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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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Trump sends heavier weapons to Leftist Syrian Kurds to Fight ISIL

Trump sends heavier weapons to Leftist Syrian Kurds to Fight ISIL

TeleSur | – – A Syrian militia led by the Kurdish leftist group YPG said they received armored vehicles from the U.S. military, the first […]

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The Superbowl of American Values:  Kaepernick and the Touchdown of Dissent

The Superbowl of American Values: Kaepernick and the Touchdown of Dissent

By Robert Lipsyte | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The Super Bowl is superfluous this year. Who needs a reality show about violence, domination, and sexism, […]

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Trump's Alt-Reality: White Terrorism against Mosque justifies Muslim Ban

Trump’s Alt-Reality: White Terrorism against Mosque justifies Muslim Ban

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump staffer Stephen Miller, an arch-conservative, defended Trump’s Muslim ban on television Monday by pointing to […]

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Starbucks Plans to Hire 10,000 Refugees After Trump Travel Ban

Starbucks Plans to Hire 10,000 Refugees After Trump Travel Ban

TeleSur | – – In a letter from the CEO, Starbucks told employees it would do everything possible to support affected workers. Starbucks Corp Chief […]

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Displaced and Refugees
The Trump Effect: What will happen to 3 mn Syrian Refugees in Turkey?

The Trump Effect: What will happen to 3 mn Syrian Refugees in Turkey?

By Katharine Jones and Esra Kaytaz | (The Conversation) | – – On Holocaust Memorial Day 2017 and amid the world’s greatest refugee crisis since […]

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72% of Refugees, Muslim & Otherwise, are Women and Children

72% of Refugees, Muslim & Otherwise, are Women and Children

By Salil Shetty | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON (IPS) – The gloves are off. With today’s Executive Order on “Protecting the Nation […]

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German Ambassador 1933: "Hostility to Jews Aimed Mainly at 'Immigrants'"

German Ambassador 1933: “Hostility to Jews Aimed Mainly at ‘Immigrants'”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Here are two newspaper articles from spring, 1933. They concern the issue of early Nazi policy […]

Juan Cole

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Demonizing Muslims:  White Quebec Terrorists kill 6 in attack on Mosque

Demonizing Muslims: White Quebec Terrorists kill 6 in attack on Mosque

TeleSur | – – Incidents of Islamophobia have increased in Quebec in recent years amid a political debate over banning the niqab. At least two […]

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From ‘Draining the Swamp’ to Bankocracy: All Trump’s Betrayals

From ‘Draining the Swamp’ to Bankocracy: All Trump’s Betrayals

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – Irony isn’t a concept with which President Donald J. Trump is familiar. In his Inaugural Address, […]

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