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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .
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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news taking place in […]

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

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Detained!  Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

05/19/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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The Middle East Policy of President Bernie Sanders

The Middle East Policy of President Bernie Sanders

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Bernie Sanders opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and subsequent occupation of that country. Sanders wanted to […]

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Don’t Be Fooled by Saudi’s Reshuffle

Don’t Be Fooled by Saudi’s Reshuffle

By Adam Coogle | (Human Rights Watch) | – King Salman’s promotion of his nephew Mohammed bin Nayef to the position of crown prince and […]

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African-Americans
Iran's Khamenei weighs in on Baltimore: 'Hollywood-style Policing'

Iran’s Khamenei weighs in on Baltimore: ‘Hollywood-style Policing’

Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV) The anchors debate the following speech from last Sunday of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in which he contrasted […]

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African-Americans
What the Police Broke in Baltimore (Political Cartoon)

What the Police Broke in Baltimore (Political Cartoon)

Via MacLeod Cartoons

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Iran calls for Nuclear Disarmament by US, Israel, World

Iran calls for Nuclear Disarmament by US, Israel, World

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — At a summit on Monday, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif turned the tables on the countries […]

Juan Cole

Apartheid
UN Report: 2014 Israeli Assault on Gaza Hit 7 UNRWA Schools, Killed 44

UN Report: 2014 Israeli Assault on Gaza Hit 7 UNRWA Schools, Killed 44

By IMEMC | — 44 displaced persons killed, 227 injured Attacks to be considered of “extreme severity toward those who looked to them for protection […]

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African-Americans
Baltimore Protests: What The Media Isn't Showing You

Baltimore Protests: What The Media Isn’t Showing You

AJ+ | – “Burning buildings, shattered glass, riot police: This looping portrait of Baltimore – on TV and online – has become the defining narrative […]

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Arab Spring
Young Arabs' Faith in Democracy Shaken by return to Authoritarianism

Young Arabs’ Faith in Democracy Shaken by return to Authoritarianism

By Roberto Savio ROME (IPS) – The results of a survey of what 3,500 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 – in […]

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Constitution
Assassination as Policy in Washington and How It Failed, 1990-2015

Assassination as Policy in Washington and How It Failed, 1990-2015

By Andrew Cockburn | (Tomdispatch.com) | – As the war on terror nears its 14th anniversary — a war we seem to be losing, given […]

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