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A Middle East without Nukes
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A Middle East without Nukes

Fariba Amini

“You can’t bomb away the knowledge”  -John Kerry Marg bar means death to… It was chanted after the hostage crisis.  Marg bar America.  Death to […]

After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment

After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment

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Iranian-Americans Opposed US Attack on Iran, Visa Ban: NIAC Poll

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How each State in the Union can have 100% Green Energy by 2050: The Stanford Plan

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Barack Obama
Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he's Right

Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he’s Right

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – The Obama administration got itself some headlines on Wednesday morning by pledging to send a few hundred […]

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Apartheid
It isn't Israel that is being "delegitimized" but the Occupation of Palestine

It isn’t Israel that is being “delegitimized” but the Occupation of Palestine

By: John V. Whitbeck | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – June 5 marked the 48th anniversary of the “preemptive” attack on Egypt with which […]

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Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail

Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail

Mark Sovel & Elliot Hill | (The Lip TV – Video) | – – “Donald Rumsfeld said George W. Bush was wrong about Iraq in […]

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Culture
Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater:  "It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed"

Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater: “It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed”

By Alexander Bisley | (Lumiere Reader) | – – N.B. Rosewater is now streaming at Amazon Instant Video and will be available on Netflix beginning […]

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Arab Spring
Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi -- President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains

Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi — President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has presided over the flagrant abuse of human rights since taking […]

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Barack Obama
Implications for ICC?  SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision shows Limits of Israel Lobbies

Implications for ICC? SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision shows Limits of Israel Lobbies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It has been the position of the US presidents for decades that the status of Jerusalem […]

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Obama: We don't have a "complete strategy" against ISIL

Obama: We don’t have a “complete strategy” against ISIL

CBS News | (Video Report) | – – “President Obama said Monday the United States does not have a complete plan to train and equip […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Military Blockade makes Fishing, Farming in Gaza Deadly for Palestinians

Israeli Military Blockade makes Fishing, Farming in Gaza Deadly for Palestinians

By Mel Frykberg | – – RAMALLAH, West Bank (IPS) – Three Palestinian fishermen were injured last week after Israeli naval forces opened fire on […]

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