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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide
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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This year 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam from the “American War.”  The […]

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“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

10/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

10/31/2025 By Hugh J. Curran

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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African-Americans
Our reply to Dylann Roof's Hate:  Donate to "Mother Emanuel" AME Church

Our reply to Dylann Roof’s Hate: Donate to “Mother Emanuel” AME Church

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – There are many essential responses to the racist terrorism that attacked Emanuel AME Church, which the […]

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African-Americans
Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists

Since 2002, Right-wing White Terrorists have Killed More Americans Than Muslim Extremists

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “When we have certain kinds of attacks in this country, there is terrorism world-wide, it’s […]

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