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When Reagan backed S. Africa Racism and Castro inspired Mandela
TeleSur | – – The world remembers Nelson Mandela as the freedom fighter and president who liberated South Africa from apartheid. But many look back […]
Fidel Castro’s Top Moments in the Middle East
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Fidel Castro is dead at 90. He presided over the only pro-USSR Communist state in the […]
Trump, Putin, and the new Middle East
By Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | – – The election of Trump will give second wind to autocrats in the region as well […]
WikiLeaks Yemen Files Unmask Washington’s Bloody Role
TeleSur | – – More than 10,000 – mostly civilians – have been killed and more than 3 million have been displaced in the conflict. […]
With Trump, we’ve all Entered the Dark Dimension of Dormamu
By James A. Haught | (Charleston Gazette-Mail) | – – Existentialists contend that humanity has a streak of irrational absurdity that defies logical understanding. The […]
Is Trump “Pro-Russian?” How will Russia Fare? Russians want to Know
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Russian op-ed writers are intrigued with Donald Trump, who has spoken of improving relations between […]
Overheated Arctic: Climate Change ‘Vicious Circle’
TeleSur | – – Ice cover at the top of the globe shrank to its smallest area in 2016 —some 4.14 million sq km (1.6 […]
World Bank: Only 10 percent of Gazans have access to safe drinking water
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The World Bank denounced the worsening water crisis in the Gaza Strip, calling the situation in […]
Raining Bombs: Mosul Fight hits Trapped Civilians
By a Special Correspondent | Mosul | (Niqash.org) | – – Inside their homes, a lack of food and water; outside, bombs, snipers and crossfire. […]
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