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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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"If you Eat a 2000 Hamburgers in the Name of Vegetarianism, You aren't an Extremist Vegetarian"; Nabil responds to Woolwich Murder

“If you Eat a 2000 Hamburgers in the Name of Vegetarianism, You aren’t an Extremist Vegetarian”; Nabil responds to Woolwich Murder

Nabil goes in: A British Muslim responds to the Woolwich murder in which Lee Rigby, 25, of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was […]

Juan Cole

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When Politicians promise 'Lower Taxes' they are promising Collapsed Bridges

When Politicians promise ‘Lower Taxes’ they are promising Collapsed Bridges

The next time you hear politicians campaigning on “lower taxes,” you should realize two things. First, they don’t intend to lower your taxes, which are […]

Juan Cole

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President Obama and Counter-Terrorism:  The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

President Obama and Counter-Terrorism: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Here are the good, the bad and the ugly things in President Obama’s important speech on counter-terrorism Thursday, and in the off-stage steps he has […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan

Obama: US will Continue its Targeted Killing with Drones (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Barack Obama has made it clear that the US will continue with its controversial targeted killing […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Big Oil’s Hit Men have a Contract to Whack the Earth (Engelhardt)

Big Oil’s Hit Men have a Contract to Whack the Earth (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide.  And one for the conscious […]

Juan Cole

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Sen. Inhofe: "When a Disaster Occurs in America... Everyone ... wants to pour Money on'em"

Sen. Inhofe: “When a Disaster Occurs in America… Everyone … wants to pour Money on’em”

From last fall: Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma argues against relief aid for Hurricane Sandy, in part because working on it in the Senate would […]

Juan Cole

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Rafsanjani's Exclusion from Iran's Presidential Race a Sign of Creeping Totalitarianism

Rafsanjani’s Exclusion from Iran’s Presidential Race a Sign of Creeping Totalitarianism

Iran’s Guardian Council startled that country when it announced that Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president (1989-1997) who was among the founders of the Islamic […]

Juan Cole

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Dear Oklahoma: We Feel for you, we love you, but do us some favors

Dear Oklahoma: We Feel for you, we love you, but do us some favors

The immense, mindless violence of a tornado hitting a small Oklahoma town, turning houses into splinters and crushing people under rubble, including children, has rightfully […]

Juan Cole

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PBS and the Koch Brother Scandal (plus "Koch Brothers Exposed")

PBS and the Koch Brother Scandal (plus “Koch Brothers Exposed”)

PBS declined to show “Citizen Koch, a documentary about the Wisconsin public union issue, treating the influence of the dirty energy magnates who are destroying […]

Juan Cole

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