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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown
Climate Crisis

We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

08/07/2025 By Juan Cole

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

08/07/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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Egypt
Did the Muslim Brotherhood Threaten to Kill “All Jews”?

Did the Muslim Brotherhood Threaten to Kill “All Jews”?

The Muslim Brotherhood and other religious parties in Egypt (including the Salafis and the Gama’a al-Islamiya) held a rally at al-Husayn Square in Cairo last […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Empire by the Numbers

Empire by the Numbers

Number of Pakistani troops killed at checkpoint Saturday by a US helicopter raid from Afghanistan: 25 Number of NATO supply trucks allowed to cross from […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Anti-Liberal Netanyahu Slams Arab Spring as Anti-Liberal

Anti-Liberal Netanyahu Slams Arab Spring as Anti-Liberal

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said yesterday that he had been right to oppose the forced resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last February and […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Beeman:  Letter from Iran

Beeman: Letter from Iran

This is the second in a series of letters written this week from Iran by University of Minnesota Professor William Beeman. Since Americans hear so […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Things Americans can be Thankful for 2011

Top Ten Things Americans can be Thankful for 2011

News is too often defined as bad news. At a time when many Americans are unemployed or under-employed, or have lost their homes or seen […]

Juan Cole

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Gingrich Urges War with Iran and Skyrocketing Oil Prices

Gingrich Urges War with Iran and Skyrocketing Oil Prices

New Gingrich, sleep-walked into a declaration of war on Iran in last night’s Republican foreign policy debate. Here is the relevant exchange: “BLITZER: The argument, […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Protesters Reject Military Concessions, Demand Officers Return to Barracks

Egyptian Protesters Reject Military Concessions, Demand Officers Return to Barracks

On Wednesday morning there were clashes between protesters and the military at the Ministry of Interior, which the interim government feared might be invaded and/or […]

Juan Cole

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Students, Pepper Spray & Class War: Cole in Truthdig

Students, Pepper Spray & Class War: Cole in Truthdig

My column, ” How Students Landed on the Front Lines of a Class War” is out in Truthdig.

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Revolution 2.0?

Egyptian Revolution 2.0?

Egypt is virtually rudderless as morning breaks on Tuesday. Interim prime minister Essam Sharaf and his cabinet tendered their resignations in protest against the use […]

Juan Cole

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