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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide
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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This year 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam from the “American War.”  The […]

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“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

10/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

10/31/2025 By Hugh J. Curran

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Iraq
Iraq:  92-Year-Old Iraqi Man marries 22-Year-Old Woman

Iraq: 92-Year-Old Iraqi Man marries 22-Year-Old Woman

“A 92-year-old man in Iraq marries a woman 70 years his junior. Muslai Mohammed, one of the most prominent figures in his village, decided to […]

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US politics
Obama: “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago”

Obama: “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago”

President Obama has spoken out on the Trayvon Martin case, saying that “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.” He spoke of how […]

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US politics
Detroit’s Bankruptcy and America’s Future:  Robots, Race, Globalization and the 1%

Detroit’s Bankruptcy and America’s Future: Robots, Race, Globalization and the 1%

The big question is whether Detroit’s bankruptcy and likely further decline is a fluke or whether it tells us something about the dystopia that the […]

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GOP to Poor American Kids:  Silly wabbits, Food Stamps are for Corporations! (Jamiol Cartoon)

GOP to Poor American Kids: Silly wabbits, Food Stamps are for Corporations! (Jamiol Cartoon)

The GOP-dominated House of Representatives has stripped food stamps from the farm bill, while supporting subsidies to agricultural corporations and lower taxes on the rich. […]

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Domestic Surveillance
Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why U.S. Wants to Silence Edward Snowden

Glenn Greenwald: Growing Backlash Against NSA Spying Shows Why U.S. Wants to Silence Edward Snowden

In an epic boxing match, we have in one corner 600 pound gorillas like Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), head of the House Intelligence Committee that […]

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Egypt
Top Ten Ways Egypt Actually Does deeply Matter to the United States

Top Ten Ways Egypt Actually Does deeply Matter to the United States

A Pew poll shows that far fewer Americans are following events in Egypt closely now than in January-February 2011. Actually, about the same percentage are […]

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CIA
Obama Administration Facing Congressional Rebellion, Civil Suits over NSA Surveillance

Obama Administration Facing Congressional Rebellion, Civil Suits over NSA Surveillance

The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU, among other important civil society organizations, are suing the Federal government over the National Security Agency’s unconstitutional domestic […]

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Energy
Guna People of Panama's islands Flee rising Seas

Guna People of Panama’s islands Flee rising Seas

The indigenous community of the Guna (Kuna) live on islands off Panama and along a narrow strip of its coast, in the province of Guna […]

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Egypt
New Egyptian gov’t on being sworn in, Complains of Turkish Interference in Egyptian Affairs

New Egyptian gov’t on being sworn in, Complains of Turkish Interference in Egyptian Affairs

Egypt’s appointed interim President Adly Mansour swore in a cabinet of 33 ministers on Tuesday, including 3 women, 7 members of the National Salvation Front, […]

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