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Dr. King would be Standing beside All Who are now Standing up for Our Democracy
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Dr. King would be Standing beside All Who are now Standing up for Our Democracy

Mitchell Zimmerman

A member of the Freedom Movement reflects on Dr. King’s legacy in our perilous times

Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

01/21/2026 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

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Why you need an EV: Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World's most Important Oil Fields

Why you need an EV: Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World’s most Important Oil Fields

By Juan Cole The virtual collapse of the Iraqi army and its inability to take back any territory from Sunni forces coordinated by the Islamic […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Blue Planet et al. Appeal to UN over Detroit Water cut-off to Thousands

Blue Planet et al. Appeal to UN over Detroit Water cut-off to Thousands

By Sarah Lazare 'By denying water service to thousands, Detroit is violating the human right to water.' As thousands of people in Detroit go without […]

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Arab Spring
Religion and the Fight over Public Space in Egypt

Religion and the Fight over Public Space in Egypt

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei | Cairo (Special to Informed Comment) “Have you pronounced blessings on the Prophet today?” These words alarmed the Egyptian regime […]

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Hardliners in Israel & Iran Resist US Pivot to Iran over ISIS

Hardliners in Israel & Iran Resist US Pivot to Iran over ISIS

By Juan Cole The continued advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) on Sunday brought the radical Sunni movement to […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan and the Artificial US War on Terror (Anand Gopal’s New Book)

Afghanistan and the Artificial US War on Terror (Anand Gopal’s New Book)

By Juan Cole I guest-hosted a book salon over at Firedoglake on Sunday concentrating on Anand Gopal’s expose of the so-called ‘war on terror’ in […]

Juan Cole

Circumcision ceremony at Eskişehir archeology museum stirs controversy

Circumcision ceremony at Eskişehir archeology museum stirs controversy

A circumcision ceremony held in the midst of ancient monuments at the ETİ Archeology Museum stirs controversy

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 Israel Threatens Witnesses to its Killings of Palestinians, and it Must Stop

Israel Threatens Witnesses to its Killings of Palestinians, and it Must Stop

Via Human Rights Watch Israeli Army targets Man Whose Cameras Recorded Deaths Israel should be investigating these deaths, but instead its forces seem intent on […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
In American Turning Point re: Settler Zionism, Presbyterians Divest

In American Turning Point re: Settler Zionism, Presbyterians Divest

By Andrea Germanos "Divestment is not the end, it’s the beginning of non-violent means to fight the oppression of our Palestinian brothers and sisters," said […]

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Climate Change
Koch Bros. Laguna Beach Black Sabbath targets Green Energy Activists with Greenbacks

Koch Bros. Laguna Beach Black Sabbath targets Green Energy Activists with Greenbacks

Via Sourcewatch and The Young Turks: Anti-Regulation Energy Initiative At a secretive summit held in June 2014 at a resort in Laguna Beach, California, the […]

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