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All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?
Climate Crisis

All the 15 Hottest Spots on Earth on Thursday were in Australia; Will it become Uninhabitable?

Juan Cole

At a 2.7º C. increase, northern Australian areas such as Darwin, Broome and Port Hedland will become uninhabitable by the end of the century

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Trump’s Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

01/30/2026 By Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump

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Mapping Palestine in the Struggle for Palestine

Mapping Palestine in the Struggle for Palestine

(By Andrew Beale) Map of Palestine from late 19th century. (Flickr/T.H. McAllister) Lior Amihai didn’t grow up knowing the location of the internationally recognized border […]

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al-Qaeda
As Putin recognizes Crimea, his other Client, Syria, Goes on the Offensive

As Putin recognizes Crimea, his other Client, Syria, Goes on the Offensive

(By Juan Cole) Russian President Vladimir Putin is on a geopolitical roll these days, despite US and EU sanctions against some of his closest associates. […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Celebs to UN: Protect Palestinian Refugees in Syria (Alfonso Cuaron, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Sting & 25 Others)

Celebs to UN: Protect Palestinian Refugees in Syria (Alfonso Cuaron, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Sting & 25 Others)

Celebrities press UN on Palestinian refugees in Syria (via AFP) Some 30 celebrities have petitioned the UN demanding they take action to protect civilians, notably […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Iraq's Freedom Agenda shouldn't Include Child Marriage and Summary Divorce

Iraq’s Freedom Agenda shouldn’t Include Child Marriage and Summary Divorce

(Human Rights Watch) (Baghdad) – Iraq’s Council of Ministers should withdraw a new draft Personal Status Law and ensure that Iraq’s legal framework protects women […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Has Consumerism forever Killed the American Revolutionary Spirit?

Has Consumerism forever Killed the American Revolutionary Spirit?

(By Lewis Lapham) [This essay will appear in “Revolution,” the Spring 2014 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly. This slightly adapted version is posted at TomDispatch.com with the […]

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Crimea Vote provokes fear of Domino Effect in Eurasia: Turkish FM

Crimea Vote provokes fear of Domino Effect in Eurasia: Turkish FM

(By Juan Cole) Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday warned that Crimea’s referendum on seceding from Ukraine pose the threat of a “domino effect” […]

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Climate Change
BP Permitted back into The Gulf Despite all the Damage Done

BP Permitted back into The Gulf Despite all the Damage Done

(By Sarah Lazare) Four years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, oil still washes up on the Gulf Coast shore, and residents and cleanup workers face […]

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Politics
RIP: Tony Benn - "We'll never have Democracy as long as Big Business can buy Both Parties

RIP: Tony Benn – “We’ll never have Democracy as long as Big Business can buy Both Parties

British socialist stalwart Tony Benn dies at 88 (via AFP) Political foes and allies paid tribute to Tony Benn, the totem of the British left […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Irony Alert: Climate Change Threatens delivery of Energy from Oil and Gas

Irony Alert: Climate Change Threatens delivery of Energy from Oil and Gas

By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill Oil refineries and drilling platforms in the U.S. are vulnerable to sea level rise and greater storm surge. Fuel pipelines, barges, railways and storage tanks are vulnerable to melting permafrost and severe weather…

Juan Cole

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