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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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Afghanistan
Afghan Villagers Protest US Air Strike, as Ballot Fraud Evidence Surfaces

Afghan Villagers Protest US Air Strike, as Ballot Fraud Evidence Surfaces

According to the Afghanistan government, about 186 civilians have died in each of the last 6 months in the war. (Other studies suggest the bulk […]

Juan Cole

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New Polls: Dems Very Likely to Keep Senate

New Polls: Dems Very Likely to Keep Senate

Jason Easley’s essay looking at recent opinion polls in Kentucky, Nevada, and California argues that Democrats are substantially improving their position in senate races in […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Worst Reporting on Green Energy of the Week

Worst Reporting on Green Energy of the Week

This week’s award for bad environmental reporting goes to John Spear of the Toronto Star for his article on the cost of wind power in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Will Resumption of Israeli Colonization of West Bank End the Two State Solution?

Will Resumption of Israeli Colonization of West Bank End the Two State Solution?

The Palestinian negotiating team is categorically rejecting any compromise with Israel over the latter’s plan to re-start settlement building on Palestinian land Palestinian President Mahmoud […]

Juan Cole

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Colbert on Immigrant Labor

Colbert on Immigrant Labor

Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report testifies before Congress on problems facing immigrant labor. Colbert’s television show spoofs rightwing Fox Cable News anchors.

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Attack on US Base Repulsed in Afghanistan

Attack on US Base Repulsed in Afghanistan

Afghan guerrillas attacked a US forward operating base in Gardez, Paktia Province, on Friday. NATO issued a press release, saying “The attack began when a […]

Juan Cole

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O'Donnell wonders why Monkeys aren't still evolving into Humans

O’Donnell wonders why Monkeys aren’t still evolving into Humans

Bill Maher on his HBO television show Friday night played another clip of Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate for senator from Delaware, from the 1990s. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Rumsfeld, Bush and the Supreme War Crime

Rumsfeld, Bush and the Supreme War Crime

Joyce Battle at the National Security Archive has used the Freedom of Information Act to spring classified documents from 2001 about the Bush administration’s sneaky […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Mugs for Cameras, Blames USG for 9/11 Attacks

Ahmadinejad Mugs for Cameras, Blames USG for 9/11 Attacks

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s outrageous speech at the United Nations, in which he blamed the US government for staging the September 11 attacks against itself, […]

Juan Cole

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