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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty
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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

08/20/2025 By The Conversation

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

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Pompeo, Big Oil and the attack on Iran Deal

Pompeo, Big Oil and the attack on Iran Deal

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – All you need to know about Mike Pompeo, the four-term congressman from Kansas who is actually […]

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Turkey says US & Kurds will Leave Manbij or Else, Prepares for Iraq Incursion

Turkey says US & Kurds will Leave Manbij or Else, Prepares for Iraq Incursion

Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey and the US will oversee the withdrawal of forces allied to the YPG (People’s Protection Units) from the […]

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Renowned Physicist, Social Activist Stephen Hawking Dead at 76

Renowned Physicist, Social Activist Stephen Hawking Dead at 76

TeleSur | – – In addition to his achievement in science, Hawking was a longstanding activist for numerous social causes. British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking […]

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Pushing back against Trump Criminalization of Immigrants

Pushing back against Trump Criminalization of Immigrants

By Aviva Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The immigration debate seems to have gone crazy. President Obama’s widely popular Deferred Action for Childhood […]

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How Trump is losing in Syria & why Haley is Posturing

How Trump is losing in Syria & why Haley is Posturing

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Well, I say Trump is losing, but it isn’t clear that Trump has a policy in […]

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European Fascism plots to change American Culture

European Fascism plots to change American Culture

By Juliette Legendre | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Far more dangerous than the far-right effort to win elections alone is its concerted […]

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1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox

1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox

Middle East Monitor | – – Israel has one of the highest poverty rates of any developed country with the gap between the rich and […]

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Kurds
Kurdish Civilians pledge to shield Afrin from Turkish Invasion with their Bodies

Kurdish Civilians pledge to shield Afrin from Turkish Invasion with their Bodies

TeleSur | – – The YPG and allied forces, under the umbrella organization the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), control over 60 percent of the Syrian […]

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A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All

A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All

By Chuck Collins | (Inequality.org) | – – Blogging Our Great Divide America’s left coast is showing how to break up concentrated wealth and fund […]

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