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

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By Emily Cury | (The Conversation) | – – The past year has been a difficult one for American Muslims. According to a July 2017 […]

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By Andrew Kolin | (Informed Comment) | – –             Trump’s various public statements have made clear that he is not an avid reader. He […]

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By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey | (Informed Comment) | – – Over a million children in Gaza are living in impoverished circumstances due to electricity shortages, causing […]

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. The Christian Science Monitor says that in 2016, US solar businesses employed 260,077 workers – […]

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By Marcelo Rochabrun | (ProPublica) | – – With the president reportedly at the point of canceling DACA, some of its 800,000 beneficiaries describe what […]

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By Ebony Slaughter-Johnson | (Otherwords.org) | – – The president called a man who freely violated people’s constitutional rights a “patriot.” What does that make […]

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Syria’s Heritage, and the World’s, that the War Destroyed–From Palmyra to Castles

Written by Alreem Kamal | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – Syria's story is one that has been weaved through families from one millennium to the […]

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Libyan activist Hend Amry makes an important point about the relative lack of interest of television […]

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Media Ignore Harvey's Devastation of Working Class Communities

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By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – “Hurricanes don’t care if you’re rich, poor, white, or black—but that doesn’t mean that […]

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