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California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers
Academic Freedom

California’s New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A California District Court hearing on was held on Wednesday, December 17, over an injunction sought by […]

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“Another Cup to Drown the Memory:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:30

“Another Cup to Drown the Memory:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:30

12/22/2025 By Juan Cole

Climate Breakdown: Even “Weak” Cyclones cause Fatal Flooding as Oceans Heat Up

Climate Breakdown: Even “Weak” Cyclones cause Fatal Flooding as Oceans Heat Up

12/22/2025 By The Conversation

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Global Warming is about to Decimate the Building Blocks of Life in the Ocean

Global Warming is about to Decimate the Building Blocks of Life in the Ocean

By Alex Kirby Researchers warn that marine life could be dramatically affected as climate change threatens to cause severe reduction of plankton – the key […]

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Elections:  Abdullah refuses to Concede, Protests Erupt charging Fraud

Afghanistan Elections: Abdullah refuses to Concede, Protests Erupt charging Fraud

By Frud Bezhan via RFE/RL KABUL — As allegations of fraud in Afghanistan’s runoff election pile up, protest movements have mobilized against what they see […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Palestinians 66 Yrs Later: An Unsustainable Refugee Crisis

Palestinians 66 Yrs Later: An Unsustainable Refugee Crisis

By Pierre Krähenbühl via EurActiv Commissioner General of the United United Nations Relief and Works Agency Pierre Krähenbühl writes on the unsustainability of the Palestine […]

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Iraq: Ayatollah Sistani hints that Parliament should dump al-Maliki as Muqtada mobilizes "Peace Brigades"

Iraq: Ayatollah Sistani hints that Parliament should dump al-Maliki as Muqtada mobilizes “Peace Brigades”

The chorus for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq to step down grew louder on Friday, as Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani of Najaf had his […]

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Militarization
Flashback: All the Ways the Neocons were Wrong about Iraq

Flashback: All the Ways the Neocons were Wrong about Iraq

via Bernie Sanders US Senator Dick Cheney “Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no […]

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Democratic Party
How US Hawks Created an Arc of Instability in the Middle East

How US Hawks Created an Arc of Instability in the Middle East

By Tom Engelhardt via Tomdispatch As Iraq was unraveling last week and the possible outlines of the first jihadist state in modern history were coming […]

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Iran
Is Iraq Actually Falling Apart?   What Social Science Surveys Show

Is Iraq Actually Falling Apart? What Social Science Surveys Show

By Mansoor Moaddel Several nationally representative surveys carried out in Iraq between 2004 and 2013 provide important facts about Iraqi orientations toward secular politics, basis […]

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Afghanistan
Pakistan Needs Regional and Global Alliances to Fight the Extremists

Pakistan Needs Regional and Global Alliances to Fight the Extremists

By Muqtedar Khan Pakistan on Sunday launched another military operation — Zarb-e-Azb — against the extremists in Waziristan. The name of the operation means sharp […]

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Barack Obama
Obama Prepares for Drone War in Iraq

Obama Prepares for Drone War in Iraq

By Juan Cole President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he will send 300 Green Beret Army special operations soldiers to Iraq. They will be […]

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