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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War
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Syria’s Parliamentary Election Results look Alarmingly like Iraq 2005, which produced a Civil War

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syria’s parliamentary elections on October 5 raised alarm flags for me on several grounds. First, they were not conducted on […]

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A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

A Gaza Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

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We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice

We Must Not Look Away from Palestine: Resisting Oppression and Pursuing Justice

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“Women of Congress” (SNL Video)

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Hassan Iyad Shalbi, 13, and Hamza Muhammad Ishteiwi, 17, were shot and killed with live ammunition by Israeli force

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How Iran’s Islamic Revolution is still Shaping the Middle East

After the war with Iraq, Tehran developed a “new strategy” aimed at confronting US influence around the region

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Donald Trump
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A Well-Regulated Militia in the Hands of an Out-of-Control President: Is Nat’l Guard his Toy?

(Tomdispatch.com) – A young friend is seriously considering joining her state’s National Guard. She’s a world-class athlete, but also a working-class woman from a rural […]

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Climate Emergency: Australian Judge Strikes down Coal Mine in Part because of its Carbon Emissions

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Corruption
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Ethics Cmte Play 'How to Get away w/ Murder' in US Politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Ethics Cmte Play ‘How to Get away w/ Murder’ in US Politics

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | (Video Clip) – “Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s full hearing on U.S. campaign finance laws, corruption, PACs, and why America’s system is ‘fundamentally […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Creates App to Track Women’s Movements

Saudi Arabia Creates App to Track Women’s Movements

Apple and Google are facing criticism for hosting the app and have been accused of facilitating misogyny and helping “enforce gender apartheid”

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Ministers Sign Petition to Settle 2 Million Israelis in Palestinian West Bank

Israeli Ministers Sign Petition to Settle 2 Million Israelis in Palestinian West Bank

Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett of New Right party were among signatories on a petition to abandon the two-state solution

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