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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change
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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change

Juan Cole

the “residents of Bonaire were wrongly treated differently from residents of the European Netherlands.”

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

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Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

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The Banality of Terrorism: Sydney's other Hostage Crisis, of 1984

The Banality of Terrorism: Sydney’s other Hostage Crisis, of 1984

By Juan Cole | — IC doesn’t usually cover hostage-taking, since it is an artificial and manipulative criminal act. Any two-bit thug can grab someone […]

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Climate Change
Will Women bear the brunt of Climate Change and its Inequalities?

Will Women bear the brunt of Climate Change and its Inequalities?

By Susan McDade | (IPS) — UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Among all the impacts of climate change, from rising sea levels to landslides and flooding, […]

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Why Europe must stop blocking Palestinian membership of the Int'l Criminal Court

Why Europe must stop blocking Palestinian membership of the Int’l Criminal Court

Human Rights Watch | — Position paper from Amnesty International, Broederlijk Delen, Christian Aid, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch, and […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestine to present Resolution on ending Occupation to Security Council "By Monday"

Palestine to present Resolution on ending Occupation to Security Council “By Monday”

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — PLO chief negotiator Saeb Erekat said Sunday that a resolution to end the Israeli occupation will be submitted to the UN Security […]

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Bill of Rights
3 Ways the Mainstream Media let the Gov't off the Hook on Torture

3 Ways the Mainstream Media let the Gov’t off the Hook on Torture

By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com — American Torture — Past, Present, and… Future? Beyond the Senate Torture Report By Rebecca Gordon It’s the political story […]

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Afghanistan
Enter the Dragon:  China offers Iraq Aerial Strikes on ISIL/ Daesh

Enter the Dragon: China offers Iraq Aerial Strikes on ISIL/ Daesh

By Juan Cole | — The list of powers eager to see Daesh (what Arabs call ISIS or ISIL) defeated grew larger this weekend with […]

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Climate Change
Green Continent?  Will Solar Power allow Africa to Leapfrog Expensive Grid-Building?

Green Continent? Will Solar Power allow Africa to Leapfrog Expensive Grid-Building?

By Wambi Michael LIMA, (IPS) – Africa is experiencing a revolution towards cleaner energy through renewable energy but the story has hardly been told to […]

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Black Lives Matter:  Massive Crowds Protest Racialized Police Brutality in Cities across US

Black Lives Matter: Massive Crowds Protest Racialized Police Brutality in Cities across US

By Lauren McCauley | (Commondreams.org) Thousands marching in New York and Washington D.C. against police brutality, racial profiling and American’s broken criminal justice system Adding […]

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Muslim Fundamentalist Militants on Israel's Doorstep: The War Next Door

Muslim Fundamentalist Militants on Israel’s Doorstep: The War Next Door

Vice News | — “In August, al Nusra Front jihadists took control of Syria’s side of the border crossing with Israel and kidnapped over 40 […]

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