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Juan Cole

@jricole

History Prof, U Michigan: Global affairs, Environment, Progressivism, Spirituality; autoforwards only here; find me @jricole.bsky.social

 Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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My 'Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires,' is out from Nation Books on Oct. 9, 2018; pre-order! Fred Donner, U of Chicago, says it "draws deeply on the text of the Qur'an and on a vast selection of the best modern scholarship to make a convincing case" #Islam
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In a Country That Needs Heroes, Here Are a Few Standouts This Election Season dlvr.​it/TW6YbR
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A Plague of Kings amid Climate Breakdown dlvr.​it/TW6YY5
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the Shadow knows . . .
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Man, are you ever shadow banned. I haven't seen a post of yours on my For you in ages.
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It appears that Western Asia is withdrawing from US hegemony Juan Cole @jricole Officials of Mecca Pact Nations Gather For Talks In Tehran, Defying Trump braveneweurope.com/geopoliti… #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #WestAsia #IranWar #Iran #Pakistan #Türkiye #SaudiArabia #USA
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Juan Cole @jricole Officials of Mecca Pact Nations Gather For Talks In Tehran, Defying Trump braveneweurope.com/geopoliti… @MultipolarMundo @stefanauer_hku @BillMil55084541 @asaackerly @ArtaMoeini @ZeinedineG @leonor_canadas @Viscloo @ewaldeng @PolCausa @VassilisKFouska
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Remembering the Celtic Roots of Halloween (Samhain) juancole.com/2026/10/remembe…
Remembering the Celtic Roots of Halloween (Samhain)

Remembering the Celtic Roots of Halloween (Samhain)

Samhain is the beginning of Winter and the end of six months of the agricultural year, that began at Beltaine (May Day).

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The Incredible Shrinking Superpower: Retreat from the Middle East - Juan Cole in The Intercept juancole.com/2026/10/interce…
The Incredible Shrinking Superpower: Retreat from the Middle East - Juan Cole in The Intercept

The Incredible Shrinking Superpower: Retreat from the Middle East - Juan Cole in The Intercept

The failure to achieve the war aims in Iran has resulted in the most dramatic American retreat since the U.S. flight from Vietnam in 1975

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Yemen: Houthi Attack on Taizz Road Threatens Lives, Welfare juancole.com/2026/10/houthi-…
Yemen: Houthi Attack on Taizz Road Threatens Lives, Welfare

Yemen: Houthi Attack on Taizz Road Threatens Lives, Welfare

Detonation on Route Indispensable to Civilian Survival a Possible War Crime

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Israel's Jim Crow creates Gridlock, Far-Right Extremism juancole.com/2026/10/israels…
Israel's Jim Crow creates Gridlock, Far-Right Extremism

Israel's Jim Crow creates Gridlock, Far-Right Extremism

And the UK Green Party was attacked for passing a resolution noting that Zionism is racist.

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Wind turbine orders hit 2.8 GW in Q2 ahead of tax credit deadline: WoodMac Overall, “the U.S. wind industry remains on course to add 39 GW of onshore new-build capacity by 2030,” the report said. utilitydive.com/news/wind-tu…
Wind turbine orders hit 2.8 GW in Q2 ahead of tax credit deadline: WoodMac

Wind turbine orders hit 2.8 GW in Q2 ahead of tax credit deadline: WoodMac

Overall, “the U.S. wind industry remains on course to add 39 GW of onshore new-build capacity by 2030,” the report said.

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There is no ethnic group representing 21% of the Iranian parliament that is systematically excluded from the leading parliamentary coalition; 45% of the people Iran rules are not stateless and disenfranchised; Iran hasn't genocided 70,000 of the people it rules; it is a deeply flawed government but so is Israel's
Sina Toossi (@SinaToossi) profile pictureSina Toossi
@SinaToossiOct 28
Laurence Norman (@laurnorman) responds to me, an American foreign policy analyst who happens to be of Iranian heritage, discussing Israeli coalition politics by mocking Iran's elections, as though I'm responsible for the Iranian political system. Yet another display of his overt bias and constant editorializing, but this one is especially egregious and prejudiced. Utterly unbecoming of a serious, credible journalist.
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Yes, There Is Some Global Action on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels. Fifty-seven countries joined a “coalition of the willing” to create a roadmap for winding down fossil fuels, and there’s good reason to think the number could grow. insideclimatenews.org/news/2…
Yes, There Is Some Global Action on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels - Inside Climate News

Yes, There Is Some Global Action on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels - Inside Climate News

Fifty-seven countries joined a “coalition of the willing” to create a roadmap for winding down fossil fuels, and there’s good reason to think the number could grow.

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasanOct 28
Try to imagine the reaction from Free Press writers if a leftist publication ran a piece headlined ‘How Israel Bought America’. Ah, the shameless double standards…
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Read How Qatar Bought America in @TheFP thefp.com/p/how-qatar-bought…
How Qatar Bought America

How Qatar Bought America

The tiny Gulf nation has spent almost $100 billion to establish its influence in Congress, universities, newsrooms, think tanks, and corporations. What does it want in return?

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@JoshuaBarzonOct 28
The most interesting about this graphic is that it was created and shared by Al Jazeera.
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@mr_jones62998Oct 28
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Al Jazeera has, over and over again, proved to be one of the best outlets for fairly reporting US elections. It’s actually sad that no major American news network can do it.
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@krystalballOct 28
Another poll shows Abdul with 88% among black voters. Looking more and more like that entire narrative was a psy-op.
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New Michigan Senate poll (Mitchell Research, Oct 26–27): El-Sayed 51% Rogers 44% Women: El-Sayed +17 Ages 18–29: El-Sayed +43 Black voters: El-Sayed 88–7 White voters: Rogers +4 636 likely voters, ±3.9% mitchellresearch.net/press-r…
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Press Releases — Mitchell Research & Communications, Inc

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