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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

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Turkey:  How Pres. Erdogan damaged the AKP Brand

Turkey: How Pres. Erdogan damaged the AKP Brand

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Justice and Development Party (AKP) decisively lost its majority on Sunday, falling to only about […]

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US view of Iraqi Army, before & after 2003 (Political Cartoon)

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Fighting for Privacy, Two Years After Snowden

By Richard Esguerra | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Two years ago today, Glenn Greenwald published in the Guardian a single document confirming a […]

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UN Special Rapporteur: Israel Must Abandon Plans to Relocate Bedouin

IMEMC | – – United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Makarim Wibisono, today, repeated his call for the Israeli occupation to abandon its plans for the […]

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — The adoption of wind and solar for electricity generation around the world is happening at a growing […]

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Israeli forces suppress protest over fraudulent purchase of West Bank church

Israeli forces suppress protest over fraudulent purchase of West Bank church

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Saturday suppressed a march protesting the recent purchase by Israeli setters of a church compound in the southern West […]

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A Turkish Syriza?  A radical democratic party and the new politics of the Mideast

A Turkish Syriza? A radical democratic party and the new politics of the Mideast

By Omer Tekdemir | ( Your Middle East) Dr Omer Tekdemir analyzes a radical force in Turkish politics, which strives to protect democracy and represent […]

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