Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.
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The Fall of the New Year Throne (Complete Sword & Sorcery Novel of ancient Persia)
By Juan Cole The Fall of the New Year Throne Many, many thanks to everyone who followed the serialized sword and sorcery novel I have […]
Kentucky Fried Brain Senator: No Global Warming b/c Mars’ temp. like Earth’s
By Anthony Elizondo via LiberalAmerica Image via Firebrand Progressives Last week the denial of climate change continued. This time in the form of […]
NSA Targetting of Innocent Muslim-Americans Raises 1st Amendment Alarms
By Deirdre Fulton Following Intercept report, rights groups and Muslim-American organizations slam NSA targeting Rights organizations responded harshly to reports that the National Security Agency […]
Israeli Rhetoric Hides War Crimes against Gaza
By Chloé Benoist As Israeli forces began their assault on the Gaza Strip, Israel’s leaders and media ramped up a rhetoric offensive, using dehumanizing discourse […]
ABC News’ Diane Sawyer Mistakes Stricken Palestinians for Israelis
By Juan Cole In the current round of fighting between mighty Israel and the little Gaza Strip, Israeli airstrikes have killed 53 Palestinians. The supposedly […]
Saudi ARAMCO Nat’l Gas Plans undercut US Fracking, Point to big Water Problems Ahead
By Tina Casey via Cleantechnica File this one under E for ewps, at least as far as the export market for US fracked natural gas […]
The Return of Jim Crow in North Carolina
By Lauren McCauley Rights Groups Call for Halt to 'Worst Since Jim Crow' Voting Law Hundreds of people were turned away outside of a packed […]
Oil and Terrorist Groups: Iraq’s ISIS, others Seeking Black Gold
By Michael T. Klare via Tomdispatch Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, South Sudan, Ukraine, the East and South China Seas: wherever you look, the world is aflame […]
Bush Trifecta lands on Obama: Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan Imploding
By Juan Cole President Barack Obama of Hawaii had fondly dreamed of bidding turbulent and unrewarding West Asia farewell and turning the attentions of American […]
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