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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts
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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Mohammad Eslami

Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.

Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

01/10/2026 By Ramzy Baroud

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Electric car Registrations in Germany rise by 43% in 2025, despite end of Subsidies

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In Rebuke to Obama, Netanyahu-- Much of Western Europe to Support Palestine as UN Observer State

In Rebuke to Obama, Netanyahu– Much of Western Europe to Support Palestine as UN Observer State

The confidence scam that Israel and the United States have been running on the Palestinians, of a “peace process,” is finally about to meet a […]

Juan Cole

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AP Punked on Iran by Junk Science Graph (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

AP Punked on Iran by Junk Science Graph (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

Yousaf Butt and Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress write at The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: This week the Associated Press reported that unnamed officials “from a country […]

Juan Cole

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Machowski:  We're already at War with Iran, though Ayatollahs have not decided to Weaponize Nukes (Video)

Machowski: We’re already at War with Iran, though Ayatollahs have not decided to Weaponize Nukes (Video)

Matthew Machowski, current Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Physics and Astronomy, Queen Mary, University of London and an experienced Middle East analyst gives […]

Juan Cole

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Obama's Lawless Drones have caused Yemen al-Qaeda to Triple (Young Turks)

Obama’s Lawless Drones have caused Yemen al-Qaeda to Triple (Young Turks)

Cenk Uygur on the scandal of the Obama administration’s admission that it had no clear criteria for drone strikes. According to the NYT, the Obama […]

Juan Cole

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Egypt Polarized as 200,000 Tahrir demonstrators and Crowds in other Cities protest Morsi's "Temporary Dictatorship"

Egypt Polarized as 200,000 Tahrir demonstrators and Crowds in other Cities protest Morsi’s “Temporary Dictatorship”

On Wednesday morning, in the wake of a huge demonstration downtown Cairo, the crowds assembled in Tahrir Square faced tear gas barrages whenever they moved […]

Juan Cole

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Tea Party Congress Biggest Obstacle to the Electric Car (Granholm)

Tea Party Congress Biggest Obstacle to the Electric Car (Granholm)

Jennifer Granholm’s War Room guests discuss the roadblocks in the way of a major new, job-creating industry in the US, the electric vehicle. The Tea […]

Juan Cole

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Syria Charged Turkey with “Air Piracy,” New Documents Say (Schoofs and Larson)

Syria Charged Turkey with “Air Piracy,” New Documents Say (Schoofs and Larson)

Mark Schoofs and Jeff Larson write at ProPublica: Documents posted online Monday by hackers associated with the online group Anonymous appear to give new details […]

Juan Cole

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Gaza in Rubble, and Slim hopes for Peace (Abdel Kouddous)

Gaza in Rubble, and Slim hopes for Peace (Abdel Kouddous)

Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Gaza’s “Severe Damage” and Why Truce Won’t Stop the Violence of Occupation at Amy Goodman’s “Democracy Now!” The blurb from the […]

Juan Cole

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Tom Ricks finally Tells Fox News ("GOP TV") off on the Phony Benghazi "Issue"

Tom Ricks finally Tells Fox News (“GOP TV”) off on the Phony Benghazi “Issue”

Pulitzer Prize-winning war journalist Tom Ricks was brought on Fox Cable News to discussion Susan Rice and the so-called Benghazi affair. His retort that Fox […]

Juan Cole

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