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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

01/13/2026 By Human Rights Watch

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

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Energy
Severe Weather, Climate Change and Corporate Greed (Solnit)

Severe Weather, Climate Change and Corporate Greed (Solnit)

Rebecca Solnit writes at Tomdispatch.com: Our Words Are Our Weapons Against the Destruction of the World by Greed In ancient China, the arrival of a […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Syria crisis Shakes Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia as Cease-Fire Crumbles

Syria crisis Shakes Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia as Cease-Fire Crumbles

The inability of the Syrian government to crush an 18-month-old revolutionary movement is putting increasing pressure on its neighbors. Not only have hundreds of thousands […]

Juan Cole

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Medley of Grey-Faced Republican Men on Duty of Raped Women to Bear the Child (Video)

Medley of Grey-Faced Republican Men on Duty of Raped Women to Bear the Child (Video)

A medley of grey-faced Republican men with two-dollar haircuts fulminating on rape and the duty of raped women to bear their rapist’s baby:

Juan Cole

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Romney & Ryan Self-Help Book on Rape (Jamiol Cartoon)

Romney & Ryan Self-Help Book on Rape (Jamiol Cartoon)

Courtesy Paul Jamiol

Juan Cole

Energy
Candidates flee East Coast as Frankenstorm takes Revenge for their Ignoring Climate Change

Candidates flee East Coast as Frankenstorm takes Revenge for their Ignoring Climate Change

Mitt Romney and Joe Biden have canceled campaign events planned for this weekend at Virginia Beach as a massive storm bears down on the east […]

Juan Cole

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Jon Stewart: Romney/ Bain record on Picking Winners much Worse than Obama’s

Jon Stewart: Romney/ Bain record on Picking Winners much Worse than Obama’s

Wherein Jon Stewart of the Daily Show on Comedy Central examines the proposition that Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital can pick winners and losers among investment […]

Juan Cole

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Omar Khayyam (338) “Who’ll hear the secret?”

Omar Khayyam (338) “Who’ll hear the secret?”

Where is an intimate                    friend                  who’ll hear the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Brandeis U. Owes Jimmy Carter an Apology: Israelis agree they run Apartheid State, as Far Right Wing Coalition Emerges

Brandeis U. Owes Jimmy Carter an Apology: Israelis agree they run Apartheid State, as Far Right Wing Coalition Emerges

In 2007, Jimmy Carter’s book Palestine: Peace, not Apartheid created a firestorm of controversy. Brandeis University initially said it would only allow Carter to speak […]

Juan Cole

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Tina Fey tells off Republicans Todd Akin, Joe Walsh and Richard Mourdock (Video)

Tina Fey tells off Republicans Todd Akin, Joe Walsh and Richard Mourdock (Video)

Comedian Tina Fey tells off the Republican candidates for the Senate and the House of Representatives as “gray-faced men with 2-dollar hair cuts” who are […]

Juan Cole

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