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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure
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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure

Fariba Amini

When they called your name at midnight, In your thoughts, morning blossomed from a blood-stained horizon.

Juan Cole on Iran War:  “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

Juan Cole on Iran War: “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

03/05/2026 By Juan Cole

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

03/05/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Israel, Gaza, and the Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment Movement

Israel, Gaza, and the Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment Movement

AJ+ “Israel’s month-long assault on Gaza has over 1900 Palestinians dead, mostly civilians. It has sparked condemnation by the UN and of course on twitter. […]

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American Jews
Is Zionism/ Jewish Nationalism a Political Cult?  The Salaita Firing

Is Zionism/ Jewish Nationalism a Political Cult? The Salaita Firing

By Juan Cole Liberal politics in the broad sense, in the tradition of Locke, Voltaire, Madison, Jefferson and John Stuart Mill, is rooted in a […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
Israel caused $5 billion in damage to Gaza, 40,000 Homes Destroyed or Damaged

Israel caused $5 billion in damage to Gaza, 40,000 Homes Destroyed or Damaged

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel’s offensive on Gaza has caused over $5 billion of damage to homes and infrastructure in the Strip, the Minister of Public […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Soldiers Deliberately Shot down Fleeing Civilians (Stories begin to Leak out) - HRW

Israeli Soldiers Deliberately Shot down Fleeing Civilians (Stories begin to Leak out) – HRW

By Human Rights Watch When will there be justice for the civilians in Khuza’a, who suffered shelling for days, then faced deadly attacks by Israeli […]

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National Security State
Hiroshima Taught us that the "National Security State" isn't about Security for us  (Noam Chomsky)

Hiroshima Taught us that the “National Security State” isn’t about Security for us (Noam Chomsky)

By Noam Chomsky via Tomdispatch.com If some extraterrestrial species were compiling a history of Homo sapiens, they might well break their calendar into two eras: […]

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Apartheid
British Cabinet Member Resigns over UK Gov't Gaza Stance, wanted to go to ICC

British Cabinet Member Resigns over UK Gov’t Gaza Stance, wanted to go to ICC

Channel 4 News “Sayeeda Warsi, the minister who quit over Gaza, says she had to stand down because of the UK’s “indefensible” position. Watch her […]

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Apartheid
Israel Still Holding Gaza Civilians Hostage, Doesn't Get Geneva Conventions

Israel Still Holding Gaza Civilians Hostage, Doesn’t Get Geneva Conventions

By Juan Cole The Israeli government is saying that it will only let in building materials so that Palestinians in Gaza can rebuild or repair […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Climate Change, Dirty Natural Gas, and the Gaza War

Climate Change, Dirty Natural Gas, and the Gaza War

By Juan Cole Calls by Israeli politicians in mainstream positions for the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza in part reflect frustration over the […]

Juan Cole

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Product Placement takes over the Media & subverts the News (John Oliver)

Product Placement takes over the Media & subverts the News (John Oliver)

By John Oliver “The line between editorial content and advertising in news media is blurrier and blurrier. That’s not bullshit. It’s repurposed bovine waste.” HBO: […]

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