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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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3 mn will own 70% of US Wealth generated by 320 mn by 2021

3 mn will own 70% of US Wealth generated by 320 mn by 2021

TeleSur | – – Even though the rising inequality is a global phenomenon, it is especially pronounced in the United States, the study noted. According […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Russo-US dog fights over Syria?

Russo-US dog fights over Syria?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Yara Bayoumi at Reuters reports on the complicated minuet being danced by Russia, the Syrian Air […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
What's Wrong with the March against Sharia?

What’s Wrong with the March against Sharia?

The Bridge Initiative . | – – ACT for America hosted a series of marches “against sharia” in 27 cities across the United States. To […]

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Saudi Arabia
Habitual Labor abuser Saudi Arabia elected to UN body Promoting Workers

Habitual Labor abuser Saudi Arabia elected to UN body Promoting Workers

By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) | – – In a grotesque development earlier this week, Saudi Arabia – a world leader in the […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Surprise!  The discourse of Anti-Muslim Hatred led to attack on Mosque-Goers in London

Surprise! The discourse of Anti-Muslim Hatred led to attack on Mosque-Goers in London

By Bharath Ganesh | (The Conversation) | – – Following the attack on a group of Muslim worshippers in Finsbury Park that left one person […]

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London Mosque attack:  Did Trump's Tweets embolden Bigots?

London Mosque attack: Did Trump’s Tweets embolden Bigots?

by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A man driving a white van swerved just after midnight early Monday morning into a crowd […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Did Trump see the Real Jerusalem or only the Museum Version?

Did Trump see the Real Jerusalem or only the Museum Version?

Shalom L. Goldman | (Informed Comment) | – – On Donald Trump’s two- day visit to Jerusalem in late May, a visit which disrupted commercial […]

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Islam
Top Five things to know about Sharia (Muslim Canon Law)

Top Five things to know about Sharia (Muslim Canon Law)

Asma Afsaruddin | (The Conversation) | – – Editor’s note: A conservative grassroots organization, ACT for America, organized a “March against Sharia” in at least […]

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Civil Rights
What can today’s Activists learn  from the Summer of Love and the New Left?

What can today’s Activists learn from the Summer of Love and the New Left?

Ira Chernus | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – It’s the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. What better place to celebrate than that […]

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