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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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Arab Americans
European Islamophobic Networks influenced Roof to Kill in Charleston

European Islamophobic Networks influenced Roof to Kill in Charleston

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Muslim-hatred of the Geert Wilders and Marine LePens in Europe, for which Daniel Pipes, and […]

Juan Cole

African-Americans
1871:  First US Anti-Terror Law banned White Racist attacks on Black Officials, Voters

1871: First US Anti-Terror Law banned White Racist attacks on Black Officials, Voters

Dara Lind | (Vox Video Report) | – – “Was the shooting that killed 9 people in Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church on Wednesday terrorism? Vox’s […]

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Christianity
Israel releases 16 Squatter Youth suspected in arson of Church of Loaves & Fishes

Israel releases 16 Squatter Youth suspected in arson of Church of Loaves & Fishes

By IMEMC | – – Israeli police detained and have now released 16 young Jewish settlers, Thursday, after an overnight arson attack damaged a revered […]

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Acidification of Oceans
5 Radical Takeaways from the Pope’s Letter on Climate

5 Radical Takeaways from the Pope’s Letter on Climate

By Janet Redman | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Francis recognizes that there’s no way to stop climate change without confronting the way […]

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African-Americans
How Lindsey Graham & GOP lost the Chance to be Presidential over Charleston

How Lindsey Graham & GOP lost the Chance to be Presidential over Charleston

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in my view never had any chance of becoming president, though he […]

Juan Cole

Christians
Pope to Developed World:  Greed is Causing Climate Change, Inequality

Pope to Developed World: Greed is Causing Climate Change, Inequality

Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Leader of Catholic Church says the richest owe the poorest a ‘great social debt’ […]

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African-Americans
Sexism, Racism and Terrorism: Roof's Misuse of Women to justify Lynching

Sexism, Racism and Terrorism: Roof’s Misuse of Women to justify Lynching

By Lisa Wade | (The Conversation) | – – Many important things will be said in the next few weeks about the murder of nine […]

Juan Cole

Children
Wars, Disasters displaced 14 Million last Year, 50% Children

Wars, Disasters displaced 14 Million last Year, 50% Children

By Roger Hamilton-Martin | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – A horrific year of war, humanitarian crises, human rights violations and persecution has caused a […]

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African-Americans
Rhodesian Flag, Confederate Flag:  Roof & the Legacies of Racial Hate

Rhodesian Flag, Confederate Flag: Roof & the Legacies of Racial Hate

Benjamin Foldy | (Informed Comment) | – – When the perpetrator in the horrific massacre at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston was first publicly […]

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