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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

02/09/2026 By Tomdispatch

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24 Dead in Tunisia Clashes; US Ambassador Called In

24 Dead in Tunisia Clashes; US Ambassador Called In

Some 24 persons have been killed in clashes between protesters and government security forces in Tunisia. The government has closed schools and universities “indefinitely” as […]

Juan Cole

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Naw, There's been no Right Wing Extreme Rhetoric

Naw, There’s been no Right Wing Extreme Rhetoric

Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and other far right-wing demagogues have been quick to defend themselves from the charge of fostering a climate of poisonous political […]

Juan Cole

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Sarah Never Does Anything Wrong

Sarah Never Does Anything Wrong

Sarah Palin’s aides are claiming that the crosshairs marking the targeted Democratic candidates (including Gabrielle Giffords) on her infamous poster (scroll down) were not crosshairs […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Death of Pakistani Secularism Much Exaggerated

Death of Pakistani Secularism Much Exaggerated

There has been a lot of hand-wringing about religious extremism in Pakistan in the wake of the assassination of Punjab governor Salman Taseer. On Sunday […]

Juan Cole

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White Terrorism

White Terrorism

Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged assassin of Federal judge John M. Roll and five others and attempted assassin of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), was clearly […]

Juan Cole

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DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Account of Wikileaks Volunteer and now Iceland MP

DOJ Subpoenas Twitter Account of Wikileaks Volunteer and now Iceland MP

The US Department of Justice has subpoenaed from Twitter the private emails of former Wikileaks activist Birgitt Jonsdottir, now a member of Iceland’s parliament. She […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egyptian Muslims Throng in Thousands to Protect Christians

Egyptian Muslims Throng in Thousands to Protect Christians

Thousands of Muslims honored a promise made by their leaders and showed up at Christmas Mass or at candlelight vigils outside Egyptian churches on Friday, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Today in Apartheid

Today in Apartheid

Israeli troops made an incursion into the Palestinian city of al-Khalil (which the Israelis call Hebron) and killed the wrong man, invading his apartment and […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Wikileaks: US Offered to Block anti-Whaling Protesters

Wikileaks: US Offered to Block anti-Whaling Protesters

Some environmentalists are arguing that whales and dolphins are so intelligent, social and self-aware that they deserve a special status, of non-human individuals with basic […]

Juan Cole

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