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Dr. King would be Standing beside All Who are now Standing up for Our Democracy
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Dr. King would be Standing beside All Who are now Standing up for Our Democracy

Mitchell Zimmerman

A member of the Freedom Movement reflects on Dr. King’s legacy in our perilous times

Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

Trump’s Comic Book Foreign Policy

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Afghanistan
6 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan; <br/> Mazar Demonstration says 'Yankee Go Home'

6 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan;
Mazar Demonstration says ‘Yankee Go Home’

Guerrillas killed 5 US Troops in Afghanistan on Saturday, along with a dozen civilians. Another American soldier died in an accidental explosion. Two were killed […]

Juan Cole

Islam
UAE Fatwa Against the Vuvuzela

UAE Fatwa Against the Vuvuzela

The vuvuzela horn that produces that annoying buzzing sound at the world cup games had threatened to spread from South Africa around the world. An […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Germany Will Seek 100% of its Electricity from Renewables by 2050

Germany Will Seek 100% of its Electricity from Renewables by 2050

Germany, which generates 16% of its power from renewable sources such as hydro-electric, wind and solar, now plans to get 100% of its electricity from […]

Juan Cole

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Asadi on Iran:  “Today’s Internal Affairs, Tomorrow’s Global Impact”

Asadi on Iran: “Today’s Internal Affairs, Tomorrow’s Global Impact”

Houshang Asadi writes in a guest op-ed for Informed Comment Iran: Today’s Internal Affairs, Tomorrow’s Global Impact The international community’s demand that clemency be shown […]

Juan Cole

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World Cup Death Threats for Paul the Oracle Octopus

World Cup Death Threats for Paul the Oracle Octopus

RT reports on death threats received by Paul the Oracle Octopus from German soccer fans because he correctly predicted Spain’s victory in the most recent […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Taliban Kill 65 in Bomb Blast; <br> Blackwill Urges Partition

Taliban Kill 65 in Bomb Blast;
Blackwill Urges Partition

A suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck at a government office in the Mohmand region of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of northwest Pakistan […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
US Ally Maliki & Octavia Nasr Both Praised Fadlallah

US Ally Maliki & Octavia Nasr Both Praised Fadlallah

So help me understand this. Nuri al-Maliki, still the Iraqi prime minister for the moment, expressed his appreciation for the accomplishments of the late Grand […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
50 Dead in Baghdad Attacks on Shiites; <br/> Netanyahu Warns of Eastern Front

50 Dead in Baghdad Attacks on Shiites;
Netanyahu Warns of Eastern Front

A series of bloody attacks killed some 50 persons across Baghdad in the midst of a massive Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Musa […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Orientalism of Israeli Troops Dancing

The Orientalism of Israeli Troops Dancing

Israeli troops dance to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok.”: Some comments on the semiotics. The piece begins with the Muslim call to prayer in al-Khalil, a Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

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