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

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On D-Day:  Remembering the Muslim Troops who Fought the Axis

On D-Day: Remembering the Muslim Troops who Fought the Axis

By Juan Cole One of the frustrations for a world historian is the unyieldingly parochial vision of the North Atlantic common among journalists and even […]

Juan Cole

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Facial Hair, Patriotism and the Enemy in American History

Facial Hair, Patriotism and the Enemy in American History

By Juan Cole Media Matters for America put together a collage of Fox Cable News commentators smearing the father of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl as having […]

Juan Cole

Asia
Tiananmen still Under Lockdown after all These Years

Tiananmen still Under Lockdown after all These Years

By Philip Cunningham I approached the Square from Qianmen which back in the old days of the Qing Dynasty was the traditional gate into the […]

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Climate Change, Economic Inequality Are One Debate, says Sen. Warren

Climate Change, Economic Inequality Are One Debate, says Sen. Warren

By Jon Queally Both issues show clearly that ‘we have a rigged system, where a handful are able to reap benefits at the cost of […]

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Apartheid
US support for Palestinian Gov't a 'Knife in the Back' says Israel, after Sabotaging Kerry Talks

US support for Palestinian Gov’t a ‘Knife in the Back’ says Israel, after Sabotaging Kerry Talks

Israel decries US ‘knife in back’ over Palestinian govt (via AFP) Washington’s support for a new Palestinian government backed by Israel’s Islamist foe Hamas, has […]

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Barack Obama
Another Pivot:  Can Obama’s New CO2 Rules Break Our Stalemate With China?

Another Pivot: Can Obama’s New CO2 Rules Break Our Stalemate With China?

There’s going to be a long fight over the Obama administration’s new carbon emissions caps, and it’s just getting started. But today brings encouraging news from beyond our borders: As if on cue, the world’s biggest polluter, China, announced…

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censorship
Turkey's Erdogan Calls CNN Reporter arrested on air "Lackey," "Agent of Chaos"

Turkey’s Erdogan Calls CNN Reporter arrested on air “Lackey,” “Agent of Chaos”

Turkey PM accuses international media of spying, singles out CNN (via AFP) Turkey’s embattled prime minister lashed out at international media on Tuesday, accusing news […]

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Economy
9 Questions about the 1%, the Unemployed and why the one produces the Other

9 Questions about the 1%, the Unemployed and why the one produces the Other

By Peter van Buren via Tomdispatch Last year eight Americans — the four Waltons of Walmart fame, the two Koch brothers, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett — […]

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Barack Obama
Is the Prisoner Swap Hysteria a sign of GOP War withdrawal Symptoms?

Is the Prisoner Swap Hysteria a sign of GOP War withdrawal Symptoms?

By Juan Cole The United States has been continually at war since October of 2001. In many of the succeeding years, until Dec. 31 2011, […]

Juan Cole

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