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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .
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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news taking place in […]

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

05/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Detained!  Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

05/19/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Power and Money in America (Noam Chomsky)

Power and Money in America (Noam Chomsky)

Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com Plutonomy and the Precariat On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline By Noam Chomsky The Occupy movement has […]

Juan Cole

India
Why India blew Hillary Clinton off about Iran

Why India blew Hillary Clinton off about Iran

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in India on Monday that New Delhi can reduce its oil imports from Iran further, pressuring that country to […]

Juan Cole

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How the people’s rights are abridged (James Madison Poster)

How the people’s rights are abridged (James Madison Poster)

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Sarkozy’s Loss in Part due to his Islamophobia

Sarkozy’s Loss in Part due to his Islamophobia

The bad economy in France and outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy’s refusal to do a stimulus program, preferring instead “austerity,” were the primary reasons he lost […]

Juan Cole

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“Material things kill us painlessly but love revives through torments”  (Kahlil Gibran Poster)

“Material things kill us painlessly but love revives through torments” (Kahlil Gibran Poster)

From Kahlil Gibran, “The Vision,” available at Amazon.com.

Juan Cole

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Palestinian Hunger Games

Palestinian Hunger Games

Some 2000 of the estimated 4600 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are now hunger striking. Three hundred of them have been deprived of the right […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (103) The sword of fate is sharp

Omar Khayyam (103) The sword of fate is sharp

Take care, for the age  is in an uproar. Don’t be assured, since the sword of fate  is sharp. If destiny puts candy in your […]

Juan Cole

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On the Consequences of Oppression (Simone de Beauvoir Poster)

On the Consequences of Oppression (Simone de Beauvoir Poster)

Juan Cole

Egypt
Military-Salafi Clashes in Egypt Injured hundreds, Kill 1 Soldier

Military-Salafi Clashes in Egypt Injured hundreds, Kill 1 Soldier

The Egyptian military pushed back Friday against largely Salafi protesters, who insisted on attempting to get near to the Ministry of Defense in the al-Abbasiya […]

Juan Cole

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