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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

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At 450, Florida's St. Augustine Faces Rising Waters of Manmade Climate Change as Governor Fiddles

At 450, Florida’s St. Augustine Faces Rising Waters of Manmade Climate Change as Governor Fiddles

Aljazeera America | (Video) “St. Augustine is one of the many cities seeing this alarming trend and fears that they may one day be submerged”

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Bill of Rights
Fighting for Privacy, Two Years After Snowden

Fighting for Privacy, Two Years After Snowden

By Richard Esguerra | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Two years ago today, Glenn Greenwald published in the Guardian a single document confirming a […]

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Apartheid
UN Special Rapporteur: Israel Must Abandon Plans to Relocate Bedouin

UN Special Rapporteur: Israel Must Abandon Plans to Relocate Bedouin

IMEMC | – – United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Makarim Wibisono, today, repeated his call for the Israeli occupation to abandon its plans for the […]

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Climate Change
Green Energy Surging and you'll never Guess Why

Green Energy Surging and you’ll never Guess Why

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — The adoption of wind and solar for electricity generation around the world is happening at a growing […]

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Apartheid
Israeli forces suppress protest over fraudulent purchase of West Bank church

Israeli forces suppress protest over fraudulent purchase of West Bank church

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Saturday suppressed a march protesting the recent purchase by Israeli setters of a church compound in the southern West […]

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Democracy
A Turkish Syriza?  A radical democratic party and the new politics of the Mideast

A Turkish Syriza? A radical democratic party and the new politics of the Mideast

By Omer Tekdemir | ( Your Middle East) Dr Omer Tekdemir analyzes a radical force in Turkish politics, which strives to protect democracy and represent […]

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Climate Change
Global Warming:  G7's Coal Plants are Weapons of Mass Destruction aimed at World's Poor

Global Warming: G7’s Coal Plants are Weapons of Mass Destruction aimed at World’s Poor

By Sean Buchanan | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON, Jun 6 2015 (IPS) – As heads of state and government of the G7 […]

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Iraq
Weapons of the Wet:  ISIL/ Daesh Cuts water to Iraqi Towns south of Ramadi

Weapons of the Wet: ISIL/ Daesh Cuts water to Iraqi Towns south of Ramadi

Ben Wedeman | (CNN Video) | – – “Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) ISIS has closed off a dam to the north of the Iraqi city of […]

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Iraq needs another National Party:  Tariq Aziz's Baath Party Ruined the Country

Iraq needs another National Party: Tariq Aziz’s Baath Party Ruined the Country

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — Tariq Aziz, the former deputy prime minister and former foreign minister of Iraq, is dead at 79. […]

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