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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives
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California’s Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives

H. Scott Prosterman

Efforts to legally declare any criticism of Israeli policy to be sanctionable anti-Semitism have reached a crisis point

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

Iran’s Internet Blackout Concealing Atrocities

01/13/2026 By Human Rights Watch

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

How Social Media is Channeling Popular Discontent During Iran’s Uprising

01/13/2026 By The Conversation

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Beck:  You're Going to Have to Shoot them in The Head

Beck: You’re Going to Have to Shoot them in The Head

On June 10, 2010, Glenn Beck painted a picture of the Democratic Party as deeply divided into a front group (President Obama, Nancy Pelosi) and […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tunisia’s Uprising: A Real Shot at Democracy – Cole at the Economist

Tunisia’s Uprising: A Real Shot at Democracy – Cole at the Economist

A podcast interview with me about Tunisia and its wider significance in the Middle East is up at the Economist web site.

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Map: Industry by Province in Tunisia

Map: Industry by Province in Tunisia

Courtesy Centre Technique du Textile

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tunisian Ministers Resign En Masse from old Ruling Party

Tunisian Ministers Resign En Masse from old Ruling Party

Stung by continued protests against the Rally for Constitutional Democracy (RCD) of deposed president Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali, the members of that party in the […]

Juan Cole

India
Ala. Governor Apologizes to Muslims, Hindus, Jews

Ala. Governor Apologizes to Muslims, Hindus, Jews

Gov. Robert Bentley, the new governor of Alabama, created a firestorm of controversy on Monday when he said that if you are not a Christian […]

Juan Cole

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GOP to Uninsured: Don’t Get Sick, if you Get Sick, Die Quickly: Part Deux

GOP to Uninsured: Don’t Get Sick, if you Get Sick, Die Quickly: Part Deux

In a mostly ‘symbolic’ gesture (i.e., the kind that uses the middle finger), the Republican-dominated House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Health Care […]

Juan Cole

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Top Ten Horrible Things done to Us by Outgoing Sen. Joe Lieberman

Top Ten Horrible Things done to Us by Outgoing Sen. Joe Lieberman

Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) announced Tuesday that he would not seek reelection in 2012, and progressive Americans breathed a sigh of collective relief. It is […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Juan Cole: Tunisia Uprising "Spearheaded by Labor Movements, by Internet Activists, by Rural Workers; It’s a Populist Revolution" (Democracy Now!)

Juan Cole: Tunisia Uprising “Spearheaded by Labor Movements, by Internet Activists, by Rural Workers; It’s a Populist Revolution” (Democracy Now!)

My interview on Tunisia on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now!, which aired on Tuesday, is on the Web. A transcript is here. Here is the YouTube […]

Juan Cole

Tunisia
Tunisian Revolution Shakes, Inspires Middle East – Cole in Truthdig

Tunisian Revolution Shakes, Inspires Middle East – Cole in Truthdig

My column is out at Truthdig on the wider repercussions in the Middle East of the Tunisian events, “Tunisian Revolution Shakes, Inspires Middle East”. Excerpt: […]

Juan Cole

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