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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts
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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Mohammad Eslami

Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.

Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

01/10/2026 By Ramzy Baroud

Electric car Registrations in Germany rise by 43% in 2025, despite end of Subsidies

Electric car Registrations in Germany rise by 43% in 2025, despite end of Subsidies

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Libya
Qaddafi Accused of Systematic Rape, War Crimes by ICC, UN

Qaddafi Accused of Systematic Rape, War Crimes by ICC, UN

The International Criminal Court not only has evidence that Libyan soldiers have been using rape as a way of punishing and humiliating rebel populations, it […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Dagan, Ofer and Israel’s Growing Iran Credibility Gap

Dagan, Ofer and Israel’s Growing Iran Credibility Gap

Far rightwing Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu of the Likud Party has attempted to sidestep making peace with the Palestinians by using the magician’s […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Which Headline Doesn’t Fit?

Which Headline Doesn’t Fit?

Screenshot of most viewed headlines at Yahoo News, 6/8/2011. Which headline seems to you out of place here?

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Ellsberg:  All Nixon’s Crimes Against me now Legal

Ellsberg: All Nixon’s Crimes Against me now Legal

Daniel Ellsberg (Website here) interviewed on CNN’s “In the Arena”: Courtesy Martin Torsleff [CNN:]These days, when you find yourself thinking about Richard Nixon, what comes […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Leonard Nimoy to Palestinians and Israelis: Live Long and Prosper in Two States

Leonard Nimoy to Palestinians and Israelis: Live Long and Prosper in Two States

Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock on Star Trek, speaks out as a Jewish American in favor of a two-state solution and a divided Jerusalem. […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Our News and their News

Our News and their News

Americans live in a late capitalist society where the rich have gotten many times richer and the middle class has gotten poorer, where Wall Street […]

Juan Cole

Energy
What if Everything Ran on Gasoline?

What if Everything Ran on Gasoline?

“What if Everything Ran on Gas” is a smart, thought-provoking ad for the Nissan Leaf. I’ve often thought that one of the problems environmentalists face […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Troops kill 20, wound Hundreds at Golan

Israeli Troops kill 20, wound Hundreds at Golan

Israeli troops on Sunday fired live ammunition into unarmed crowds of protesters who moved toward the barbed wire fence marking the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (which […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
One to Go

One to Go

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Tunisia), Ali Abdullah Saleh (Yemen), Muammar Qadhafi (Libya), Hosni Mubarak (Egypt); from: VOA report on Afro-Arab summit, October 10, 2010, […]

Juan Cole

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