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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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Wife of Israeli Cabinet member tweets Racist Obama Joke, had called for Innocent Palestinians to be Punished

Wife of Israeli Cabinet member tweets Racist Obama Joke, had called for Innocent Palestinians to be Punished

Nik Zecevic and Margaret Howell | (TheLipTV News Video) |- – “A racist joke about President Obama posted on Twitter by Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes, the […]

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Authoritarianism
Democracy in retreat in Half the 193 UN Member States

Democracy in retreat in Half the 193 UN Member States

By Thalif Deen | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Democracy is on the retreat and authoritarianism is on the rise in more than 96 […]

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Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain's Arab Spring

Wikileaks Docs Reveal Saudi intrigues against Bahrain’s Arab Spring

By Faten Bushehri | (Global Voices) | – – The Saudi Cables, released by WikiLeaks, includes a treasure trove of information in secret exchanges between […]

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African-Americans
Top 5 Reasons Confederate Flag should stop Flying at SC Statehouse

Top 5 Reasons Confederate Flag should stop Flying at SC Statehouse

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. The Confederate flag in its current form was adopted by the seceding slave states to […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Massive turnout for Bernie Sanders in Denver: Is he Gaining on Hillary Clinton?

Massive turnout for Bernie Sanders in Denver: Is he Gaining on Hillary Clinton?

By Sarah Lazare, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – Massive turnout is latest sign the Vermont senator is gaining on Hillary Clinton At least […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Her War:  Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria

Her War: Kurdish Women Commandos take on ISIL/ Daesh in Syria

RT | (Video Report) | – – “In the face of the deadly threat posed by the so-called Islamic State, many Kurdish women decide not […]

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African-Americans
Patterns of Racial Violence in the US: Charleston Shooting wasn't a "One-Off" Event

Patterns of Racial Violence in the US: Charleston Shooting wasn’t a “One-Off” Event

By Ethan Zuckerman | (The Conversation) | – – When you read about Dylann Roof, think about the patterns he represents. There’s more than one. […]

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Domestic Terrorism
Our Jihadis and Theirs: The Real (Armed) Dangers of American Life

Our Jihadis and Theirs: The Real (Armed) Dangers of American Life

By Tom Engeldhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Consider this paragraph a holding action on the subject of getting blown away in America. While I […]

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censorship
PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel

PM Netanyahu wants a Free Press, just not in Israel

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | – – Continuing his assault on transparency and independent voices in the media, Prime Minister Netanyahu denied investigative […]

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