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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran's Parliament defies new Trump/GOP Sanctions, Increases Missile Funds

Iran’s Parliament defies new Trump/GOP Sanctions, Increases Missile Funds

TeleSur | – – The bill would allocate over US$260 million each to Iran’s ballistic missile program and the Quds Force. Iran’s parliament has approved […]

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Far Right
'Don't Be a Sucker' [White Supremacist/ Nazi] : War Department 1943 Video

‘Don’t Be a Sucker’ [White Supremacist/ Nazi] : War Department 1943 Video

United States War Department |. (1943 Educational Video) | – – Wikipedia: “Don’t Be a Sucker! is a short film produced by the US War […]

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Donald Trump
Top 5 Ways White Terrorism means never having to Say you're Sorry

Top 5 Ways White Terrorism means never having to Say you’re Sorry

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I’ve argued for some time that US media treats white terrorists differently than others. And, I […]

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Iraq
Iraq after ISIL needs Security, Anti-Corruption & Jobs, not Identity Politics

Iraq after ISIL needs Security, Anti-Corruption & Jobs, not Identity Politics

By Andrea Teti, Pamela Abbott, and Munqith Dagher | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – Ignoring priorities that have popular support in Iraq risks undermining […]

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History
What to do with Confederate statues?

What to do with Confederate statues?

James Glaser | (The Conversation) | – – Could Russia teach us something about how to deal with difficult aspects of our national history? Many […]

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Donald Trump
Trump to Guam: Nuclear Tensions Will Bring you Tourism

Trump to Guam: Nuclear Tensions Will Bring you Tourism

TeleSur | – – Amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats against North Korea, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as it prefers to be […]

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Cold War
'Locked & Loaded' Trump's 1960s Cowboyism re: N. Korea & Venezuela

‘Locked & Loaded’ Trump’s 1960s Cowboyism re: N. Korea & Venezuela

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – If you were away from news on Friday, you might like to know that in addition […]

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Democracy
Trump’s ‘Election Integrity’ Commission Hearkens Back to Jim Crow

Trump’s ‘Election Integrity’ Commission Hearkens Back to Jim Crow

By Diallo Brooks | (Otherwords.org) | – – Politicians have stolen our right to vote before. They’ll do it again if they get the chance. […]

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Democracy
Iraq's Next Elections will be the most Important in its History

Iraq’s Next Elections will be the most Important in its History

Mustafa Habib. | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – In Iraq, larger political parties disagree on everything except maintaining the status quo: Parliament just passed […]

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