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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

06/28/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

06/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Omar Khayyam (168) “neither servants nor masters”

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In this life, all those who have  half a piece of bread and a resting place  in which to nest; who are neither servants nor […]

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Follow @jricole on Twitter, Facebook, Email

Follow @jricole on Twitter, Facebook, Email

Follow @jricole on Twitter. Some of my readers like the idea of one or two short essays a day, here at the blog. Others would […]

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Fox Smears Mursi with “Jerusalem Capital” Lie (Murphy)

Fox Smears Mursi with “Jerusalem Capital” Lie (Murphy)

Anyone who watches Jon Stewart regularly knows that Fox News deliberately lies and manipulates video to fearmonger on behalf of the American Right wing. But […]

Juan Cole

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Will Egypt’s Mursi challenge US-Israeli Mideast Policy?

Will Egypt’s Mursi challenge US-Israeli Mideast Policy?

Mohammad Mursi, the new president of Egypt, probably will not be allowed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) with which he must […]

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Egypt’s Zombie Revolution: Dead and Alive (Chase)

Egypt’s Zombie Revolution: Dead and Alive (Chase)

Anthony Chase Writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Egypt’s Revolution: Is It Possible to Be Both Dead and Alive? Post-mortems are as rife […]

Juan Cole

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Mursi and the Brotherhood in a Pluralist Egypt

Mursi and the Brotherhood in a Pluralist Egypt

Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Mursi has been officially declared the president of Egypt. But under the terms of the military constitutional guidelines issued last Sunday […]

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Green Sunday: Good News on Clean Energy

Green Sunday: Good News on Clean Energy

1. Morocco has ambitious plans to be the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy. Its new agreement with the European Union removes tariff barriers, and it […]

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Rights to Property or Property in Rights? (James Madison Poster)

Rights to Property or Property in Rights? (James Madison Poster)

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Tens of Thousands at Tahrir Demand end of Military Rule

Tens of Thousands at Tahrir Demand end of Military Rule

An enormous crowd of tens of thousands, the biggest this week, gathered in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo on Friday, especially as the torrid sun […]

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