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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts
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Former Israeli PM, in Epstein Files, Dreamed of Israeli Eugenics and Pretty Converts

H. Scott Prosterman

former Israeli PM Ehud Barak is being held to account, only because the ruling Likud Party perceives him as an enemy of their agenda

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran?  A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

Is Turkey in Israel’s Crosshairs, after Iran? A Strategic Rivalry Reconsidered

02/24/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

Why Islamic Finance could provide an ethical Model for funding the green Transition

02/24/2026 By The Conversation

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Police Clear Taksim Square: Turkey's Protests and the Neoliberal Market (Cole interview)

Police Clear Taksim Square: Turkey’s Protests and the Neoliberal Market (Cole interview)

Update On Tuesday morning, police in Istanbul moved on protesters at Taksim Square, using teargas and water cannon to clear them out. Police began dismantling […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Its the Corporations, Stupid:  Why we are 2nd Amendment Fundamentalists but the 4th Amendment doesn’t Count

Its the Corporations, Stupid: Why we are 2nd Amendment Fundamentalists but the 4th Amendment doesn’t Count

The Second Amendment to the Constitution is interpreted by lawmakers and judges in an absolute manner. Every American, we are constantly told– even mentally ill […]

Juan Cole

Turkey
Istanbul Rising:  VICE Explains the Turkish Protests (Video)

Istanbul Rising: VICE Explains the Turkish Protests (Video)

VICE: “On Friday, May 31, Turkish riot police fired tear gas and pepper spray into a peaceful protest held to save Gezi Park, one of […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Gitmo comes Home to America: Torture, Gag Orders and Legal Dirty Tricks have Corrupted the System (Brittain)

Gitmo comes Home to America: Torture, Gag Orders and Legal Dirty Tricks have Corrupted the System (Brittain)

Victoria Brittain writes at Tomdispatch.com A four-month hunger strike, mass force-feedings, and widespread media coverage have at last brought Guantanamo, the notorious offshore prison set […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
How America Became Orwellian: A Short History of Big Brother Sam (ProPublica)

How America Became Orwellian: A Short History of Big Brother Sam (ProPublica)

Cora Currier, Justin Elliott and Theodoric Meyer write at ProPublica On Wednesday, the Guardian published a secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over data […]

Juan Cole

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We Misunderstood Barack:  He only wanted the Domestic Surveillance to be Made Legal, not to End It

We Misunderstood Barack: He only wanted the Domestic Surveillance to be Made Legal, not to End It

We misunderstood Barack Obama years ago when he slammed the Bush administration for arbitrary intrusion in the privacy of citizens, in the name of the […]

Juan Cole

US politics
Sen. Wyden Warned us in 2011 that the Government was Running wild on Surveillance (Video)

Sen. Wyden Warned us in 2011 that the Government was Running wild on Surveillance (Video)

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) warned two years ago that when the US public discovered how the Patriot Act is actually interpreted by the FBI and […]

Juan Cole

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"I am Bradley Manning" Celebrity Support Video (Leaked Teaser)

“I am Bradley Manning” Celebrity Support Video (Leaked Teaser)

“I am Bradley Manning” [Leaked teaser] : for celebrity support video.

Juan Cole

CIA
PRISM: The US Government is mad at Bradley Manning for doing to it what it is Doing to All of us

PRISM: The US Government is mad at Bradley Manning for doing to it what it is Doing to All of us

Bradley Manning, who spilled the beans on the US blowing away of unarmed Iraqi journalists and overlooking war crimes by the US military and allied […]

Juan Cole

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