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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Russia’s Neo-Feudal Capitalism

Russia’s Neo-Feudal Capitalism

Anders Åslund. | (Project Syndicate) | – – WASHINGTON, DC – Vladimir Putin’s Russia is looking more and more like the sclerotic and stagnant Soviet […]

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Far Right
Rightwing False Flag: German Officer Posed as Syrian Refugee, Planned  Attack

Rightwing False Flag: German Officer Posed as Syrian Refugee, Planned Attack

TeleSur | – – The man knew no Arabic and is of German heritage, but successfully posed as a Syrian asylum-seeker. German authorities have uncovered […]

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Israel/ Palestine
In Photos: Palestinians launch general strike in support of imprisoned hunger strikers

In Photos: Palestinians launch general strike in support of imprisoned hunger strikers

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A general strike was held across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Thursday, as […]

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Bush
Planet Ravagers: How Trump & GOP are like Aliens in "Independence Day"

Planet Ravagers: How Trump & GOP are like Aliens in “Independence Day”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – “They’re like locusts. They’re moving from planet to planet, their entire civilization. Once they consume every […]

Juan Cole

Algeria
Dear Marine Le Pen: Only a Fascist would Praise Colonialism . . . Oh Wait

Dear Marine Le Pen: Only a Fascist would Praise Colonialism . . . Oh Wait

Jessica Northey | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – Marine Le Pen’s declaration that colonialism was a positive thing is not only a denial of France’s […]

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Donald Trump
Can Progressives Mobilize to Save the Middle Class?

Can Progressives Mobilize to Save the Middle Class?

By James A. Haught | (Charleston Gazette-Mail) | – – The progressive vision for America — to make life better for all families, not just […]

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Climate Change
Climate March:  Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?

Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?

By H Patricia Hynes | ( Portside ) | – – If we are not united in peace, we cannot save the planet. – Thich […]

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Donald Trump
Trump Sanctuary Threat Quashed by Court - Is anything he does Constitutional?

Trump Sanctuary Threat Quashed by Court – Is anything he does Constitutional?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – US district judge William Orrick responded to a lawsuit by the county of San Francisco and […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today

Syria’s forgotten pluralism and why it matters today

By Andrea Williams | (The Conversation) | – – The Syrian Civil War has been raging for six years. It has killed nearly half a […]

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