03/29/2026 By Minnesota Reformer

Protesting Israel’s Targeted Killing of Civilian Professors in Lebanon

Protesting Israel’s Targeted Killing of Civilian Professors in Lebanon

03/29/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

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Bradley Manning Trial aimed at Silencing Whistleblowers?  (Democracy Now!)

Bradley Manning Trial aimed at Silencing Whistleblowers? (Democracy Now!)

Democracy Now! considers the Bradley Manning trial in the context of attempts to intimidate and punish government whistle blowers. That the world general reading public […]

Juan Cole

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Speaking of Bad Storms (editorial cartoon on GOP by Paul Jamiol)

Speaking of Bad Storms (editorial cartoon on GOP by Paul Jamiol)

by Paul Jamiol courtesy Jamiol’s World

Juan Cole

Turkey

Turkey: It’s about the Right to be Different (Soysal)

Ayşe Soysal, in Istanbul, writes for ISLAMiCommentary : Ayse Soysal It was a ‘Wow!’ weekend indeed. My niece Elif, a college student, was one of […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Woman in Red (Turkish Police Spray Tear Gas on Modern Young Protester)

Woman in Red (Turkish Police Spray Tear Gas on Modern Young Protester)

(Courtesy Reuters) This young woman being teargassed at the Taksim protests in Istanbul has become an internet icon. Unveiled and bare-armed, she is clearly secular […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Have we no Shame?  Will Hunger Strikes and medical Torture finally close Guantanamo? (Hickman)

Have we no Shame? Will Hunger Strikes and medical Torture finally close Guantanamo? (Hickman)

John Hickman, author of Selling Guantanamo, writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Curious isn’t it how the decision-making of the United States Government […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Police Brutality and Turkish Protests (Compilation Video)

Police Brutality and Turkish Protests (Compilation Video)

Compilation video of police brutality in Turkish Gezi Park protests: As usual with grassroots Youtube videos, the authenticity of it cannot be independently verified from […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Defiant Erdogan Risks Turkish Economy, as Unions enter the Fray

Defiant Erdogan Risks Turkish Economy, as Unions enter the Fray

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is now risking Turkey’s economic miracle by his imperious reaction to the protests in dozens of cities that have roiled […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria as a Prisoner of Western History (Harms)

Syria as a Prisoner of Western History (Harms)

Gregory Harms writes in a guest op-ed for Informed Comment The influential Egyptian Islamist cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi recently issued a fatwa, or religious proclamation, with […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Binary Signaling & Turkish Protests (Izmir Video)

Binary Signaling & Turkish Protests (Izmir Video)

People in Izmir apartments turning off and on their lights in support of the protests in Turkey.

Juan Cole

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