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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

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Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

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The Sterling Racism Scandal: What about Associating with Muslim People?

The Sterling Racism Scandal: What about Associating with Muslim People?

(By Juan Cole) LA Clippers owner Donald Tokowitz Sterling is alleged to have told Maria Vanessa Perez (“V. Stiviano”) off for putting up an Instagram […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
New FCC Rules Will Put "Stake in Internet's Heart"

New FCC Rules Will Put “Stake in Internet’s Heart”

(By Jon Queally) Defenders of an open, innovative and fair internet are up in arms Thursday after learning the Federal Communications Commission is about to […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
The Impunity of American Torture:  From Abu Ghraib to Sen. Feinstein's Brawl with the CIA

The Impunity of American Torture: From Abu Ghraib to Sen. Feinstein’s Brawl with the CIA

(by Karen J. Greenberg via Tomdispatch.com) It’s mind-boggling. Torture is still up for grabs in America. No one questions anymore whether the CIA waterboarded one […]

Juan Cole

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John Kerry admits Israeli Apartheid; and 5 Ways he is Understating It

John Kerry admits Israeli Apartheid; and 5 Ways he is Understating It

(By Juan Cole) In a closed-room meeting of the Trilateral Commission last Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry warned that Israel is on the verge […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
A Widening War:  Iraq  intervenes in Syria with Helicopter Gunships

A Widening War: Iraq intervenes in Syria with Helicopter Gunships

(By Juan Cole) For the first time, Iraqi helicopter gunships have crossed the border to hit a target inside Syria. They destroyed 8 fuel tankers […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Turkey's PM Erdogan between Sultanate and Hobbesian Commonwealth

Turkey’s PM Erdogan between Sultanate and Hobbesian Commonwealth

(By Kerem Oktem) . . . [Thomas Hobbbes’] Leviathan is about more than the rights of the sovereign. For it to be considered a commonwealth, […]

Juan Cole

Economy
Can America's descent into Plutocracy (Rule-by-the-Rich) be Reversed?

Can America’s descent into Plutocracy (Rule-by-the-Rich) be Reversed?

Harvard’s Lawrence Lessig, the crusader for campaign finance reform, feels that his fellow reformers don’t think big or boldly enough to inspire the kind of grassroots campaign that might break elite donors’ stranglehold on America’s political…

Juan Cole

Germany
Wind & Solar Can Generate Electricity For Half The Cost Of Nuclear

Wind & Solar Can Generate Electricity For Half The Cost Of Nuclear

Originally published on Renew Economy. New-build wind and solar energy systems can generate electricity for up to 50 per cent cheaper than new nuclear power plants, a German study has found. The research, commissioned by German think tank Agora Energiewende…

Juan Cole

Constitution
State Dept Launches 'Free the Press' Campaign Same Day DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Jail Reporter

State Dept Launches ‘Free the Press’ Campaign Same Day DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Jail Reporter

The US State Department announced the launch of its third annual “Free the Press” campaign today, which will purportedly highlight “journalists or media outlets that are censored, attacked, threatened, or otherwise oppressed because of their reporting…

Juan Cole

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