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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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Palestinian Parliamentarians say Israeli Legislation aims to annex West Bank

Palestinian Parliamentarians say Israeli Legislation aims to annex West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, passed a controversial bill on Tuesday that would allow verdicts from […]

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Screwed?:  4 Top International Crises we have to depend on Trump to Resolve

Screwed?: 4 Top International Crises we have to depend on Trump to Resolve

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Within months of taking office, President Donald Trump is likely to face one or more […]

Juan Cole

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Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin

Trump feuds with Merkel, EU, BMW, NATO, China, CIA but not with Putin

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump picked a fight with almost everyone but his buddy Vladimir Putin this weekend. His […]

Juan Cole

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Credible:  Author of Trump’s dirty dossier ‘had UK agencies’ for clients

Credible: Author of Trump’s dirty dossier ‘had UK agencies’ for clients

By Georgi Gotev, James Crisp | Euractiv.com | – – EXCLUSIVE/ Christopher Steele, the former MI6 spy and author of the dirty dossier on President-elect […]

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Plutocracy
World's Richest 8–All Men–as Wealthy as Half of Humanity: Oxfam

World’s Richest 8–All Men–as Wealthy as Half of Humanity: Oxfam

TeleSur | – – The world will have its first trillionaire in only 25 years, the organization found. Just eight individuals, all men, own as […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Soldiers Uproot Hundreds Of Olive Trees For Illegal Colonialist Road

Israeli Soldiers Uproot Hundreds Of Olive Trees For Illegal Colonialist Road

IMEMC | – – Israeli soldiers started, on Monday morning, the illegal uprooting of hundreds of olive trees, as part of a plan to uproot […]

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Donald Trump
Trump and the Pee-Pee Party:  Alec Baldwin at SNL

Trump and the Pee-Pee Party: Alec Baldwin at SNL

NBC’s Saturday Night Live | (Video Skit) | – – “President-elect Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) holds his first press conference since getting elected.” Donald Trump […]

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In the Age of Trumpian Reaction, is MLK's Legacy  to the 99% being Reversed?

In the Age of Trumpian Reaction, is MLK’s Legacy to the 99% being Reversed?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reaction has two main meanings in English. One is to respond to some new situation (not […]

Juan Cole

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Instead of Stereotyping Trump Voters, Progressives need to Get them Back

Instead of Stereotyping Trump Voters, Progressives need to Get them Back

By George Lakey | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – In ordinary times, progressives might get away with casual images of their political opponents, […]

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