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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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Donald Trump attacks Pope Francis as puppet of Mexico on Immigrants' Rights

Donald Trump attacks Pope Francis as puppet of Mexico on Immigrants’ Rights

TeleSur | – – Trump accused Pope Francis of being an instrument of the Mexican government because of his pro-immigration stance. The Vatican responded. U.S. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
PA: Israel concealed prisoner's hunger strike for 43 days

PA: Israel concealed prisoner’s hunger strike for 43 days

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs on Tuesday accused Israel of concealing a 43-day long […]

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Banking
The Chinese are Coming: First 'New Silk Road' Train reaches Iran's Capital

The Chinese are Coming: First ‘New Silk Road’ Train reaches Iran’s Capital

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In a sign of China’s increasingly powerful role in Central Asia and the Middle East, on […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Do Drug Profits actually drive Terrorism in the Muslim World?

Do Drug Profits actually drive Terrorism in the Muslim World?

Robert Rotberg | (The Conversation) | – – Terrorists are in it as much for the loot as for the ideology. . . . ISIS, […]

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Authoritarianism
Turkey:  Erdogan's Domestic War for a Presidential System

Turkey: Erdogan’s Domestic War for a Presidential System

By Rosa Burç and Burak Çopur | TeleSur | – – The current war against the Kurds and oppositional voices is being waged to push […]

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Employment
Why Americans are Angry:  The Minimum Wage Trap

Why Americans are Angry: The Minimum Wage Trap

By Peter Van Buren | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – When presidential candidate Bernie Sanders talks about income inequality, and when other candidates speak about […]

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Russia
Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?

Syria: Instead of a Cease-Fire, have Great Powers unleashed new Proxy Wars?

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – MADRID (IPS) – – When 25 million Syrians–half of them refugees abroad or at home […]

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George W. Bush, who Mirrored & Inflamed Public passions, attacks Trump for It

George W. Bush, who Mirrored & Inflamed Public passions, attacks Trump for It

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – George W. Bush came out of political exile on Monday to be his brother JEB!’s surrogate […]

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Campaign Finance
Hot Sugar Daddies Of The 2016 Election

Hot Sugar Daddies Of The 2016 Election

Francesca Fiorentini | (AJ+ Video Report) | – – “Political sugar daddies have a strong grip on the 2016 election. These billionaires know what they […]

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