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Iran’s Grand Strategy –  Vali Nasr
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Iran’s Grand Strategy – Vali Nasr

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review: Vali Nasr, “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History”, (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Islamic Republic […]

64 Palestinians in Gaza Killed trying to Reach Aid Centers in 24 Hours

64 Palestinians in Gaza Killed trying to Reach Aid Centers in 24 Hours

06/19/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers and Won a Victory for Decolonization, Africa, Indigenous Peoples, and More

Resistance Works: How Small Groups Took on Great Powers and Won a Victory for Decolonization, Africa, Indigenous Peoples, and More

06/19/2025 By David Vine

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Still underestimating al-Qaeda & Taliban despite 1500 Military Analysts

Still underestimating al-Qaeda & Taliban despite 1500 Military Analysts

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – That figure stunned me. I found it in the 12th paragraph of a front-page New […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Read their lips:  Israeli leaders’ plans for the Palestinians

Read their lips: Israeli leaders’ plans for the Palestinians

By: Samah Sabawi | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – History in the Holy Land seems stuck in a loop. In 2000, former Israeli Prime […]

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Trans-Pacific partnership raises the barriers for the access to affordable medicines

Trans-Pacific partnership raises the barriers for the access to affordable medicines

By Carlos M. Correa | (Inter Press Service) | – – GENEVA (IPS) – The pharmaceutical industry from the US and Europe scored a major […]

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" 'Homeland' is Racist":  Showtime hijacked by Egyptian graffiti artists:

” ‘Homeland’ is Racist”: Showtime hijacked by Egyptian graffiti artists:

Ian Lee | (CNN Video News Report) | – – “Egyptian graffiti artists, who were asked to add authenticity to the show “Homeland,” managed to […]

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Iran in Syria?  Reports its Troops plan Idlib, Aleppo Campaigns

Iran in Syria? Reports its Troops plan Idlib, Aleppo Campaigns

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Jordanian newspaper al-Ghad (Tomorrow) is reporting that the commander of the Jerusalem Brigade of the […]

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Education
Education under occupation: everyday disruption at a Palestinian university

Education under occupation: everyday disruption at a Palestinian university

Brendan Browne | (The Conversation) | – – As the clock moves towards 12.45pm I begin to anxiously await the flurry of emails that I’ve […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli forces deployed around E. Jerusalem as Tensions over Colonization Rise

Israeli forces deployed around E. Jerusalem as Tensions over Colonization Rise

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Several Palestinians were detained and checkpoints were set up at the entrances to Palestinian neighborhoods on […]

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Bernie Sanders
Thanks to Sanders, Democratic Party Just Debated Capitalism

Thanks to Sanders, Democratic Party Just Debated Capitalism

By Sarah Lazare, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – Presidential hopefuls broke usual parameters of discourse when they debated capitalism versus socialism Tuesday […]

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al-Qaeda
ISIL, al-Qaeda in Syria call for Holy War against Russia

ISIL, al-Qaeda in Syria call for Holy War against Russia

By Joanna Paraszczuk | ( RFE/ RL Both the [so-called] Islamic State (IS) group and Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, the Al-Nusra Front, this week called for […]

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