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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

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

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

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (42) “No hand would set out to break them”

Omar Khayyam (42) “No hand would set out to break them”

As for the parts of a wineglass                that have been joined together– no hand would set out    […]

Juan Cole

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Romney and the Syrian Dilemma

Romney and the Syrian Dilemma

On Monday, Mitt Romney made clear his intention to intervene in Syria should he become president. As usual, how exactly he would do that remained […]

Juan Cole

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Romney as Mr. Rogers (Video Satire by Jimmy Fallon)

Romney as Mr. Rogers (Video Satire by Jimmy Fallon)

Jimmy Fallon’s satirical sketch, “Mr. Romney’s Neighborhood

Juan Cole

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The Pentagon’s Imperial Overstretch and Victory Culture (Engelhardt)

The Pentagon’s Imperial Overstretch and Victory Culture (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt, author of the scintillating classic, The End of Victory Culture writes at Tomdispatch.com : Overwrought Empire: The Discrediting of U.S. Military Power By […]

Juan Cole

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Col. Wilkerson on Romney’s Chickenhawk Advisors: They “make me sick”

Col. Wilkerson on Romney’s Chickenhawk Advisors: They “make me sick”

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to then Secretary of State Colin Powell, tells Ed Schultz what he really thinks of the Neocon sharks […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Romney’s Five Wars

Romney’s Five Wars

Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI on foreign policy has been widely condemned as vague and lacking in substance, sort of like the man who gave […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (383) “it is a shame for anyone to be well-known for righteousness”

Omar Khayyam (383) “it is a shame for anyone to be well-known for righteousness”

It is a shame for anyone to be well-known for righteousness. It is a great disgrace to feel distress at the injustice of  the turning of the […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Acting Like a Democracy, Libyan National Congress dismisses Prime Minister

Acting Like a Democracy, Libyan National Congress dismisses Prime Minister

On Sunday, the elected Libyan National Congress acted decisively to hold a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur. The same body had […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Top Ten Things Mitt Romney's Insults to Spain tell us About Him

Top Ten Things Mitt Romney’s Insults to Spain tell us About Him

Mitt Romney has caused a tiff with Spain by saying that its economic crisis was caused by government over-spending and saying he doesn’t want the […]

Juan Cole

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