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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran Launches Suit at UN Court against Trump Sanctions

Iran Launches Suit at UN Court against Trump Sanctions

By Jan Hennop and Roland Lloyd Parry | – The Hague (AFP) – Iran demanded Monday that the UN’s top court order the United States […]

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Republican Party
From this AFP Report, it Seems Vietnam gave Warmer Tributes to McCain than Trump White House

From this AFP Report, it Seems Vietnam gave Warmer Tributes to McCain than Trump White House

Informed Comment syndicates select AFP pieces, and as I prepared this one for publication, the difference between the reported Vietnam response to his death and […]

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Iraq
What 15 Years of US Occupation have Produced: Angry Iraqis

What 15 Years of US Occupation have Produced: Angry Iraqis

Militant protests continue in the oil rich city of Basra

Reese Erlich

Climate Change
Burning Coal, Gas & Oil putting Millions at Risk of Starving

Burning Coal, Gas & Oil putting Millions at Risk of Starving

Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the air threaten to sap wheat, rice, and other staple grains of valuable nutrients

Marlowe Hood

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Iran Parliament Fires Finance Minister, as US Sanctions Bite (Cost Iran $1.1 Trillion)

Iran Parliament Fires Finance Minister, as US Sanctions Bite (Cost Iran $1.1 Trillion)

Iran’s parliament on Sunday fired the Finance Minister, Massoud Karbasian, in a severe political setback for president Hassan Rouhani. The Iranian rial has fallen dramatically […]

Juan Cole

Corporate Surveillance
Are You Ready for the Trump Admin. to Know Everything about You?

Are You Ready for the Trump Admin. to Know Everything about You?

By Judith Coburn | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Now that we know we are surveilled 24/7 by the National Security Agency, the FBI, local police, Facebook, […]

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prison reform
Prison Workers Strike Nation-wide against Modern Slavery, Dehumanizing Conditions

Prison Workers Strike Nation-wide against Modern Slavery, Dehumanizing Conditions

By Fizz Perkal | – (Inequality.org) – A nationwide strike takes charge at everything from slavery to sentencing. Organizers say it could be the largest […]

Inequality.org

Israel/ Palestine
Trump Admin. to Withdraw from Palestinian Refugees All Rights of Return

Trump Admin. to Withdraw from Palestinian Refugees All Rights of Return

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The United States Donald Trump administration will announce a suspension of funding to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian […]

Maan News Agency

Climate Change
America, and the World, Cannot Afford Trump's Dirty Coal Plan

America, and the World, Cannot Afford Trump’s Dirty Coal Plan

By Daniel Fiorino | – Is climate change a problem? Consider the evidence: wildfires in California, Sweden and Siberia; flooding in coastal areas due to […]

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