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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Are 2,000 Gulf fighters in Syria a terrorist threat to . . . the Gulf?

Are 2,000 Gulf fighters in Syria a terrorist threat to . . . the Gulf?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – A Saudi preacher has given a press briefing on young men from the Gulf fighting against […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Is the Iraqi army a lost cause?

Is the Iraqi army a lost cause?

By Jon Moran | (The Conversation) | – – Building an army in a short space of time is a very difficult task. To be […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Climate Change to throw 100 mn. People into Poverty

Climate Change to throw 100 mn. People into Poverty

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The UN’s heavily-hyped Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were approved by […]

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European Union
EU approves labeling of Israeli Squatter products

EU approves labeling of Israeli Squatter products

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The European Union on Wednesday adopted measures to label products from Israeli settlements, considered illegal under […]

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Jabhat al-Nusra
Syria: The Other Front, not ISIL or Assad:  al-Qaeda al-Nusra

Syria: The Other Front, not ISIL or Assad: al-Qaeda al-Nusra

Medyan Dairieh | VICE News | (Video Report) – – “VICE News filmmaker Medyan Dairieh gains exclusive access to the Syrian branch of al Qaeda, […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
Why EU Labeling of Israeli Squatter Goods could Affect Israeli Economy

Why EU Labeling of Israeli Squatter Goods could Affect Israeli Economy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The European Union will probably issue a ruling today that goods produced in the Occupied Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Jeb Bush Wants A Time Machine To murder a Baby  -- Hitler

Jeb Bush Wants A Time Machine To murder a Baby — Hitler

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | – – “Jeb Bush has been trying to prove he’s a tough guy. He said he eats nails […]

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Authoritarianism
After the AKP Victory in Turkey:  Elective Dictatorship?

After the AKP Victory in Turkey: Elective Dictatorship?

T. Deniz Erkmen | (Informed Comment) | – – The results of November 1st snap elections in Turkey were a surprise; not just for the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Forgotten:  How US put Oil, Cold War above Peace & Palestinian Rights

Forgotten: How US put Oil, Cold War above Peace & Palestinian Rights

By Irene Gendzier | Author, Dying to Forget | (Informed Comment) | – – For journalists and politicians alike, the recurring violence in the Middle […]

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