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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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Hey Scott Pruitt: Tom Brokaw says you're full of it on CO2 & Climate Change

Hey Scott Pruitt: Tom Brokaw says you’re full of it on CO2 & Climate Change

Climate State | (Video News Clip) | – – Climate State: Global Warming ϟ ☼ ❅ What You Need To Know, with Tom Brokaw

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Donald Trump
Zombie America:  Is it too late to Fight Trump’s Real-Life Dystopia?

Zombie America: Is it too late to Fight Trump’s Real-Life Dystopia?

By John Feffer | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Dystopias have recently achieved full-spectrum dominance. Kids are drawn to such stories — The Giver, Hunger Games […]

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Ethnicities
Texas GOP tried Gerrymander away Latino, Austin Votes: Fed. Court

Texas GOP tried Gerrymander away Latino, Austin Votes: Fed. Court

TeleSur | – – “Republicans in Texas have ensured that the dark days of discrimination in Texas continue to loom.” Texas lawmakers drew up three […]

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Displaced and Refugees
How Much of Globe's Humanitarian Crisis is Fault of US?

How Much of Globe’s Humanitarian Crisis is Fault of US?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned Saturday that the globe is […]

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Authoritarianism
Making us Less Safe:  Trump bloating Pentagon Budget, cutting Diplomacy, Science

Making us Less Safe: Trump bloating Pentagon Budget, cutting Diplomacy, Science

By Miriam Pemberton | OtherWords | – – Throwing money at the Pentagon while gutting other programs that protect Americans shouldn’t make anyone feel safer. […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Under Trump, More Coalition Strikes on Yemen in a Week than in a Year under Obama

Under Trump, More Coalition Strikes on Yemen in a Week than in a Year under Obama

TeleSur | – – More drone and airstrikes have rained on Yemen in the past week than in any year of Barack Obama’s administration, with […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli forces detain Palestinian writer over new novel

Israeli forces detain Palestinian writer over new novel

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained Palestinian writer Khalida Ghusheh on Saturday morning after raiding her home in the […]

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Climate Change
Close the Coal Plants:  How to Reply to Pruitt's Lie about CO2 & Climate

Close the Coal Plants: How to Reply to Pruitt’s Lie about CO2 & Climate

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Having Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency is sort of like the plot […]

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Donald Trump
Do Syria's Kurds hold the Key to the future of the Middle East?

Do Syria’s Kurds hold the Key to the future of the Middle East?

By Clemens Hoffmann and Can Cemgil | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration’s plans for the war against the so-called Islamic State (IS) […]

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