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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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Top 5 Reasons why Trump's Threats to UNGA over Jerusalem are Empty

Top 5 Reasons why Trump’s Threats to UNGA over Jerusalem are Empty

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The thuggish Trump and his gun moll Nikki Haley have threatened member countries of the UN […]

Juan Cole

FBI
Congressional Efforts to Expand NSA Spying on Americans are still a Danger

Congressional Efforts to Expand NSA Spying on Americans are still a Danger

By David Ruiz | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – The debate over how to reauthorize certain NSA surveillance authorities has seen a whirlwind of […]

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Inequality
GOP tax plan doubles down on policies that are crushing the middle class

GOP tax plan doubles down on policies that are crushing the middle class

Steven Pressman | (The Conversation) | – – The U.S. middle class has always had a special mystique. It is the heart of the American […]

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Displaced and Refugees
1,000 Days of War Bringing 'Apocalypse' on Yemen: Oxfam

1,000 Days of War Bringing ‘Apocalypse’ on Yemen: Oxfam

TeleSur | – – The U.K.-based group said more than 5,000 people have died since the beginning of the war in March 2015. Yemen is […]

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Yes, America, there is a Class War, and you Just Lost It

Yes, America, there is a Class War, and you Just Lost It

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Republican Party did not just overhaul the tax code and they did not cut “your” […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Will Palestine Request Full UN Membership in January 2018?

Will Palestine Request Full UN Membership in January 2018?

TeleSur | – – Egypt introduced a draft resolution to the Security Council to reject a decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. […]

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Houthi
Saudi strikes have killed 136 civilians in Yemen, as Huthis Rocket Riyadh

Saudi strikes have killed 136 civilians in Yemen, as Huthis Rocket Riyadh

Middle East Monitor | – – Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen have killed at least 136 civilians since 6 December, Reuters reported. […]

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Afghanistan
How Hawks and ambitious Generals pioneered our generational Warfare

How Hawks and ambitious Generals pioneered our generational Warfare

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – I remember the day President Obama let me down.  It was December 1, 2009, and as […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Nat'l Security Speech:  Is he the real threat to National Security?

Trump Nat’l Security Speech: Is he the real threat to National Security?

Trump’s National Security Strategy document is about as confused and wrongheaded piece of writing you’d ever want to see. It says, “Jihadist terrorist organizations present […]

Juan Cole

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