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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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Displaced and Refugees
As Germans welcome 1000s of Refugees, EU, Turkey Wrangle over Crisis

As Germans welcome 1000s of Refugees, EU, Turkey Wrangle over Crisis

Euractiv.com | – – Thousands of exhausted refugees and asylum seekers received a hero’s welcome Sunday (6 September) as they streamed into Western Europe. But […]

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African-Americans
Charge that Trump had Black Casino Employees hidden from him in '80s

Charge that Trump had Black Casino Employees hidden from him in ’80s

By Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Black employees at the Trump Casino in Atlantic City were […]

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Christians
Invented Traditions:  No, Christianity doesn't forbid Abortion

Invented Traditions: No, Christianity doesn’t forbid Abortion

By Larry Badendyck | (Informed Comment) | – –          Let me put this right up front.  There is nothing whatever either in the Bible […]

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Israel
1000s of Palestinians mourn as victim of Israeli Terrorist dies after losing her Toddler

1000s of Palestinians mourn as victim of Israeli Terrorist dies after losing her Toddler

Ma’an News Agency | – – Palestinian women cry during the funeral of Riham Dawabsha, on Sept. 7, 2015, at a cemetery in the West […]

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Christianity
Pope Francis' call to host Refugees contrasts w/ anti-Immigrant US "Religious Right"

Pope Francis’ call to host Refugees contrasts w/ anti-Immigrant US “Religious Right”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Not all American Christian leaders have covered themselves in glory when it comes to the issue […]

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Bashar al-Assad
UN:  al-Assad, ISIL, al-Qaeda committing Mass Atrocities, Endangering Int'l Security

UN: al-Assad, ISIL, al-Qaeda committing Mass Atrocities, Endangering Int’l Security

UN News Centre | ( Office of the High Commission for Human Rights) – – Mass atrocities by Government forces and non-State armed groups continue […]

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Republican Party
Trump is just as anti-Labor as the rest of the GOP

Trump is just as anti-Labor as the rest of the GOP

By Donald Kaul | (Otherwords.org) | – – When it comes to the way he treats workers, the Donald is as Republican as capital gains […]

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Foreign Policy
American Workers need a Raise, & the Iran Deal, and Peace

American Workers need a Raise, & the Iran Deal, and Peace

By Michael Eisenscher | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | We’ll never rebuild this country if we keep wasting money on war. This Labor Day, like […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Netanyahu: Israel Not To Be 'Submerged' by Syrian Refugees

Netanyahu: Israel Not To Be ‘Submerged’ by Syrian Refugees

By IMEMC News | – – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, on Sunday, he would not allow Israel to be “submerged” by refugees after […]

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