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The Ecocide of Gaza
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The Ecocide of Gaza

Dan Steinbock

Well before October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip had progressively been isolated from the West Bank and the outside world overall

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“All the Saints and Sages:”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25

“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25

11/25/2025 By Juan Cole

In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom

In the Spirit of H. Chandler Davis: Activism and the Struggle for Academic Freedom

11/25/2025 By Juan Cole

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Domestic Surveillance
Obama’s Reassurances about Domestic Surveillance are not Reassuring

Obama’s Reassurances about Domestic Surveillance are not Reassuring

President Obama gave a news conference on Friday in which he addressed the controversy over Edward Snowden’s revelations regarding NSA spying on the American people. […]

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Human Rights
Burma's Muslims driven into the hands of human traffickers

Burma’s Muslims driven into the hands of human traffickers

While the issue of the mistreatment Rohingya Muslim minority has most involved Burma, it has roiled politics throughout Southeast Asia. Buddhist extremists have persecuted the […]

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censorship
Where is our Amsterdam? Lavabits, Snowden & Wikileaks Censorship recall age of Absolutism

Where is our Amsterdam? Lavabits, Snowden & Wikileaks Censorship recall age of Absolutism

The long struggle against censorship in the 18th century at the time of oppressive kings in Europe involved the hand-copying and circulation of unpublished anonymous […]

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Energy
Barbecuing the Planet:  With Fracking, we’ll go on investing 3x in Hydrocarbons what we will in renewables (Klare)

Barbecuing the Planet: With Fracking, we’ll go on investing 3x in Hydrocarbons what we will in renewables (Klare)

Michael T. Klare writes at Tomdispatch.com: When it comes to energy and economics in the climate-change era, nothing is what it seems.  Most of us […]

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Domestic Surveillance
The Miranda Warning in 2013 is Worded a little Differently (Jamiol Cartoon)

The Miranda Warning in 2013 is Worded a little Differently (Jamiol Cartoon)

courtesy of Jamiol’s World

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US politics
Sanjay Gupta: We have been Systematically Misled on Dangers of Marijuana

Sanjay Gupta: We have been Systematically Misled on Dangers of Marijuana

Dr. Gupta with Piers Morgan

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Egypt
"After the Ruler undermined Democracy, the people wanted the Military..." Egypt 1952 (video)

“After the Ruler undermined Democracy, the people wanted the Military…” Egypt 1952 (video)

Egyptian Revolution of 1952 “the Communists called it a military dictatorship . . .” “Gen. Muhammad Naguib was considered a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer . . […]

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Russia
And another thing!  Russia denies Visas to US Officials involved in Torture, including Yoo, Addington

And another thing! Russia denies Visas to US Officials involved in Torture, including Yoo, Addington

The food fight between the United States and the Russian Federation has revolved around relatively minor issues in the two countries’ relationship like whether Obama […]

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Syria
Syrian Farmers Face Shortfall because of Fighting

Syrian Farmers Face Shortfall because of Fighting

The war in Syria is interfering in farmers’ ability to bring in the wheat and other crops. It is a sad Eid al-Fitr (the feast […]

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