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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

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Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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The Wall Street Connection:  The Clintons and their Banker Friends

The Wall Street Connection: The Clintons and their Banker Friends

By Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | – The past, especially the political past, doesn’t just provide clues to the present. In the realm of the […]

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Iran
Overwhelming US Public Approval of Iran Talks gives Momentum to Peace Deal

Overwhelming US Public Approval of Iran Talks gives Momentum to Peace Deal

By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) — For years, AIPAC and the Netanyahu government in Israel have tried to mark the Iran nuclear talks as […]

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Israel's Government Ratchets even Further Right: Great Moments in Colonialism

Israel’s Government Ratchets even Further Right: Great Moments in Colonialism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Binyamin Netanyahu has succeeded in putting together a shaky coalition of parties that would give him 61 seats […]

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'Too Big to Exist': Sanders Introduces Bill to Break Up Big Banks

‘Too Big to Exist’: Sanders Introduces Bill to Break Up Big Banks

by Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – If passed, bill would give Treasury Secretary a year to break up institutions bailed out in […]

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Israel Slammed Over Treatment of Palestinian Children in Detention

Israel Slammed Over Treatment of Palestinian Children in Detention

By Mel Frykberg | – RAMALLAH, West Bank (IPS) – Palestine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, has sent a letter to the U.N. […]

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Holy War Hotel: 5-star resort opens for ISIS supporters in Iraq

Holy War Hotel: 5-star resort opens for ISIS supporters in Iraq

RT | – “It may look like any other top resort in Iraq, but the Ninawa International Hotel in Mosul has one major difference. It […]

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African-Americans
"Killing Me Softly" in Palestine:  Lauryn Hill Cancels Israel Concert under BDS Pressure

“Killing Me Softly” in Palestine: Lauryn Hill Cancels Israel Concert under BDS Pressure

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – In another sign that Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s far-right nationalism is turning Israel into a pariah […]

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Iranian Police Arrest Leading Human Rights Activist Again

Iranian Police Arrest Leading Human Rights Activist Again

By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) | – Narges Mohammadi, the deputy head of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) co-founded by Iranian Nobel Peace […]

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We're all Iraqis now:  How Bush's Wars Militarized Baltimore & Ferguson Police

We’re all Iraqis now: How Bush’s Wars Militarized Baltimore & Ferguson Police

By Michael Gould-Wartofsky | (Tomdispatch.com) | – Last week, as Baltimore braced for renewed protests over the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police Department […]

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