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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

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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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“Whoever controls the media . . .” (Allen Ginsberg Poster)

“Whoever controls the media . . .” (Allen Ginsberg Poster)

Juan Cole

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Entrance to Grand Mosque, Kairouan

Entrance to Grand Mosque, Kairouan

Photo by Juan Cole, May, 2012 Aghlabid, rebuilt 863. For another traveler’s view of Kairouan, see this blog.

Juan Cole

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Morsi Reaffirms Israel Peace Treaty to Clinton

Morsi Reaffirms Israel Peace Treaty to Clinton

The establishment press in Egypt, al-Ahram (“The Pyramids”), reported cautiously on the meeting between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi (from […]

Juan Cole

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On Denying “Radicals” Due Process (Fighting Bob LaFollette Poster)

On Denying “Radicals” Due Process (Fighting Bob LaFollette Poster)

Juan Cole

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Kairouan, Tunisia

Kairouan, Tunisia

Kairouan, Tunisia, May 2012, from a rooftop. Photo by Juan Cole For more on this UNESCO Heritage City, see this link.

Juan Cole

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Omar Khayyam (313) “wine loosens even cast-iron shackles”

Omar Khayyam (313) “wine loosens even cast-iron shackles”

Wine-bibbing makes people         less full of themselves, and wine loosens even     cast-iron  shackles. If satan had only      tippled […]

Juan Cole

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Lemurs are the Species most threatened with Extinction

Lemurs are the Species most threatened with Extinction

A new study finds that the Madagascar lemur primate is the vertebrate species most threatened by extinction. One reason for the threat is not only […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Ghoul's Glossary:  From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)

Ghoul’s Glossary: From Atrocity (Syria) to CEO (Romney)

Atrocity: What a mass murder is called when the world is too blind or timid or divided to prosecute it as a war crime. Synonym […]

Juan Cole

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John Adams on the War on Terror (Poster)

John Adams on the War on Terror (Poster)

Juan Cole

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