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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Christians
Will the US Catholic Church Divest from Fossil Fuels, buy Solar Panels?

Will the US Catholic Church Divest from Fossil Fuels, buy Solar Panels?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his White House address on Wednesday, Pope Francis again brought up the urgent issue of […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
A Majority of Iowa Republicans unsure Islam should be Legal, but Support Kim Davis

A Majority of Iowa Republicans unsure Islam should be Legal, but Support Kim Davis

Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “We hear a lot about religious freedom from conservatives these days, but […]

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Egypt
Al Jazeera journalists freed in Egypt

Al Jazeera journalists freed in Egypt

John Terrett | (Al Jazeera America Video Report) | – – “Baher Mohammad and Mohammad Fahmy were pardoned by Egypt’s president this morning. John Terrett […]

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Israel
Israel imposes lockdown on East Jerusalem neighborhoods

Israel imposes lockdown on East Jerusalem neighborhoods

Ma’an News Agency | – – JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities closed the main entrances to East Jerusalem neighborhoods with cement blocks on Wednesday, preventing […]

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Plutocracy
Is the United Nations being captured by Transnational Corporations?

Is the United Nations being captured by Transnational Corporations?

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Sep 22 2015 (IPS) – The United Nations, which is commemorating its 70th […]

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Christianity
Top Signs Pope Francis is an Honest Conservative

Top Signs Pope Francis is an Honest Conservative

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The positioning of Jorge Bergoglio, Pope Francis, as a “liberal” or “progressive” in American politics is […]

Juan Cole

Nuclear weapons
Making money off Nuclear Apocalypse while obsessing about Non-Nuclear Iran

Making money off Nuclear Apocalypse while obsessing about Non-Nuclear Iran

By Richard Krushnic & Jonathan Alan King | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Imagine for a moment a genuine absurdity: somewhere in the United States, the […]

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Christians
Why the Pope and America won't leave each Other Unchanged

Why the Pope and America won’t leave each Other Unchanged

By Massimo Faggioli | (The Conversation) | – – The papal trip to the United States that Francis will begin on September 22 is the […]

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Russia
Could Daesh/ ISIS bring Russia and the west together?

Could Daesh/ ISIS bring Russia and the west together?

By Marta Ter | (Open Democracy) | – – For a couple of years after 9/11, there was a solid US-Russia anti-terrorism cooperation that basically […]

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