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A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran
Dissent

A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

Fariba Amini

The families had to search for the bodies of their loved ones amongst the many covered coffins in the many morgues or hospitals

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

01/26/2026 By Human Rights Watch

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

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The Iran Breakthrough TV News is Ignoring:  Uranium Stockpile falls below amount Needed for Bomb

The Iran Breakthrough TV News is Ignoring: Uranium Stockpile falls below amount Needed for Bomb

(By Juan Cole) US television newscasters have often slipped up and spoken of an Iranian nuclear “weapons program,” even though no UN inspectors have found […]

Juan Cole

Arab Spring
Racializing Politics:  We don't say "Slav" Democracy troubled in Ukraine, why Talk about "Arab" Failures?

Racializing Politics: We don’t say “Slav” Democracy troubled in Ukraine, why Talk about “Arab” Failures?

The troubles that Ukraine is having (and that Russia and the former Yugoslavia also had) in its post-Soviet politics, with a struggle between authoritarianism and […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Egypt Gov't, Clueless on Journalism, Charges 20 Aljazeera Reporters with "Terrorism" for ... Conducting Interviews

Egypt Gov’t, Clueless on Journalism, Charges 20 Aljazeera Reporters with “Terrorism” for … Conducting Interviews

(By Joe Stork) (Beirut) – Egyptian authorities in recent months have demonstrated almost zero tolerance for any form of dissent, arresting and prosecuting journalists, demonstrators, […]

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Dissent
The other Face of Putin's Olympics:  Pussy Riot Whipped, Beaten for Protest Song at Sochi

The other Face of Putin’s Olympics: Pussy Riot Whipped, Beaten for Protest Song at Sochi

Channel 4 News: “Members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot are beaten with whips by Russian security police after trying to perform at the […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
America still has a Torture Problem:  4 Reasons Why

America still has a Torture Problem: 4 Reasons Why

(By Rebecca Gordon) Shortly after his first inauguration in 2009, President Obama issued an executive order forbidding torture and closing the CIA’s so-called “black sites.” […]

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censorship
Tens of Thousands on Twitter Drop Turkey's President over Internet Censorship Law

Tens of Thousands on Twitter Drop Turkey’s President over Internet Censorship Law

(Via AFP) Turkey president loses Twitter followers over web law (via AFP) Turkish President Abdullah Gul has lost tens of thousands of Twitter followers after […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Court Upholds Making fun of NSA, DHS, slaps Down their Nuisance Suit

Court Upholds Making fun of NSA, DHS, slaps Down their Nuisance Suit

VOA reports, ‘The U.S. National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security suffered a legal defeat Tuesday as a feisty T-shirt designer reaffirmed the […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
A Bridge to Nowhere:  Up to 75% more Deadly Methane emitted by Natural Gas Drilling than Estimated

A Bridge to Nowhere: Up to 75% more Deadly Methane emitted by Natural Gas Drilling than Estimated

(By Andrea Germanos) The amount of methane leaking from natural gas emissions is far higher than previously estimated, a new study shows, more evidence, as […]

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History
Manufactured Wars, Manufactured Military History

Manufactured Wars, Manufactured Military History

(By Nick Turse) It’s 2053 — 20 years since you needed a computer, tablet, or smart phone to go online.  At least, that’s true in […]

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