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Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”
Climate Crisis

Massive Morocco Rainstorms, Flooding: “Passing from a stable Climate System”

Juan Cole

Gemenne said that we are passing from a relatively stable climate system to an unstable one, where extreme weather events will multiply

Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

Steadfast Resistance under Occupation from Minneapolis to Palestine

02/09/2026 By Waging Nonviolence

Our Enduring Nuclear Nightmare: The End of New START

Our Enduring Nuclear Nightmare: The End of New START

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Libya
Misrata Reprieved

Misrata Reprieved

The city of Misrata, a port and steel-making city and Libya’s third-largest urban center, was sentenced to death 7 weeks ago by the Qaddafi family, […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Casio Watches an Arresting Offense in Afghanistan: Wikileaks on Guantanamo

Casio Watches an Arresting Offense in Afghanistan: Wikileaks on Guantanamo

Wikileaks has released the Pentagon assessments of nearly 800 suspected al-Qaeda prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay to newspapers such as the Washington Post. The documents […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
The Tyrants Strike Back

The Tyrants Strike Back

Syria Early Monday morning, columns of Syrian tanks led the way into the southern city of Deraa (pop. 75,000), followed by infantry brigades who took […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Fighting Rages in Misrata despite Withdrawal Pledge

Fighting Rages in Misrata despite Withdrawal Pledge

Fighting continued in Misrata on Sunday morning despite claims of the Qaddafi regime that it was withdrawing its troops from the city, which seems to […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syrian Security fires on Protesters, Kills 90

Syrian Security fires on Protesters, Kills 90

You never issue an ultimatum unless you are prepared for war. Syrian President Bashar al-Asad abolished the forty-year-old emergency law on Thursday, and he had […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Free Libyan fighters exult in small Victories, as US begins Drone Strikes

Free Libyan fighters exult in small Victories, as US begins Drone Strikes

In the west on the Tunisian border, Berber rebel troops have taken a checkpoint and chased away 200 Qaddafi loyalists, who took refuge in Tunisia. […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Apple Tracking likely a “Bug” or Oversight

Apple Tracking likely a “Bug” or Oversight

The database of all our movements being kept on our iPhones by Apple is likely a software bug or oversight, according to John Gruber. The […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Thousands Protest in Syria as Emergency Law is Lifted

Thousands Protest in Syria as Emergency Law is Lifted

Massive protests have forced the Baathist regime of Bashar al-Asad to lift the state of emergency that has governed the country since 1963. Without the […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Bush’s Pre-War Iraq Oil Deals Alarmed BP

Bush’s Pre-War Iraq Oil Deals Alarmed BP

George W. Bush was quietly approaching US petroleum corporations and trying to do deals with the French and Russian governments and their energy companies regarding […]

Juan Cole

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