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Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide
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Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide

Norman Solomon

Genocide denial is needed for continuing to appropriate billions of dollars in weapons to Israel, as most legislators have kept doing

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Workers Rights and Palestine Solidarity: Clover in South Africa

Workers Rights and Palestine Solidarity: Clover in South Africa

12/04/2025 By Open Democracy

Israel’s War: Gaza’s Once-Growing Economy is Nearing Total Collapse

Israel’s War: Gaza’s Once-Growing Economy is Nearing Total Collapse

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RIP: Tony Benn - "We'll never have Democracy as long as Big Business can buy Both Parties

RIP: Tony Benn – “We’ll never have Democracy as long as Big Business can buy Both Parties

British socialist stalwart Tony Benn dies at 88 (via AFP) Political foes and allies paid tribute to Tony Benn, the totem of the British left […]

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Climate Change
Irony Alert: Climate Change Threatens delivery of Energy from Oil and Gas

Irony Alert: Climate Change Threatens delivery of Energy from Oil and Gas

By Bobby Magill Follow @bobbymagill Oil refineries and drilling platforms in the U.S. are vulnerable to sea level rise and greater storm surge. Fuel pipelines, barges, railways and storage tanks are vulnerable to melting permafrost and severe weather…

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Turkey
Turkey's PM Erdogan can weather Corruption and Islamic Politics: But Can he Weather Twitter?

Turkey’s PM Erdogan can weather Corruption and Islamic Politics: But Can he Weather Twitter?

(By Ahmet T. Kuru) Erdoğan has consolidated the executive, legislative, and the judicial powers under his authority; yet he has been unable to control another […]

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Israelis slam Kerry over "Jewish State" Remarks as Abbas Rejects Demand

Israelis slam Kerry over “Jewish State” Remarks as Abbas Rejects Demand

(By Juan Cole) Right wing Israeli officials over the weekend expressed rage at US Secretary of State John Kerry for saying that Prime Minister Binyamin […]

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Iraq
Has the US lost Iraq to Iran over Arms Deal?

Has the US lost Iraq to Iran over Arms Deal?

(By Mustafa Sadoun in Baghdad) Documents indicating that Iraq was going to buy almost US$200 million worth of armaments from neighbouring Iran have had foreign […]

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Climate Change
Clean Energy Created Nearly 80,000 Green Jobs In America During 2013 Alone

Clean Energy Created Nearly 80,000 Green Jobs In America During 2013 Alone

America’s clean energy economy created nearly 80,000 green jobs in 2013, benefitting virtually every state across the country even as looming market and policy uncertainty threaten to shrink green growth. Solar, energy efficiency, and public transportation…

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Bashar al-Assad
Four Reasons Syria Refugees are a Bigger Story than Malaysian Air MH 370

Four Reasons Syria Refugees are a Bigger Story than Malaysian Air MH 370

It is a tragedy that the 239 passengers on Malaysian Air MH 370 never made it to Beijing, and appear to have been the victims […]

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Arab Spring
Dear Arab Liberals:  The Enemies of your Enemies aren't Necessarily your Friends

Dear Arab Liberals: The Enemies of your Enemies aren’t Necessarily your Friends

(By Karim Emile Bitar) One of the principal reasons the revolutionary impulse unleashed in 2010 proved so inspiring was that it finally gave full voice […]

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Islam
Crimean Tatars fear Russian Rule

Crimean Tatars fear Russian Rule

Crimean Tatars fear a future under Russia (via GlobalPost) BAKHCHYSARAI, Ukraine — Crimean Tatars know a few things about oppression. In the past two or […]

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