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The Iranian People between the Violence of the State and the Violence of Empire
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The Iranian People between the Violence of the State and the Violence of Empire

Fariba Amini

People were gunned down in a systematic way during these protests on a scale unseen since the 1980s

The Israelis are Stealthily Annexing the Whole West Bank under Cover of . . . Iran

The Israelis are Stealthily Annexing the Whole West Bank under Cover of . . . Iran

02/12/2026 By Middle East Monitor

How China will Run Rings around Trump’s US on Lucrative Green Energy in 2026

How China will Run Rings around Trump’s US on Lucrative Green Energy in 2026

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Iran
Netanyahu and Iranian Jeans:  Ironies of Modernity and Tradition

Netanyahu and Iranian Jeans: Ironies of Modernity and Tradition

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu provoked a lot of mocking humor by saying in an interview for BBC Persian that “if Iranians were free they […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Stop it Now!   Keystone XL will Bring Us the Dirtiest Oil on the Planet (Giesen)

Stop it Now! Keystone XL will Bring Us the Dirtiest Oil on the Planet (Giesen)

Tom Giesen writes in a guest column for Informed Comment The US already imports over 2.5 million barrels of Canadian oil each day. Much of […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Day of Division in Middle East: Bloody Clashes in Egypt, Iraq

Day of Division in Middle East: Bloody Clashes in Egypt, Iraq

Sunday was another bloody day in the Middle East. In Egypt, the establishment commemorated the success of the Egyptian army 40 years ago in crossing […]

Juan Cole

Energy
The Great Solar Car Race begins in Australia: Can it save Humankind?

The Great Solar Car Race begins in Australia: Can it save Humankind?

On Sunday, the every-other-year great solar car race (the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge) began in Australia, as vehicles powered by sunlight competed to get from […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on Middle East Crises (Chuck Mertz interview)

Cole on Middle East Crises (Chuck Mertz interview)

Here is the interview Chuck Mertz did with me for Saturday’s episode of his long-running dissident show, “This is Hell, ” covering the situation in […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Shutdown Anthem:  Boehner & Bachmann “We Can’t Stop” (SNL Miley Cyrus spoof video)

Shutdown Anthem: Boehner & Bachmann “We Can’t Stop” (SNL Miley Cyrus spoof video)

Miley Cyrus and Taran Killam on Saturday Night Live this weekend as Michele Bachmann and John Boehner in a spoof of the government shutdown to […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran’s Leader “Optimistic” about Rowhani’s US Diplomacy, but Skeptical of Washington, Israel

Iran’s Leader “Optimistic” about Rowhani’s US Diplomacy, but Skeptical of Washington, Israel

Iran’s supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, spoke on Saturday to cadets at a military school, and in the course of his speech he referred to […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Oceans turning Acid, Lifeless faster than any time in 300 million Years from Human CO2 Emissions (Queally)

Oceans turning Acid, Lifeless faster than any time in 300 million Years from Human CO2 Emissions (Queally)

Jon Queally writes at Commondreams: The latest audit by an international team of marine scientists at the International Programme on the State of the Ocean […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Top Ten Signs Solar Energy is rapidly Winning

Top Ten Signs Solar Energy is rapidly Winning

The recent UN report on climate change points out that the world does not have much time to switch to renewables if it is to […]

Juan Cole

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