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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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Black Mississippi Church Burned, Vandalized with 'Vote Trump'

Black Mississippi Church Burned, Vandalized with ‘Vote Trump’

TeleSur | – – Hopewell Baptist Church is damaged by fire and graffiti in Greenville, Mississippi, U.S., Nov. 2, 2016. An online fundraising campaign was […]

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War within War - Iraqi PM: We don't want to fight Turkey but we're Ready

War within War – Iraqi PM: We don’t want to fight Turkey but we’re Ready

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – AFP Arabic reports that Iraqi PM Haydar al-Abadi said Tuesday that “We do not want a […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel bans for 10 yrs. Mairead Maguire, others on International Women’s Boat to Gaza

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 […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Colonizing the Dead:   Israeli authorities demolish graves in East Jerusalem cemetery

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 […]

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Investment
If he wins:  The Coming Trump Market Crash and Great Recession

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 […]

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Hizbullah's Candidate becomes Lebanese President after Sunni Compromise

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 […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Sectarian Tensions flare in Baghdad as some Sunni Arab families forced from Neighborhoods

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 […]

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Green Transportation
Sell that Oil Stock!  Electric Cars are Here

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, […]

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Why a Trump-appointed Supreme Court would mean Workers are Screwed

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 […]

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