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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

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Dear Graduates: We're Leaving you a Trumpian America; Please Fix It

Dear Graduates: We’re Leaving you a Trumpian America; Please Fix It

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – I’ve long had a weakness for commencement addresses, or at least for what they might […]

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Crisis and Climate Change Driving Unprecedented Migration

Crisis and Climate Change Driving Unprecedented Migration

By Manipadma Jena | (Inter Press Service) | – – Manipadma Jena interviews the director general of the International Organization for Migration, Wiliam Lacy Swing. […]

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Reproductive Choice
Turkish President:  Muslims who use Birth Control are Traitors

Turkish President: Muslims who use Birth Control are Traitors

By Arzu Geybullayeva | (GlobalVoices.org) | – – In the past 72 hours, international media coverage of Turkey has been replete with headlines such as […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Stymied by Syrian regime Sieges, UN planning Food Airdrops to 600K Civilians

Stymied by Syrian regime Sieges, UN planning Food Airdrops to 600K Civilians

By Lyndal Rowlands | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The UN has begun plans to deliver aid to besieged Syrian […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
Israel-First McCarthyism:  Cuomo's vow to spy on, punish BDS Activists in long Tradition

Israel-First McCarthyism: Cuomo’s vow to spy on, punish BDS Activists in long Tradition

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After New York governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order directing the state to monitor and […]

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Bernie Sanders
Will Fracking & the Environment decide Californians between Clinton and Sanders?

Will Fracking & the Environment decide Californians between Clinton and Sanders?

TeleSur _ – – California is in its fifth year of a severe drought. While Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump lied to a crowd in […]

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Syrian Gov't Troops enter ISIL-held al-Raqqa Province, racing against US Allies

Syrian Gov’t Troops enter ISIL-held al-Raqqa Province, racing against US Allies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Syrian troops, aided by a Homs-based pro-government militia the ‘Falcons of the Desert’ and under the […]

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Free Syrian Army
Not the Onion:  US asks Russia not to Bomb al-Qaeda in Syria

Not the Onion: US asks Russia not to Bomb al-Qaeda in Syria

TeleSur | – – The Russian foreign minister said his Washington counterpart asked Moscow not to target the extremist groups out of fear of hitting […]

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Human Rights
UN Rebukes Saudi Arabia:  Yemen’s Children Victims of Shocking Violations

UN Rebukes Saudi Arabia: Yemen’s Children Victims of Shocking Violations

By Kristine Beckerle, Finberg Fellow | ( Human Rights Watch) | – – Every year, the United Nations secretary-general releases a “list of shame” of […]

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