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All the Ways US Support for Israeli Expansionism Freed Russia’s Hands
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All the Ways US Support for Israeli Expansionism Freed Russia’s Hands

Juan Cole

Russian leaders are clearly taking delight in the way in which Iran is turning into a quagmire for Washington, gleeful at their significant wins

The US-Israeli Strikes on Tehran Oil Depots unleash Invisible Health Threats

The US-Israeli Strikes on Tehran Oil Depots unleash Invisible Health Threats

03/17/2026 By The Conversation

Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz

Imperial Decline in the Straits of Hormuz

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Climate change threatens Peru's glaciers as 195 Countries Meet in Lima

Climate change threatens Peru’s glaciers as 195 Countries Meet in Lima

DW | — “Delegates from 195 countries are meeting in Lima, Peru for the UN’s 20th climate change conference. The mountains of Peru offer a […]

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Iran
Iran:  Rise In Youth just living together -- Gov't rails Against 'White Marriage'

Iran: Rise In Youth just living together — Gov’t rails Against ‘White Marriage’

By Golnaz Esfandiari (RFL/RE) | — Raana and Hamed have been living together for four years. They eat together. They both contribute to the household […]

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Coal
Solar Power in US doubles in 2014, Wind now 4% of Energy Mix

Solar Power in US doubles in 2014, Wind now 4% of Energy Mix

By Juan Cole | — Compared to Germany and Spain, the United States is woefully backward in its development of wind, solar and other renewable […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Police Accountability more important than Bodycams

Police Accountability more important than Bodycams

By Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, Human Rights Watch Yesterday’s grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case in New York City – the second in just […]

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Iraq
Iraq Fail:  Shiite Gov't asks Sunni tribe to fight ISIL, but Sentences Politician from Tribe to Death

Iraq Fail: Shiite Gov’t asks Sunni tribe to fight ISIL, but Sentences Politician from Tribe to Death

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) While members of the Sunni Muslim al-Bu Ulwan tribe were fighting extremists in the Anbar province, alongside the […]

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Elections
Will the next Israeli Gov't be even more Far Right & Colonial?

Will the next Israeli Gov’t be even more Far Right & Colonial?

By Mitchell Plitnick (IPS) | — The Israeli government is headed for yet another round of elections. Although the official election date for the next […]

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African-Americans
Top 5 ways US treatment of African-Americans resembles Apartheid South Africa

Top 5 ways US treatment of African-Americans resembles Apartheid South Africa

By Juan Cole | — From 1949 though the early 1990s, South Africa was ruled by an Afrikaner Apartheid regime that made race the basis […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Massive Oil spill from major pipeline threatens Israel nature reserve

Massive Oil spill from major pipeline threatens Israel nature reserve

AFP | — “A major pipeline leak has caused oil to gush into the Arava desert in southern Israel, threatening a protected nature reserve, officials […]

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Iraq
Threatened by ISIL/Daesh, Kurds Maneuver between Baghdad and Ankara

Threatened by ISIL/Daesh, Kurds Maneuver between Baghdad and Ankara

Iraqi Kurds Seek Greater Balance between Ankara and Baghdad By Mohammed A. Salih ERBIL, Dec 4 2014 (IPS) – After a period of frostiness, Iraq’s […]

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