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Israel bans for 10 yrs. Mairead Maguire, others on International Women’s Boat to Gaza
By Mairead Maguire | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, Nov 1 2016 (IPS) – A few weeks ago, the US government agreed to […]
Colonizing the Dead: Israeli authorities demolish graves in East Jerusalem cemetery
Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli Nature and Parks Authority forces demolished several graves inside a Palestinian cemetery in occupied East […]
If he wins: The Coming Trump Market Crash and Great Recession
By Simon Johnson | (Project Syndicate) | – – WASHINGTON, DC – With the United States’ presidential election on November 8, and a series of […]
Hizbullah’s Candidate becomes Lebanese President after Sunni Compromise
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Lebanon finally has a president, Michel Aoun. In accordance with the country’s national pact, he is […]
Sectarian Tensions flare in Baghdad as some Sunni Arab families forced from Neighborhoods
By Ibrahim Saleh | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Several Sunni Muslim families were forced out of their mainly Shiite Muslim neighbourhood in Baghdad […]
Sell that Oil Stock! Electric Cars are Here
The Tree | – – As fossil fuels fight loud and clumsy battles for continued dominance in countries such as the US, UK, and Australia, […]
Why a Trump-appointed Supreme Court would mean Workers are Screwed
By Michele Gilman | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump touts that as president he would be good for American workers. Although many of […]
Emails and Groping: Our Halloween Election keeps Scaring us to Death
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – All Hallow’s Eve, contracted now to Halloween, became conflated with the Scottish and Irish pagan Samhain, […]
“The Meaning of Peace in the Quran” – Juan Cole @ PBS
Juan Cole | PBS | Religion and Ethics Newsweekly (Video Interview) | – – Via Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, PBS On my new book, Muhammad: […]
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