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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

01/13/2026 By Human Rights Watch

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

01/13/2026 By The Conversation

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Brother Of Iraqi Vp Killed 4 Us Troops

Brother Of Iraqi Vp Killed 4 Us Troops

Brother of Iraqi VP Killed 4 US Troops Killed 57 Bodies found in Baghdad Reuters reports that 4 US GIs were announced killed by Iraqi […]

Juan Cole

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100 Tortured Each Day In Iraq

100 Tortured Each Day In Iraq

100 Tortured Each Day in Iraq Situation Worse than Under Saddam Andras Riedlemayer writes: ‘ The UN Special Rapporteur for Torture, Manfred Nowak, was interviewed […]

Juan Cole

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Rubin On Afghanistan Just In Case

Rubin On Afghanistan Just In Case

Rubin on Afghanistan Just in case anyone has forgotten, there is a war going on in Afghanistan, too. Barnett Rubin doesn’t think it is going […]

Juan Cole

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Lebanon War Mits Electronic Journal On

Lebanon War Mits Electronic Journal On

Lebanon War MIT’s electronic journal on the Middle East has a special issue on the Lebanon war. (Warning, .pdf).

Juan Cole

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9 Us Troops Announced Killed Us Mahdi

9 Us Troops Announced Killed Us Mahdi

9 US Troops Announced Killed; US/ Mahdi Army Clashes in Diwaniyah; Hundreds of Iraqi Police Made Sick by Meal Altogether, the US military announced the […]

Juan Cole

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Tony Judt Talk Cancelled After

Tony Judt Talk Cancelled After

Tony Judt Talk Cancelled after Pressure from Israel Lobby There was a virtual news blackout on the debate at Cooper Union recently on the influence […]

Juan Cole

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Blunkett Blames Cheney Rumsfeld Baker

Blunkett Blames Cheney Rumsfeld Baker

Blunkett Blames Cheney, Rumsfeld Baker Commission to accept 3-region Solution? 40 Killed; Tal Afar Bombed WaPo reports, ‘Last month, 776 U.S. troops were wounded in […]

Juan Cole

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Vp Abdul Mahdi Us Military Part Of

Vp Abdul Mahdi Us Military Part Of

VP Abdul Mahdi: US Military Part of Problem; 4,000 Iraq police killed in past 2 years The deaths of two more US Marines were announced […]

Juan Cole

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62 Dead Dozens Wounded As Rice Visits

62 Dead Dozens Wounded As Rice Visits

62 Dead, Dozens Wounded as Rice Visits; Warner: Iraq going Sideways; Mahdi Army makes Hospitals Bases Senator John Warner says that Iraq is “drifting sideways” […]

Juan Cole

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