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

“We Ran from Monsters:” Germany now deporting Yazidi Refugees from ISIL to Limbo

“We Ran from Monsters:” Germany now deporting Yazidi Refugees from ISIL to Limbo

01/24/2026 By The Conversation

Judge Stops Trump from Deporting Noncitizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

Judge Stops Trump from Deporting Noncitizens for Pro-Palestinian Advocacy

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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

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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

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

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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

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Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

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

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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

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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

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Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Critical historians like William Appleman Williams played a key role in highlighting the US’s imperial record in Latin America

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