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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America
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Taking an Oath on the Qur’an, like Mamdani, attests its Long History in America

Juan Cole

But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

How to combat the Big Oil Propaganda that is stalling Climate Action

01/03/2026 By The Conversation

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

The Middle East between an American Oil Past and a Chinese Solar Future

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The Kurdish 3rd Way:  Democracy is “Radical” in Northern Syria

The Kurdish 3rd Way: Democracy is “Radical” in Northern Syria

By Karlos Zurutuza (Inter Press Service) Garbage collection is among the many duties of the Democratic Self-Management in force in the three mainly Kurdish enclaves […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
BDS Success:  Israeli Firm Sodastream Leaves Palestinian West Bank after Boycott

BDS Success: Israeli Firm Sodastream Leaves Palestinian West Bank after Boycott

By Juan Cole AJ+ SodaStream Leaving West Bank After Boycotts AJ+ : “Facing an intensive boycott campaign, the controversial Israeli company that makes home soda […]

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Centenary of the Ottoman Empire's Entry into World War I

Centenary of the Ottoman Empire’s Entry into World War I

100 years ago, the Ottoman Empire bombarded two Russian ports, entering the war on the side of Germany and Austria. Below is rare footage of […]

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Energy
Concentrated Solar Plant in Tunisian Sahara aims to sell Clean Electricity to Europe

Concentrated Solar Plant in Tunisian Sahara aims to sell Clean Electricity to Europe

Reuters: “The TuNur project aims to generate clean energy from a giant solar plant in the Tunisian Sahara from where it will be connected to […]

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Iran
Iran Pressures Media over coverage of Acid Attacks on Women

Iran Pressures Media over coverage of Acid Attacks on Women

By Golnaz Esfandiari via RFE/RL Iranian officials are moving to muzzle media coverage of a string of recent acid attacks targeting young women in the […]

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Internet
No, Baghdad isn't about to Fall:  Iraqi Bloggers & Youth Mount Campaign

No, Baghdad isn’t about to Fall: Iraqi Bloggers & Youth Mount Campaign

By Ibrahim Saleh | Baghdad | via Niqash A group of young Iraqi bloggers and activists have started a campaign on social media using the […]

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Turkey allows Kurdish Peshmerga to Cross to Kobane

Turkey allows Kurdish Peshmerga to Cross to Kobane

By Juan Cole The Turkish press is reporting that Turkish intelligence is facilitating the crossing of a couple hundred paramilitary troops (Peshmerga) from Iraqi Kurdistan […]

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Bill of Rights
Only 1/2 of 1% of "Patriot" Act Secret Warrants Used against Terrorism

Only 1/2 of 1% of “Patriot” Act Secret Warrants Used against Terrorism

By Mark Jaycox via Electronic Frontier Foundation The Patriot Act continues to wreak its havoc on civil liberties. Section 213 was included in the Patriot […]

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Nobel Peace Laureates to Obama:  Bring use of torture into the light of day, Never to return

Nobel Peace Laureates to Obama: Bring use of torture into the light of day, Never to return

By Jon Queally via Commondreams.org Twelve Nobel Peace Prize laureates have written to President Barack Obama asking the US to close the dark chapter on […]

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