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Left Politics
Poll: Most Russians Prefer Return of Soviet Union and Socialism

Poll: Most Russians Prefer Return of Soviet Union and Socialism

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TeleSur | – – A recent poll revealed that most Russians would like to see the return of the Soviet Union and socialism. The majority of Russians polled in a recent study would prefer living under the Soviet Union and would like to see the socialist system and Soviet state restored. According to the latest […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Terrorist convicted of Murdering, Burning Palestinian Teen

Israeli Terrorist convicted of Murdering, Burning Palestinian Teen

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By IMEMC | – – After nearly two years of delay, the leading suspect in the brutal death of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammad Abu Khdeir was convicted of murder, this Tuesday. The Abu Khdeir family’s lawyer Muhannad Jbara told Ma’an News Agency that an Israeli court rejected insanity pleas presented by the lawyers of Yosef Chaim […]

censorship
Press Freedom in ‘Deep And Disturbing’ Decline in New Age of Propaganda

Press Freedom in ‘Deep And Disturbing’ Decline in New Age of Propaganda

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By RFE/RL | – – A leading journalism advocacy group says media freedom experienced a sharp decline around the world over the past year, citing increasing government restrictions in places like Turkey, Poland, Tajikistan, and Egypt. In its 2016 World Press Freedom Index released on April 20, Reporters Without Borders said that there had been […]

Iran
Iran after Nuclear Deal:  Renewed Isolation or a pay-off for Pres. Rouhani?

Iran after Nuclear Deal: Renewed Isolation or a pay-off for Pres. Rouhani?

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By Shahram Akbarzadeh | (Informed Comment) | – – President Hasan Rouhani’s honeymoon period is over. He faces mounting opposition in Iran, and very difficult questions abroad. How can he respond to these challenges? The gloss of the November 2015 nuclear deal that removed some international sanctions on Iran is losing its shine. President Hasan […]

Bill of Rights
Jailed without trial for Life?  Guantanamo's Lawlessness may outlast the Obama Administration

Jailed without trial for Life? Guantanamo’s Lawlessness may outlast the Obama Administration

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By Karen J. Greenberg | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Can you believe it?  We’re in the last year of the presidency of the man who, on his first day in the Oval Office, swore that he would close Guantánamo, and yet it and everything it represents remains part of our all-American world. So many years […]

Israel/ Palestine
Activists Ask IRS why Jewish National Fund gets Tax Break for Illegal Squatter Support

Activists Ask IRS why Jewish National Fund gets Tax Break for Illegal Squatter Support

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by IMEMC | – – On Tuesday, Tax Day, activists delivered a petition with more than 5,000 signatures to IRS offices across the United States demanding the tax-exempt status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) be revoked due to its role in displacing Palestinians and supporting illegal Israeli settlements. The petition was delivered to offices […]

Arab World
Is Climate Change drying out the Middle East even More?

Is Climate Change drying out the Middle East even More?

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By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – CAIRO (IPS) – There is an oil producing country situated in the Gulf region, made of a cluster of islands. It is small, surface and population wise. But it holds the dubious privilege of ranking top of the list of 14 out of the 33 […]

Climate Change
Earth Day 2016:  The Onslaughts of Mal-Development

Earth Day 2016: The Onslaughts of Mal-Development

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By H Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – In June 1969, the Cuyahoga River caught fire from floating oil and combustible debris as it wound through Cleveland. While not the first river fire, it was the last for this and other industrial rivers. Federal laws enacted in the early 1970s, in particular the […]

Climate Change
12% Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Earliest on Record: "This is Epic!"

12% Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Earliest on Record: “This is Epic!”

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Ed Schultz | (RT America) | – – “Environmentalists are calling attention to record-high temperatures at 41 degrees above normal in Greenland, causing a rapid melting of ice. For more on the early-season heatwave conservation biologist Dr. Reese Halter joins ‘News With Ed.’” RT America: “Early heatwave to have big impact on US eastern seaboard […]

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