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Amnesty: So-Called Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ becoming Smokescreen for continued Israeli Genocide
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Amnesty: So-Called Gaza ‘Ceasefire’ becoming Smokescreen for continued Israeli Genocide

Juan Cole

Israeli officials responsible for orchestrating, overseeing and materially committing genocide remain in power

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How Turkiye Plans to use the Spotlight of hosting the next UN Climate Summit

How Turkiye Plans to use the Spotlight of hosting the next UN Climate Summit

11/28/2025 By The Conversation

How ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ inspired Victorian Hedonists

How ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ inspired Victorian Hedonists

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Super-Rich Oil and Gas Companies Routinely Underpay own Workers

Super-Rich Oil and Gas Companies Routinely Underpay own Workers

By Naveena Sadasivam via ProPublica A ProPublica review of U.S. Department of Labor investigations shows that oil and gas workers 2013 men and women often […]

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Fundamentalists
Michele Bachmann (R-MN) declares Christian Jihad on all Muslims

Michele Bachmann (R-MN) declares Christian Jihad on all Muslims

The Young Turks: “Michele Bachmann took the stage at the Values Voters Summit today, and fired up the crowd with shots at President Obama and […]

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Iraq: Shiites Paralyzed by infighting as ISIL menaces Baghdad

Iraq: Shiites Paralyzed by infighting as ISIL menaces Baghdad

By Juan Cole The pan-Arab London daily “al-Sharq al-Awsat” [The Middle East] is reporting from a source inside the new Iraqi government that former prime […]

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Arab Spring
Syria: If Violent Extremists are the Problem, why is al-Assad Jailing Peaceful Democracy Advocates?

Syria: If Violent Extremists are the Problem, why is al-Assad Jailing Peaceful Democracy Advocates?

By Lama Fakih, Human Rights Watch In a speech before the European Parliament in 2009, Syrian activist Mazen Darwish warned that unless civil society was […]

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Apartheid
Palestinian family forced to demolish own house in Jerusalem

Palestinian family forced to demolish own house in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian family has begun to demolish part of a building it owns in East Jerusalem to avoid paying fines after the […]

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Democracy
'You killed a million people in Iraq' George Galloway tells Blair Cabinet Member

‘You killed a million people in Iraq’ George Galloway tells Blair Cabinet Member

BBC “George Galloway told a former member of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s cabinets she killed one million people in Iraq. The former Labour MP, […]

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Islam-hatred
Michele Bachmann declares Christian Jihad on all Muslims

Michele Bachmann declares Christian Jihad on all Muslims

The Young Turks: “Michele Bachmann took the stage at the Values Voters Summit today, and fired up the crowd with shots at President Obama and […]

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Apartheid
Is Mahmoud Abbas right that Israel is Guilty of War Crimes, Genocide in Gaza?

Is Mahmoud Abbas right that Israel is Guilty of War Crimes, Genocide in Gaza?

By Juan Cole: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday at the United Nations that Israel was guilty of war crimes in Gaza and even “genocide.” […]

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Climate Change
Climate Change is Costing Lives: Coal Plants Killed 1.2 mn. in China:  World Bank's Jim Yong Kim

Climate Change is Costing Lives: Coal Plants Killed 1.2 mn. in China: World Bank’s Jim Yong Kim

Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — World Bank President Jim Yong Kim discusses the growing threat from climate change with Trish Regan on “Street Smart.” Bloomberg News: […]

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