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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied
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How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied

Juan Cole

Occupied people do not have rights, and they do not even have the right to have rights. They are lesser.

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

01/25/2026 By The Conversation

Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

Aid by permission: How Israel’s NGO ban is reshaping life and survival in Gaza

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Israel/ Palestine
Egypt Lets Palestinians of Gaza Circulate

Egypt Lets Palestinians of Gaza Circulate

The new, transitional Egyptian government formed in the wake of a popular revolt took a step on Saturday toward lifting the Israeli-induced blockade of the […]

Juan Cole

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The Revolution was not Televised: Gil Scott-Heron RIP

The Revolution was not Televised: Gil Scott-Heron RIP

Gil Scott-Heron is dead at 62. Ironically, his obituary will not be televised because television news became just what he predicted. In memoriam:

Juan Cole

Egypt
G8 ‘Marshall Plan’ for Arab Spring Nations Falls Short

G8 ‘Marshall Plan’ for Arab Spring Nations Falls Short

The 8 wealthiest industrial countries, meeting at the G-8, urged that the world give Egypt, Tunisia and liberated Libya (’emerging democracies in the Arab world’) […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Congress: Yankee Come Home; Iraq, Pakistan: Yankee Go Home

Congress: Yankee Come Home; Iraq, Pakistan: Yankee Go Home

Between 70,000 and 100,000 members of the Sadrist Shiite political bloc rallied in Baghdad on Thursday, demanding that the some 47,000 US troops still in […]

Juan Cole

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Israelis Support Obama over Bibi

Israelis Support Obama over Bibi

More evidence that Israel derangement syndrome is a malady among the American political class and a narrow sliver of the AIPAC elite, but that most […]

Juan Cole

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The Secret Patriot Act

The Secret Patriot Act

Dear Tea Party: If all your distrust of the federal government doesn’t cause you to vote against the so-called PATRIOT Act, your tea is weak. […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top 5 Arab Spring Stories Today

Top 5 Arab Spring Stories Today

1. Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his sons will stand trial for ordering deadly force to put down protesters in Egypt (several hundred were […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
Selective Outrage about War

Selective Outrage about War

This poster at reddit.com compares the various costs of Bush’s illegal war in Iraq to those of the UN /NATO intervention in Libya (which is […]

Juan Cole

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Rand Paul on Patriot Act Extension puts Obama to Shame

Rand Paul on Patriot Act Extension puts Obama to Shame

Sen. Rand Paul is among the few in Congress to oppose the 4-year extension of the misnamed PATRIOT Act, which violates the 4th Amendment against […]

Juan Cole

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