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Assaults on US Academic Freedom:  Acquiescence and Resistance
Academic Freedom

Assaults on US Academic Freedom: Acquiescence and Resistance

H. Scott Prosterman

Academic freedom siege in the US is under siege as never in our nation’s history

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Are Secretive Israeli Front Organizations Trying to Empty out Gaza? Palestinians sent to South Africa

Are Secretive Israeli Front Organizations Trying to Empty out Gaza? Palestinians sent to South Africa

11/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits

The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits

11/17/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?

Could Michelle Bachmann cost Romney the Presidency?

Michele Bachmann is flailing around accusing all the US government officials of Muslim heritage of being connected to the Muslim Brotherhood (which in turn she […]

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300,000 Violent Gun Crimes a Year in the US (Poster)

300,000 Violent Gun Crimes a Year in the US (Poster)

Some 300,000 violent crimes are committed each year in the US with the aid of a firearm.. One of the arguments for not banning the […]

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The Absolute State and the Star Chamber are Back (Chomsky)

The Absolute State and the Star Chamber are Back (Chomsky)

Noam Chomsky writes at Tomdispatch.com (excerpt Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta, one of the great events in the […]

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If a Jammed Assault Rifle saved Lives, wouldn’t no Assault Rifle?

If a Jammed Assault Rifle saved Lives, wouldn’t no Assault Rifle?

Police are concluding that the semi-automatic rifle with 100-round drum attached used by the Aurora shooter jammed. He was then forced to use his Glock […]

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Syrian Rebellion Enters new Stage with Aleppo, Border operations

Syrian Rebellion Enters new Stage with Aleppo, Border operations

On Saturday and Sunday, the Free Syrian Army launched attacks on government facilities and personnel in Aleppo, with fighting raging in several districts of the […]

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“On the Back of a Camel” (Renoir Painting)

“On the Back of a Camel” (Renoir Painting)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) A dos de chameau signed ‘Renoir.’ (lower right) oil on canvas 28 3/8 x 29½ in. (72 x 75 cm.) Painted in […]

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Omar Khayyam (312) “let’s not fret about tomorrow’s grief”

Omar Khayyam (312) “let’s not fret about tomorrow’s grief”

Old friend, come on and let’s not fret  about tomorrow’s grief today; let’s spend this instant’s cash in hand– because tomorrow when we pass away from this decrepit […]

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Al-Assad in Spandex(Political Cartoon)

Al-Assad in Spandex(Political Cartoon)

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On the superiority of organized masses over desperate men with guns (Martin Luther King Jr Poster)

On the superiority of organized masses over desperate men with guns (Martin Luther King Jr Poster)

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