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Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan

Juan Cole

Andersen said, “I mean, you can’t really fathom that this is actually something that is being said out loud. It just seems too crazy.”

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

01/25/2026 By Prism

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Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket

Trump’s Autocratic Logic and Foreign Intervention: America’s New Protection Racket

Among authoritarians, economics exists for the sake of political extraction, and private wealth is only permitted on condition of complicity

Scott Corey

Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

Israel’s assaults on Palestinian Universities and targeting the Academic Sector

Protesting Israel’s assaults on Palestinian universities and its targeting of students and faculty in the occupied West Bank and Gaza

Middle East Studies Association

Iran
Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

Beyond Boiling Point: Historic Iranian Protests Continue Despite Blackouts, Repression

Unverified reports suggest thousands of people may have been killed, while Trump threatens the country with military intervention

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The Inevitable Transition in Iran

The Inevitable Transition in Iran

Economic grievances are now directly tied to the functioning and political structure of the Islamic Republic itself

Bernard Hourcade

Donald Trump
The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

The Use of Military Force in Iran could Backfire on Trump

A US strike would almost certainly hand Iran’s security apparatus the very narrative it seeks: an existential battle for national survival

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Racing toward a Mad Max World

Racing toward a Mad Max World

Environmental disasters and their destructiveness are only ratcheting up in step with increases in global greenhouse-gas emissions

Stan Cox

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

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

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

H. Scott Prosterman

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Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Reports of Large-Scale Killings in Iran under cover of internet blackout

Human Rights Watch

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

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

Iranian diaspora communities and non-Iranians alike have used social media to share concerns about the internet blackout

The Conversation

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