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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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Growing Global Nuclear Threat - as if Election 2016 weren't already bad enough

Growing Global Nuclear Threat – as if Election 2016 weren’t already bad enough

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Once upon a time, when choosing a new president, a factor for many voters was […]

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Far Right
The Hatred that Trump’s Lies will Leave Behind

The Hatred that Trump’s Lies will Leave Behind

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Whether Trump wins or loses (and in my view there isn’t much chance he can win), […]

Juan Cole

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Federal Judge Puts End to "Insane" Voter Suppression in N. Carolina

Federal Judge Puts End to “Insane” Voter Suppression in N. Carolina

By Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – ‘Injunction will help make sure not a single voters’ voice is unlawfully taken […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey: the road towards dictatorship and the west’s responsibility

Turkey: the road towards dictatorship and the west’s responsibility

By Mehmet Ugur | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – Let us stop pretending otherwise: Turkey is now under a dictatorial regime established step by step […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Balfour Slow Genocide and the Fate of Palestinians

The Balfour Slow Genocide and the Fate of Palestinians

By Aimee Shalan | al-Shabakah | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – Current British Complicity It is not only corporate entities such as G4S in […]

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Climate Change
Top 5 urgent Climate Change/Election Stories MSM Suppressed

Top 5 urgent Climate Change/Election Stories MSM Suppressed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I used the word “suppressed” in the title quite deliberately. Corporate television media in the United […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
FBI Faction Hostile to Clinton Possibly Behind Leaks

FBI Faction Hostile to Clinton Possibly Behind Leaks

TeleSur | – – Current FBI agents have told outlets that there are elements within the agency leaking info in order to favor Donald Trump. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Britain, Balfour, and 100 years of cultural repression of Palestinians (Part I)

Britain, Balfour, and 100 years of cultural repression of Palestinians (Part I)

By Aimee Shalan | Al-Shabaka | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – If Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour passes over the perimeter of her home’s driveway […]

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Iraq
Payback Time: Mosul Militias Backstabbed By ISIL Plot Revenge

Payback Time: Mosul Militias Backstabbed By ISIL Plot Revenge

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – It’s not only the Iraqi army gunning for the Islamic State in Mosul. The extremists’ […]

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