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On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries
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On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries

Farhang Jahanpour

Many people optimistically assume that popular revolutions against dictators will automatically establish democratic governments

“Gently, Brother!”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

“Gently, Brother!” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

02/11/2026 By Juan Cole

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological Enhancement of Iran’s Endurance

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological Enhancement of Iran’s Endurance

02/11/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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The World Asks:  Is Israel Targeting Civilians in Gaza?

The World Asks: Is Israel Targeting Civilians in Gaza?

By Luisa Gandolfo via The Conversation When the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused Hamas of using “telegenically dead Palestinians for their cause”, he overlooked […]

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“We Need to Talk About Israel”:  Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

“We Need to Talk About Israel”: Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

Jon Stewart, “The Daily Show”: “We Need to Talk About Israel” The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook […]

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Gaza:  Inside Israel's massacre at al-Shujayeh: "I can't Believe I Survived"

Gaza: Inside Israel’s massacre at al-Shujayeh: “I can’t Believe I Survived”

By Mohammed Suliman via al-Akhbar “A massacre, a massacre!” were the words my brother, who works as a doctor at Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, said as […]

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Gaza War Devastates Israeli Tourism Revenue, Points to Fragile Apartheid Future

Gaza War Devastates Israeli Tourism Revenue, Points to Fragile Apartheid Future

By Juan Cole A Hamas rocket hit and destroyed a house in Yahoud, a town only a mile from Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on […]

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Most would-be US Terrorists Wouldn't have Committed a Crime without FBI Entrapment

Most would-be US Terrorists Wouldn’t have Committed a Crime without FBI Entrapment

Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) –The US Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have targeted American Muslims in abusive counterterrorism “sting operations” […]

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Hottest June On Record Since 1880

Hottest June On Record Since 1880

By Ann Werner US government scientists have released their findings that this past June is the hottest on record since record keeping began in 1880. […]

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On 'Human Shielding' in Gaza: The Israeli army has tried to justify striking civilian areas

On ‘Human Shielding’ in Gaza: The Israeli army has tried to justify striking civilian areas

By Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini All fighting within cities and all bombardments of urban spaces, even the most "precise and surgical", is a potential […]

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Is Rula Jebreal right about US Media Bias against Palestinians?

Is Rula Jebreal right about US Media Bias against Palestinians?

By Juan Cole Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal points to the overwhelming bias in US media against the Palestinians, calling NBC to account for having tried […]

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Mohammed Suliman’s Twitter-Journal on Surviving Israel’s War on Gaza

Mohammed Suliman’s Twitter-Journal on Surviving Israel’s War on Gaza

Journalist Mohammed Suliman (@imPalestine), in Gaza, has been tweeting sardonic observations about living through the Israeli bombardment of his friends and family. They together form […]

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