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Rashid Khalidi on the Gaza Ceasefire: The veil that has hidden the true nature of the Zionist project was shredded for good
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Rashid Khalidi on the Gaza Ceasefire: The veil that has hidden the true nature of the Zionist project was shredded for good

Fariba Amini

If I must die, You must live To tell my story To sell my things To buy a piece of cloth And some strings….           – […]

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Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

Iran’s Streets ‘Transformed’ As More Women Shun The Mandatory Hijab

10/13/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

Daring to Dream after Two Years under Fire: Life in Gaza

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The Daily Show was never ‘real’ news – but came (depressingly) close

The Daily Show was never ‘real’ news – but came (depressingly) close

Julia Fox, Indiana University | (The Conversation) Jon Stewart’s Tuesday night announcement that he’ll be leaving the Daily Show garnered an audible cry of disbelief […]

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'Lone Wolf,' 'Self-Radicalized': Islamophobic Buzzwords never applied to White Terrorists

‘Lone Wolf,’ ‘Self-Radicalized’: Islamophobic Buzzwords never applied to White Terrorists

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – Did a self-radicalized lone wolf white terrorist kill three young Muslim students in cold blood in Chapel Hill? […]

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African-Americans
Old White Men Dominate Sunday Political Shows Yet Again

Old White Men Dominate Sunday Political Shows Yet Again

MediaMatters4America | – [A study of the Sunday political television shows demonstrates that 87% of the single-person interviews are done with white males, and 66% […]

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Apartheid
Israel earmarks vast area of Palestinian Hebron/ al-Khalil land for annexation

Israel earmarks vast area of Palestinian Hebron/ al-Khalil land for annexation

HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israel has earmarked around 2,000 dunams (500 acres) of private Palestinian land for annexation in the Hebron district, local activists say. Muhammad […]

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Banking
Putin on the Nile:  an Isolated Russia Seeks friends in Egypt w/ offer of Nuclear Plant

Putin on the Nile: an Isolated Russia Seeks friends in Egypt w/ offer of Nuclear Plant

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation paid a state visit to Cairo on Tuesday, consulting with […]

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Syria:  Dear Bashar al-Assad:  Barrel Bombs Are No Laughing Matter

Syria: Dear Bashar al-Assad: Barrel Bombs Are No Laughing Matter

By Philippe Bolopion | (Human Rights Watch) | — It speaks volumes when the leader of a country feels emboldened to respond with humor when […]

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Climate Change
Abandoning Diesel: Battery-powered train brings low-carbon commuting to UK

Abandoning Diesel: Battery-powered train brings low-carbon commuting to UK

Reuters | — “The first battery-powered passenger train to run on Britain’s tracks in over 50 years completes a five-week trial in a bid to […]

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Barack Obama
Against Torture:  American Heroes who Indicted Cheney's Dark Side

Against Torture: American Heroes who Indicted Cheney’s Dark Side

By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com) Why was it again that, as President Obama said, “we tortured some folks” after the 9/11 attacks? Oh, right, because […]

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As Sweden opens Palestine Embassy, President Abbas Visits

As Sweden opens Palestine Embassy, President Abbas Visits

Euronews | – “The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in Sweden for talks with the country’s new Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. It is his first […]

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