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The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)
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The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)

H. Patricia Hynes

Health inequalities cannot be eliminated without addressing the injustice that contribute to weathering – the physical toll

Mamdani: “For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

Mamdani: “For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

01/02/2026 By Common Dreams

Gaza:  Child Killed, Fires, Flooding, and Cold Claim Lives, as Israel restricts Shelter Materials

Gaza: Child Killed, Fires, Flooding, and Cold Claim Lives, as Israel restricts Shelter Materials

01/02/2026 By International Middle East Media Center

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Answer to Glenn Greenwald

Answer to Glenn Greenwald

Answer for Glenn Greenwald, for whom I have enormous respect: Yes. Iraq was an illegal war, for no pressing national interest & with no UNSC […]

Juan Cole

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Cole/ Van den Heuvel on Libya: Nation Podcast

Cole/ Van den Heuvel on Libya: Nation Podcast

My conversation with Katrina van den Heuvel, the editor of the Nation, “Do we belong in Libya?” is available at the Nation’s web site. . […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Qaddafi Forces Advance on All Fronts Despite Bombardment

Qaddafi Forces Advance on All Fronts Despite Bombardment

Leaders of much of the world agreed that Qaddafi must go on Wednesday morning at a conference in Europe. Canadian jets pounded an ammunition dump […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Debate on Libya:  Cole at Democracy Now!

Debate on Libya: Cole at Democracy Now!

My debate over intervention in Libya with my esteemed colleague Professor Vijay Prashad is available as a transcript and podcast at Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now!. […]

Juan Cole

Bahrain
Iran, Iraq Warn of Gulf Turmoil over Bahrain: Cole in Truthdig

Iran, Iraq Warn of Gulf Turmoil over Bahrain: Cole in Truthdig

My column at Truthdig is out, entitled “The Sleeping Giants of Tiny Bahrain.” Excerpt: ‘ Risking the radicalization of Bahrain’s Shiite community may be a […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Obama on Libya vs. Trump, Palin, Bachmann, Romney, Gingrich and Carrot Top

Obama on Libya vs. Trump, Palin, Bachmann, Romney, Gingrich and Carrot Top

President Barack Obama in his Monday evening address to the nation on Libya outlined an effort of limitations. The US could not intervene everywhere, but […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Women's Rallies in Libya Protest Rape

Women’s Rallies in Libya Protest Rape

CNN reports that Libyan women in Benghazi staged a demonstration on Sunday to protest the alleged rape of Iman al-Obeidi by Libyan government officials in […]

Juan Cole

Libya
Rebels take Back Oil Centers as Tripoli suffers Gasoline Crisis

Rebels take Back Oil Centers as Tripoli suffers Gasoline Crisis

Irregulars of the Libyan liberation movement rapidly advanced along the coastal road going West on Sunday, reestablishing control over Brega, Ra’s Lanuf, Ben Jawad and, […]

Juan Cole

Libya
An Open Letter to the Left on Libya

An Open Letter to the Left on Libya

As I expected, now that Qaddafi’s advantage in armor and heavy weapons is being neutralized by the UN allies’ air campaign, the liberation movement is […]

Juan Cole

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