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An Army of ICE Agents Has Invaded Minnesota. Will They Succeed in Rendering Law Powerless?
Bill of Rights

An Army of ICE Agents Has Invaded Minnesota. Will They Succeed in Rendering Law Powerless?

Mitchell Zimmerman

Minnesota is an occupied land, abused by lawless thugs. We are all Minnesotans.

Trump Says Iran Wants To Talk As US Warships Arrive In Middle East Waters

Trump Says Iran Wants To Talk As US Warships Arrive In Middle East Waters

01/28/2026 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

The United States of Consumption: Drowning in Debt and . . . Waste

The United States of Consumption: Drowning in Debt and . . . Waste

01/28/2026 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Is the End of the UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestinians the End of the Int’l Order?

Israel seeks to demolish the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA in the occupied territories, in the war against the poorest in the Global South

Dan Steinbock

Omar Khayyam
“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

“Once dead you never shall return:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:34

It gave its mouth to mine and whispered, / Have some wine, since once you’re gone, you won’t be back.

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

Climate Change: 55 Weather Disasters costing a Billion Dollars Each hit our Earth the Past Year

The total damage wrought by weather disasters in 2024 was $242 billion, with 47 billion-dollar weather disasters

Yale Climate Connections

Climate Crisis
Iran’s Biggest Centers of Protest also have Extreme Pollution and Water Shortages

Iran’s Biggest Centers of Protest also have Extreme Pollution and Water Shortages

2003-2019, Iran, facing water bankruptcy, lost an estimated 211 cubic kilometres of groundwater, or twice its annual water consumption

The Conversation

Dissent
A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

A Blood Bath Took Place in Iran

The families had to search for the bodies of their loved ones amongst the many covered coffins in the many morgues or hospitals

Fariba Amini

Kurds
Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

Syria: Civilian Protection Lacking in Escalation In NE Kurdish Region

Both Syrian Gov’t and Kurdish forces must Respect Civilian Rights, Allow Aid, Investigate Alleged Abuses

Human Rights Watch

Immigration
Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

Borders as Crime Scenes and Crimes

ICE agents have also been deployed around the nation to grab immigrants off the streets and whisk them to detention

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied

How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied

Occupied people do not have rights, and they do not even have the right to have rights. They are lesser.

Juan Cole

Dissent
Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

It is the result of a decades-long erosion of belief in the ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic.

The Conversation

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