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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .
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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news taking place in […]

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

05/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Detained!  Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

05/19/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Arab Spring
Forgetting Tahrir: The Man on Horseback and the fate of Egypt's Revolution

Forgetting Tahrir: The Man on Horseback and the fate of Egypt’s Revolution

Neil Serougi | ( OpenDemocracy ) | – – Why would a country that showed itself so courageous in confronting Mubarak’s repression now be content […]

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Russia
Why is Putin Really withdrawing from Syria?

Why is Putin Really withdrawing from Syria?

By Alexander Titov | (The Conversation) | – – Back in September 30 2015, when Vladimir Putin unexpectedly announced the deployment of the Russian air […]

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders' Path Forward: The Disappointed Generation

Bernie Sanders’ Path Forward: The Disappointed Generation

TeleSur | – – Since the beginning of the presidential campaign Bernie Sanders has received little coverage and has been counted out of having any […]

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Far Right
If it's Trump versus Clinton, what does it Mean for Iran and ISIL Policy?

If it’s Trump versus Clinton, what does it Mean for Iran and ISIL Policy?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – – Despite Donald Trump’s big wins on Tuesday, he is still only halfway to the delegate […]

Juan Cole

Militarization
Has the Pentagon become Lawless, Corrupt & only overseen by Civilian Hawks?

Has the Pentagon become Lawless, Corrupt & only overseen by Civilian Hawks?

Gregory D. Foster | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Item: Two U.S. Navy patrol boats, with 10 sailors aboard, “stray” into Iranian territorial waters, […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel returns to pre-Oslo policy of vast land confiscations

Israel returns to pre-Oslo policy of vast land confiscations

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel has reinstated a policy of confiscating vast swathes of Palestinian land for settlement expansion in […]

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Middle East
Will the Mideast's Civil Wars Partition it into small Warring States?

Will the Mideast’s Civil Wars Partition it into small Warring States?

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – As civil wars and cross-border military conflicts continue to escalate in […]

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Bernie Sanders
Here's the Bernie Sanders Primary Day Speech Corporate News Blacked Out

Here’s the Bernie Sanders Primary Day Speech Corporate News Blacked Out

Bernie Sanders | – – Bernie Sanders is speaking, but both CNN and MSNBC are ignoring him right now. pic.twitter.com/8jglLxxD4s — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Mystery:  Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria

Mystery: Russia & Hizbullah begin withdrawal from Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – al-Hayat [Life], the London pan-Arab daily, reports on the announcement Monday by Russian President Vladimir Putin […]

Juan Cole

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