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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True

Juan Cole

A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

06/21/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

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Trump's Supreme Court overturns Magna Carta (1215) and Montesquieu (1748) for Sultan Donald John

Trump’s Supreme Court overturns Magna Carta (1215) and Montesquieu (1748) for Sultan Donald John

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US Supreme Court on Friday, by a 5-4 Republican Party majority, temporarily ruled to allow Trump to divert monies […]

Juan Cole

United Kingdom
Perfidious Albion? Is UK PM Boris Johnson an Islamophobic, anti-Immigrant, anti-Gay Bigot?

Perfidious Albion? Is UK PM Boris Johnson an Islamophobic, anti-Immigrant, anti-Gay Bigot?

By Luke Reader | – After the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, does Britain have a populist, nativist politician […]

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Israel/ Palestine
How Israeli Schools Erase or Demonize Palestinians for the Next Generation

How Israeli Schools Erase or Demonize Palestinians for the Next Generation

By Asa Winstanley | @AsaWinstanley | – Dissident Israeli scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan’s important academic study, “Palestine in Israeli School Books” is essential reading for anyone […]

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Democratic Party
Where does Elizabeth Warren Stand on War and Peace?

Where does Elizabeth Warren Stand on War and Peace?

In the last few months Senator Elizabeth Warren has gained ground in public opinion polls tracking the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. In […]

Reese Erlich

Climate Change
Scotland Renewables making enough Electricity to power Two Scotlands and other Wind Power Successes

Scotland Renewables making enough Electricity to power Two Scotlands and other Wind Power Successes

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As The Independent put it in its headline, for the first six months of this year, Scotland generated enough electricity […]

Juan Cole

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Without Political Boycotts, the Civil Rights Movement Might have failed: Congress is gutting Constitution to Protect Israeli War Crimes

Without Political Boycotts, the Civil Rights Movement Might have failed: Congress is gutting Constitution to Protect Israeli War Crimes

Ann Arbor (informed Comment) – The House of Representatives on Thursday passed by a 398-17 margin a resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
What the Child Detentions at the Border Really Tell Us about Trumpism

What the Child Detentions at the Border Really Tell Us about Trumpism

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Lately, I’ve been thinking about the Grimm’s fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel. Terrified by cruel conditions at home, the brother and […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Israel/ Palestine
Trump’s Calls to “Send Them Back” are Mainstream in Israel

Trump’s Calls to “Send Them Back” are Mainstream in Israel

The affinity between Trump and Netanyahu is more than personal. It’s rooted in a shared fantasy of a perfectly homogeneous society.

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How Facebook’s Algorithm Hides Good Journalism and allowed Russian Election Meddling

How Facebook’s Algorithm Hides Good Journalism and allowed Russian Election Meddling

By Jennifer Grygiel | – Facebook’s News Feed algorithm determines what users see on its platform – from funny memes to comments from friends. The […]

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