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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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African-Americans
Rudy Giuliani Wants To Prosecute Ferguson Witnesses

Rudy Giuliani Wants To Prosecute Ferguson Witnesses

The Young Turks | — “Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani weighed in on the Ferguson grand jury decision Tuesday night and said that if […]

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Energy
Iran Leader Khamenei:  We are not Opposed to Nuclear Talks, Will Accept Just Deal

Iran Leader Khamenei: We are not Opposed to Nuclear Talks, Will Accept Just Deal

By Juan Cole | — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the clerical Leader of Iran, told an assemblage of volunteer paramilitary (Basij) forces on Thursday that he […]

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Apartheid
Americans ask Pres. Obama to show Thanksgiving Mercy to Gaza

Americans ask Pres. Obama to show Thanksgiving Mercy to Gaza

PressTV | — “President Obama pardoned two turkeys at the White House today, a tradition meant to illustrate the generosity and compassion of the Thanksgiving […]

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Bill of Rights
Can the Police Phone-Track you without a Warrant?

Can the Police Phone-Track you without a Warrant?

Hanni Fakhoury and Jennifer Lynch (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Once again, a federal court will decide whether police can track your movements over an extended period […]

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Economy
Iraq Famine Threat?   IS Daesh/ ISIL Stealing Wheat, Preventing Farmers from Providing Food?

Iraq Famine Threat? IS Daesh/ ISIL Stealing Wheat, Preventing Farmers from Providing Food?

JURF-AL-SAKHAR/DUBAI (IRIN) | — November is usually a busy month for farmers in the Iraqi town of Jurf al-Sakhar as they sow their seeds ahead […]

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Apartheid
How Israel's Bus Segregation Affects Palestinian Workers

How Israel’s Bus Segregation Affects Palestinian Workers

AJ+ | — ‘Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has argued for keeping Palestinian workers off of public Israeli buses. Yaalon says the laborers are dangerous […]

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Climate Change
Thanksgiving was always about Climate and Adaptation: Let’s Make it Green Again

Thanksgiving was always about Climate and Adaptation: Let’s Make it Green Again

By Juan Cole | — The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a […]

Juan Cole

nationalism
Turkish Pres. Erdogan says Women not Equal to Men: "Their System is Different."

Turkish Pres. Erdogan says Women not Equal to Men: “Their System is Different.”

Euronews | — “The Turkish President has triggered fresh controversy, declaring in a speech that women are not equal to men. Recep Tayyip Erdogan also […]

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Afghanistan
What if it was Russia and China invading and Bombing?  The Blindness of MSM and Washington

What if it was Russia and China invading and Bombing? The Blindness of MSM and Washington

By Tom Engelhardt (Tomdispatch.com) | — Let’s play a game, the kind that makes no sense on this single-superpower planet of ours. For a moment, […]

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