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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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Turkey Is Shutting Down over 130 Media Outlets; Can Democracy Survive?

Turkey Is Shutting Down over 130 Media Outlets; Can Democracy Survive?

TeleSur | – – Erdogan’s political purge following the failed coup keeps on going, with the net ever widening. Turkey is shutting down over 100 […]

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Is the French Press Right to stop Printing Pictures, Names of Terrorists?

Is the French Press Right to stop Printing Pictures, Names of Terrorists?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Le Monde is reporting that a number of French newspapers and television channels have decided to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
New Normal:  A victim is displaced by Climate Change Disaster every Second

New Normal: A victim is displaced by Climate Change Disaster every Second

Climate Victims – Every Second, One Person Is Displaced by Disaster By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME, Jul 27 2016 […]

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Israel/ Palestine
B'Tselem: Israel demolished more Palestinian homes in past 6 months than in all of 2015

B’Tselem: Israel demolished more Palestinian homes in past 6 months than in all of 2015

By Ma’an News Agency | – – A Palestinian family stands amid the remains of their home after it was demolished by Israeli forces in […]

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Economy
Can Turkey's Economy come back from Coup and Massive Purge?

Can Turkey’s Economy come back from Coup and Massive Purge?

By Nader Habibi | (The Conversation) | – – The failed July 15 coup in Turkey has prompted a tsunami of responses by the government […]

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Democratic Party
Top 7 firsts in Women in US Politics

Top 7 firsts in Women in US Politics

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As I pointed out, it is all very nice that Hillary Clinton is the first American […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Arab World's biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

Arab World’s biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

By Brahma Chellaney | (Project Syndicate) | – – BERLIN – Nowhere is freshwater scarcer than in the Arab world. The region is home to […]

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Arms Sales
US does 1/2 of all World's Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

US does 1/2 of all World’s Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – When American firms dominate a global market worth more than $70 billion a year, you’d expect […]

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Authoritarianism
Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

Why Turkey wants to silence its academics

By Fatma Müge Göçek | (The Conversation) | – – After the July 15 coup attempt in Turkey, one of the first actions of the […]

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