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Why Ending Republican Control Will Require Overcoming the Democratic Leadership
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Why Ending Republican Control Will Require Overcoming the Democratic Leadership

Norman Solomon

The last 12 months have shown that Trump’s party is bent on inflicting vast cruelty while aiming to crush democracy and the rule of law

Greenland Defense Front – The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)

Greenland Defense Front – The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)

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Iran’s Universities Have long been Students’ Battleground for the Future

Iran’s Universities Have long been Students’ Battleground for the Future

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Netanyahu in 1992:  Iran close to having nuclear bomb

Netanyahu in 1992: Iran close to having nuclear bomb

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is trapped in reflection theory. He was allegedly himself involved in illegally smuggling nuclear triggers out of the US, and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Top Ten Likely Consequences of Muslim anti-US Embassy Riots

Top Ten Likely Consequences of Muslim anti-US Embassy Riots

1. Tourism in Egypt and Tunisia, the economies of which heavily depend on it, is likely to take a nosedive this fall. It is a […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The War on Terror Comes to Facebook (Harvey)

The War on Terror Comes to Facebook (Harvey)

Stephanie Harvey writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Facebook, the social networking website with over 955 million profiles, has been used as a ‘honey […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Plays Hardball and Egypt’s Morsi Folds

Obama Plays Hardball and Egypt’s Morsi Folds

The attack on the US consulate in Benghazi happened because the Libyan government is still weak, rebuilding after its revolution against Muammar Qaddafi. But there […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Romney Jumps the Shark: Libya, Egypt and the Butterfly Effect

Romney Jumps the Shark: Libya, Egypt and the Butterfly Effect

The late science fiction writer Ray Bradbury authored a short story about time travelers. They were careful, when they went back to the Jurassic, not […]

Juan Cole

Syria
The West Will Have to Compromise on Syria (Schmidt)

The West Will Have to Compromise on Syria (Schmidt)

Søren Schmidt writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Syria is neither Egypt nor Libya – and the conflict can therefore not be solved […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (186) “wine educates the soul”

Omar Khayyam (186) “wine educates the soul”

If you give wine               to a                     mountain, you will    […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Romney Poses, as Militants Burn Benghazi Consulate, killing Ambassador, 3 staffers, & Demonstrate in Cairo, over Islamophobic Film

Romney Poses, as Militants Burn Benghazi Consulate, killing Ambassador, 3 staffers, & Demonstrate in Cairo, over Islamophobic Film

Predictably, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tried to make political hay of the tiny demonstrations in Cairo and Benghazi by Muslim militants. The Benghazi mob […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (204) “strangers cannot know You as Your close friends do”

Omar Khayyam (204) “strangers cannot know You as Your close friends do”

Prudes don’t know Your grace the way we do, and strangers cannot know You as Your close friends do. You said, “If you commit a […]

Juan Cole

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