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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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France
Fox 'News' Schooled By French 'Daily Show' On Muslim 'No-Go Zones'

Fox ‘News’ Schooled By French ‘Daily Show’ On Muslim ‘No-Go Zones’

AJ+ | — “The host of France’s “Le Petit Journal,” Yann Barthès, asked his audience to flood Fox News with claims about Parisian “no-go zones.” […]

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Climate Change
Sea Level Rising Faster in Threat to Coasts:  Study

Sea Level Rising Faster in Threat to Coasts: Study

The Times of India | — “A study said on Wednesday that sea level rise in the past two decades has accelerated faster than previously […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Will France intervene in Yemen after its al-Qaeda Claims Paris Attacks?

Will France intervene in Yemen after its al-Qaeda Claims Paris Attacks?

By Juan Cole | — Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is based in south Yemen, claimed on Wednesday to have been behind the attacks […]

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Apartheid
Gaza  - reduced to Rubble by Israel -  suffers cold, hungry winter:  'conditions catastrophic'

Gaza – reduced to Rubble by Israel – suffers cold, hungry winter: ‘conditions catastrophic’

RT | — “Many thousands of Gazans face a freezing winter living in tents pitched amid the rubble of their ruined homes – as the […]

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Culture
Civilization's Advance has depended on "Blasphemy" of Thinkers & Mystics

Civilization’s Advance has depended on “Blasphemy” of Thinkers & Mystics

By Farhang Jahanpour The Wednesday edition of Charlie Hebdo (a week after the barbaric attack by two deranged terrorists on its premises) carried a cartoon […]

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Africa
Boko Haram Menaces Cameroon Schoolchildren after Massacre in Nigeria

Boko Haram Menaces Cameroon Schoolchildren after Massacre in Nigeria

By Ngala Killian Chimtom MAROUA, Far North Region, Jan 14 2015 (IPS) – “I’d quit my job before going to work in a place like […]

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penitentiaries
Were Guantanamo Murders Covered Up As Suicides?

Were Guantanamo Murders Covered Up As Suicides?

VICE News | — “According to the US government, three detainees — all imprisoned as part of the global war on terror — hung themselves […]

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In aftermath of Charlie Hebdo, German Chancellor Merkel says Islam Belongs to Germany

In aftermath of Charlie Hebdo, German Chancellor Merkel says Islam Belongs to Germany

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) The thinly veiled hate group PEGIDA, which says it is against the “Islamization” of Germany (by which it means […]

Juan Cole

Guns
Boehner would-be Assassin had .380 Handgun despite Hearing Voices, Planning Murder

Boehner would-be Assassin had .380 Handgun despite Hearing Voices, Planning Murder

WCPO | Cincinnati — “Ebola, evil voices and the devil. Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons […]

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