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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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Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he's Right

Modest Increase in Iraq Training Mission shows Obama still Uninterested & Maybe he’s Right

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – The Obama administration got itself some headlines on Wednesday morning by pledging to send a few hundred […]

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Apartheid
It isn't Israel that is being "delegitimized" but the Occupation of Palestine

It isn’t Israel that is being “delegitimized” but the Occupation of Palestine

By: John V. Whitbeck | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – June 5 marked the 48th anniversary of the “preemptive” attack on Egypt with which […]

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Bush
Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail

Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail

Mark Sovel & Elliot Hill | (The Lip TV – Video) | – – “Donald Rumsfeld said George W. Bush was wrong about Iraq in […]

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Culture
Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater:  "It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed"

Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater: “It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed”

By Alexander Bisley | (Lumiere Reader) | – – N.B. Rosewater is now streaming at Amazon Instant Video and will be available on Netflix beginning […]

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Arab Spring
Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi -- President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains

Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi — President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has presided over the flagrant abuse of human rights since taking […]

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Barack Obama
Implications for ICC?  SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision shows Limits of Israel Lobbies

Implications for ICC? SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision shows Limits of Israel Lobbies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It has been the position of the US presidents for decades that the status of Jerusalem […]

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Barack Obama
Obama: We don't have a "complete strategy" against ISIL

Obama: We don’t have a “complete strategy” against ISIL

CBS News | (Video Report) | – – “President Obama said Monday the United States does not have a complete plan to train and equip […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Military Blockade makes Fishing, Farming in Gaza Deadly for Palestinians

Israeli Military Blockade makes Fishing, Farming in Gaza Deadly for Palestinians

By Mel Frykberg | – – RAMALLAH, West Bank (IPS) – Three Palestinian fishermen were injured last week after Israeli naval forces opened fire on […]

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Africa
By the Time Washington wakes up to China's Eurasian Strategy will it be too Late?

By the Time Washington wakes up to China’s Eurasian Strategy will it be too Late?

By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For even the greatest of empires, geography is often destiny. You wouldn’t know it in Washington, […]

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