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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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Palestinian Refugees in Syria, besieged by ISIL, receive critical UN Aid at Last amid Faltering Ceasefire

Palestinian Refugees in Syria, besieged by ISIL, receive critical UN Aid at Last amid Faltering Ceasefire

TeleSur | – – Humanitarian aid has reached refugees in the Syrian town of Yarmouk, on the outskirts of Damascus, for the first time in […]

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Top 5 Scalia Rulings that helped Progressives

Top 5 Scalia Rulings that helped Progressives

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Justice Antonin Scalia died in Texas on Saturday. IC sends condolences to his family. Scalia is […]

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GOP Candidates' Sick, Illegal, Fixation on Torture

GOP Candidates’ Sick, Illegal, Fixation on Torture

By John Kiriakou | (Otherwords.org) | – – GOP presidential candidates are endorsing torture, again. For anyone who cares deeply about being informed, watching Republican […]

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European Union
Muslims in Europe:  A Crisis of Liberalism, not a Clash of Civilizations

Muslims in Europe: A Crisis of Liberalism, not a Clash of Civilizations

Column » ‘By the Book’ with Joseph Preville by JOSEPH RICHARD PREVILLE and JULIE POUCHER HARBIN | ISLAMiCommentary | – – Are Muslims embraced as […]

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Russia
Russia Says World in 'New Cold War' over Syria

Russia Says World in ‘New Cold War’ over Syria

TeleSur | – – "Sometimes I wonder if it’s 2016 or if we live in 1962," Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told the Munich Security Conference, Saturday. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
European Parliament demands immediate end to Israel Squatting, Home Demolitions, in Palestine

European Parliament demands immediate end to Israel Squatting, Home Demolitions, in Palestine

By IMEMC | – – The European Parliament (EP’s) Delegation for relations with Palestine, expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation on the ground, calling for […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
Despite Syria Cease Fire, Belligerents Plot military Victory

Despite Syria Cease Fire, Belligerents Plot military Victory

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite the announcement at Munich of a cessation of hostilities in Syria, to be implemented in […]

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Arab Spring

Despite Risks, Egypt’s Cartoonists Take on increasingly Authoritarian Regime of al-Sisi

By Mohamed Hassan | ( Global Voices ) | – – Cartoonist Islam Gawish. Photograph from his Facebook page. Photograph by Mostafa Darwish. Less than […]

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Russia
The Costs That Come With Russia’s Gains In Syria

The Costs That Come With Russia’s Gains In Syria

Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/RL | – – With Russia's monthslong air campaign in Syria now focused on a key rebel stronghold, Moscow can claim […]

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