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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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Syria And Fundamentalist Crescent Some

Syria And Fundamentalist Crescent Some

Syria and the Fundamentalist Crescent? Some kind readers have requested that I say something about the report of UN-appointed German diplomat Detlev Mehlis concerning the […]

Juan Cole

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Galbraith On Iraqi Army Partition

Galbraith On Iraqi Army Partition

Galbraith on Iraqi Army, Partition Former Ambassador Peter Galbraith wrote in response to a posting of last Thursday, and has kindly agreed to allow me […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Supports Conference For

Sistani Supports Conference For

Sistani Supports Conference for National Reconciliation Al-Hakim, Sadr Opposed Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has thrown his weight behind the Arab League initiative for a national […]

Juan Cole

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Great Iran Crock Blair And Aei Mahan

Great Iran Crock Blair And Aei Mahan

The Great Iran Crock, Blair and AEI Mahan Abedin demolishes the Blair government’s case for Iran giving bombs to Iran’s enemies in Iraq. By the […]

Juan Cole

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Four Gis Killed Khamenei Praises Iraq

Four Gis Killed Khamenei Praises Iraq

Four GIs Killed Khamenei Praises Iraq Constitution Guerrilla violence killed 4 US GIs on Friday, three west of Baghdad and one at Heet (Hit). Iran’s […]

Juan Cole

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Us Military Desecrates Bodies Of

Us Military Desecrates Bodies Of

US Military Desecrates bodies of Afghans to Uproar Or, what in the World do they Think they are doing there? The burning and desecration of […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Rejects Rice Overture Arab League

Iran Rejects Rice Overture Arab League

Iran Rejects Rice Overture Arab League Mission in Iraq How mean do you have to be to fire mortar shells at a school and kill […]

Juan Cole

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Ninevah And Constitutional Referendum

Ninevah And Constitutional Referendum

Ninevah and the Constitutional Referendum A kind reader in Iraq writes: ‘ I was in Iraq during the recent elections . . . It is […]

Juan Cole

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29 Dead Questions About Referendum

29 Dead Questions About Referendum

29 Dead Questions about Referendum Fraud Guerrilla violence killed 29 in Iraq on Wednesday. Attacks included guerrillas raining mortar fire on civilian homes in Samarra, […]

Juan Cole

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