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California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech
Academic Freedom

California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

H. Scott Prosterman

Censoring academic content does nothing to promote “a safe learning environment,” as Newsom’s signing statement concludes.

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COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

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Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

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Dear CNN:  This is not News;  *This* is News

Dear CNN: This is not News; *This* is News

Dear CNN: You are in danger of being sued for false advertising, since you characterize yourself as a news channel. Just so you know, this […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban – a differing view of drones (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Scholars Alex Strick van Linschoten, 28, and 32 year old Felix Kuehn have swapped the musty […]

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Egyptian Court throws out Fundamentalist Constitution-writing assembly, Insists on a Representative Body

Egyptian Court throws out Fundamentalist Constitution-writing assembly, Insists on a Representative Body

Egypt’s administrative court invalidated the current constituent assembly charged with drafting the new constitution, on the grounds that it is overly stacked with Muslim fundamentalists […]

Juan Cole

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Text from Hillary to Santorum:  The Front Line of Combat is Not the Best Place for You

Text from Hillary to Santorum: The Front Line of Combat is Not the Best Place for You

h/t to Texts from Hillary and Kevin Lamarque Rick Santorum on women serving in combat: “I think that could be a very compromising situation where […]

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Amman, Jordan (0111)

Amman, Jordan (0111)

Photograph of Amman, Jordan, August, 2008, by Juan Cole

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Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Syndrome (Engelhardt)

The Afghanistan Syndrome (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch: The Afghan Syndrome Vietnam Has Left Town, Say Hello to the New Syndrome on the Block By Tom Engelhardt Take […]

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (94)

Omar Khayyam (94)

I have no idea if  the one who created me placed me among  the good in paradise or the hideous in hell. A cup, a […]

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Syria
Syrian Civil War Kills 160, Spills over onto Lebanon, Turkey; Will US Intervene?

Syrian Civil War Kills 160, Spills over onto Lebanon, Turkey; Will US Intervene?

Fighting on Monday in Homs and other Syrian cities left some 160 dead on Monday, and, ominously, Syrian troops fired into Lebanon and Turkey, killing […]

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"Smile" - Tamer Hosny and Shaggy's Feel-Good Arabic Music Video

“Smile” – Tamer Hosny and Shaggy’s Feel-Good Arabic Music Video

Egyptian singing star (“the King of Pop”) Tamer Hosny, a late convert to the Egyptian revolution, and Shaggy released this music video, entitled “Smile” a […]

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