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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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You Always Knew it, but Now . . .

You Always Knew it, but Now . . .

There are so many open secrets in our corporatocracy. But precisely because they are the open secrets of powerful multi-billion-dollar concerns with phalanxes of attorneys, […]

Juan Cole

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The Kierkegaardian Presidency: or the Teleological Suspension of the Ethical (van Buren)

The Kierkegaardian Presidency: or the Teleological Suspension of the Ethical (van Buren)

Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch.com: Leaking War How Obama’s Targeted Killings, Leaks, and the Everything-Is-Classified State Have Fused By Peter Van Buren White is […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Libya’s Problems will be Solved by more Democracy, not Less (Hilsum)

Libya’s Problems will be Solved by more Democracy, not Less (Hilsum)

Lindsey Hilsum writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Attacks on both the US and UK delegations in Benghazi, fighting in Kufra, the detention […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Planned Israeli Detention Camps for Africans Draw Human Rights Protests

Planned Israeli Detention Camps for Africans Draw Human Rights Protests

An Israeli law allowing the arrest and detention of illegal immigrants for up to 3 years without trial has been denounced as contrary to basic […]

Juan Cole

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83 Dead in Syrian Military Repression

83 Dead in Syrian Military Repression

Some 83 Syrians, most of them non-combatants, were killed on Saturday by the Syrian military. In Deraa, the small town in the south of the […]

Juan Cole

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What Americans Sorely Need (Mark Twain Poster)

What Americans Sorely Need (Mark Twain Poster)

Juan Cole

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Faux News & Patriotism (Jamiol Cartoon)

Faux News & Patriotism (Jamiol Cartoon)

Courtesy Paul Jamiol

Juan Cole

Egypt
Thugs Attack Women Demonstrators in Cairo – Whodunit?

Thugs Attack Women Demonstrators in Cairo – Whodunit?

Juan Cole

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Discontent, disturbance and legal failures in Palestine, Tunisia and Turkey (Fitzgibbon)

Discontent, disturbance and legal failures in Palestine, Tunisia and Turkey (Fitzgibbon)

Will Fitzgibbon writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism It has been a big week for the NGO heavy-hitters. Three separate investigations in three different […]

Juan Cole

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