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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .
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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news taking place in […]

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

05/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Detained!  Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

05/19/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Thousands protest for Women's Rights in Los Angeles, around Country (Video)

Thousands protest for Women’s Rights in Los Angeles, around Country (Video)

May Lee | (CGTN) | – – The rally in Los Angeles last year dwarfed those in most other cities. Did the City of the […]

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Climate Change
European Parliament backs Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

European Parliament backs Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

By Frédéric Simon | (EURACTIV.com) | – – Green lawmakers have hailed a “great victory for the climate” as a proposal to bring down to […]

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Arms Sales
10,000 Deaths Later Germany Bars Arms Sales to Yemen Attackers

10,000 Deaths Later Germany Bars Arms Sales to Yemen Attackers

TeleSur | – – Only in the third financial quarter of 2017 German arms sale to Saudi Arabia accounted for US$550 million. Spokesperson for German […]

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Donald Trump
Syria: Turkey Begins Military Operation against US-Allied Kurds in Afrin

Syria: Turkey Begins Military Operation against US-Allied Kurds in Afrin

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports that on Friday, Turkey began cross-border shelling of the Kurdish-majority Afrin canton in northern […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
A Mountain Kingdom? Iraqi leaders unconcerned About New PKK ‘Region’

A Mountain Kingdom? Iraqi leaders unconcerned About New PKK ‘Region’

Special Correspondent | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – Late last month the Kurdistan Worker’s Party – an organization some describe as terrorist – declared […]

Juan Cole

Government surveillance
US to Renew Internet Surveillance Program Exposed by Snowden

US to Renew Internet Surveillance Program Exposed by Snowden

TeleSur | – – The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted to renew a warrantless internet surveillance program, disregarding civil liberties advocates. In a 65-34 vote the […]

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African-Americans
With Marijuana Legal, L.A. Makes Amends for damage of the War on Drugs

With Marijuana Legal, L.A. Makes Amends for damage of the War on Drugs

By Kevon Paynter | ( Yes! Magazine ) | – – The city creates a “social equity” tier of applications who will receive priority for […]

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Russia accuses US of destabilizing Syria with Kurdish-Turkish Clash

Russia accuses US of destabilizing Syria with Kurdish-Turkish Clash

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s angry threat to invade a Syrian Kurdish canton in response to the […]

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Djibouti
Turkey to deploy 60,000 soldiers in bases abroad, including in Qatar

Turkey to deploy 60,000 soldiers in bases abroad, including in Qatar

Middle East Monitor |- – 60,000 armed Turkish soldiers will be deployed across four military bases abroad in accordance with a new 2022 plan, The […]

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