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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
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Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran

Juan Cole

How the Ghost of Renee Nicole Good Haunts Trump’s Response to Iran’s Protests

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

Despite Trump, Renewable Energy keeps Surging

02/03/2026 By Yale Climate Connections

Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

Iran regime: A Plato’s Republic thought experiment gone too far?

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“Algerian Tuareg” (Painting by Youcef Ben Mahammed)

“Algerian Tuareg” (Painting by Youcef Ben Mahammed)

Youcef Ben Mahammed. “Algerian Tuareg.” Youcef Ben Mahammed (b. Oran, 1973) is a Tunisian-Algerian artist based in Montreal.

Juan Cole

Energy
The Collapse of the Climate Change Contrarians and the End of Coal

The Collapse of the Climate Change Contrarians and the End of Coal

It is not proper to speak of “climate skeptics,” since all scientists (including we social scientists) are skeptical of all data and theories every day, […]

Juan Cole

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Mission Failure: Afghanistan (Engelhardt)

Mission Failure: Afghanistan (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com Mission Failure: Afghanistan:A Message Written in Blood That No One Wants to Hear By Tom Engelhardt Imagine for a moment […]

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Dear Mr. Romney: Palestinians are Poor Because You Stole from them and Kept them Stateless

Dear Mr. Romney: Palestinians are Poor Because You Stole from them and Kept them Stateless

Mitt Romney, a privileged white man worth a quarter of a billion dollars who has sheltered his money from taxes in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands […]

Juan Cole

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Can You Pass the Hezbollah Quiz?  (Rudolph)

Can You Pass the Hezbollah Quiz? (Rudolph)

CAN YOU PASS THE HEZBOLLAH QUIZ? By Jeffrey Rudolph Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamic organization, has evolved over the last three decades from a guerilla […]

Juan Cole

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Looking out from the Misrata War Memorial Museum, Libya (Photo)

Looking out from the Misrata War Memorial Museum, Libya (Photo)

Photograph by Juan Cole, late May 2012. View from the Misrata War Memorial Museum, looking across the street. The Misrata revolutionaries raided Qaddafi’s compound in […]

Juan Cole

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“Now the King loved science and geometry…” (Chagall Lithograph from Arabian Nights)

“Now the King loved science and geometry…” (Chagall Lithograph from Arabian Nights)

Marc Chagall, “Now the King loved science and geometry…” Color lithograph 14 1/2 x 11 inches 1948 “Four Tales from the Arabian Nights,” Plate 10. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Romney on Jerusalem: A World of Hurt for America

Romney on Jerusalem: A World of Hurt for America

As expected, Mitt Romney in Israel tried his hardest to make casino mogul and Likud Party stalwart Sheldon Adelson happy. Adelson has pledged $100 million […]

Juan Cole

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“Kuwait Stock Exchange” (Andreas Gursky Photograph)

“Kuwait Stock Exchange” (Andreas Gursky Photograph)

Andreas Gursky, “Kuwait Stock Exchange,” Photograph, 2007. Discussed here at Quaerentia as showing us a new way of looking at ‘capitalism in its temple.’

Juan Cole

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