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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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Will Iraq Be Libya?  Can the Shiite Militiamen Avoid Turning on Each Other?

Will Iraq Be Libya? Can the Shiite Militiamen Avoid Turning on Each Other?

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – – Iraq’s Shiite militias have been celebrated and criticised. Now, as differences in everything from weapons to leadership […]

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Apartheid
Palestinian Member of Israeli Parliament will join Gaza Aid Flotilla, Risks loss of Immunity

Palestinian Member of Israeli Parliament will join Gaza Aid Flotilla, Risks loss of Immunity

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Arab MK [Member of Knesset or Parliament] Basel Ghattas said this week that threats by fellow […]

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Climate Change
As 700 Die in Pakistan from Extreme Heat, Pakistanis Deny Climate Change

As 700 Die in Pakistan from Extreme Heat, Pakistanis Deny Climate Change

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Pakistan is in the midst of an extreme heat wave with highs around 110 degrees F., […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
Is the Confederate flag unconstitutional?

Is the Confederate flag unconstitutional?

By Alfred L Brophy | (The Conversation) | – The tragedy in Charleston has revived the movement to take the Confederate battle flag from the […]

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racism
Dear GOP: Play the Angry White Man card Enough & you might attract Racist Donors

Dear GOP: Play the Angry White Man card Enough & you might attract Racist Donors

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “The leader of a rightwing group that Dylann Roof allegedly credits with helping to radicalise […]

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Banking
The Would-be Bush Trifecta, Brought to you by the Family Bankers

The Would-be Bush Trifecta, Brought to you by the Family Bankers

By Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – [This piece has been adapted and updated by Nomi Prins from her book All the Presidents’ Bankers: The […]

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Iran
Iranians pin Hopes on success of Kerry-Zarif Nuclear Negotiations

Iranians pin Hopes on success of Kerry-Zarif Nuclear Negotiations

By William O. Beeman | (Informed Comment) | – – I have just returned from a three-week trip in Iran in which I interviewed hundreds […]

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African-Americans
What South Carolina needs to do for Racial equality (taking down the flag is just symbolic)

What South Carolina needs to do for Racial equality (taking down the flag is just symbolic)

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – – Governor Nikki Haley announced on Monday that she would attempt to remove the Confederate flag from the […]

Juan Cole

Hamas
Selling the Gaza Assault:  Israel's Self-Inquiry is Self-Serving

Selling the Gaza Assault: Israel’s Self-Inquiry is Self-Serving

John Hickman | (Informed Comment) | – – The document titled “The 2014 Gaza Conflict, 7 July – 26 August 2014: Factual and Legal Aspects” […]

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