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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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Broken Promises: Deceptive Marketing Practices in Medicare

Broken Promises: Deceptive Marketing Practices in Medicare

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How Women Journalists and Activists have been Changing the Middle East

How Women Journalists and Activists have been Changing the Middle East

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Northern Ireland Condemns Israeli Raid on <i>Rachel Corrie,</i><br/> “Completely unacceptable Use of Force”

Northern Ireland Condemns Israeli Raid on Rachel Corrie,
“Completely unacceptable Use of Force”

In what N. Irish Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness described as a “raid,” the Israeli Navy again commandeered an unarmed, peaceful ship in international waters, […]

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The Big Mistake in the New BP Ad

The Big Mistake in the New BP Ad

Uh, BP, fire that Public Relations firm you hired to make a new commercial. They gave you some good advice and some rotten advice. We […]

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Israel/ Palestine
<i>Rachel Corrie</i> Intercepted; <br/> The 9 activists killed last Monday were shot 30 Times

Rachel Corrie Intercepted;
The 9 activists killed last Monday were shot 30 Times

Wire services reported early Saturday morning that the Rachel Corrie had been intercepted by Israeli war ships and that its communications had been jammed by […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Rachel Corrie Steaming toward Gaza <br/> Likud Vows it will Not Arrive

Rachel Corrie Steaming toward Gaza
Likud Vows it will Not Arrive

Oh, oh. Part Deux. The Rachel Corrie Gaza aid ship is now steaming toward the Gaza coast, and its communications may have been already jammed. […]

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Eyewitnesses Say Israelis came in with Guns Blazing

Eyewitnesses Say Israelis came in with Guns Blazing

As The Lede points out, the more Mavi Marmara passengers who talk to the press, the more the Israeli official narrative about their landing on […]

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Erdogan: Israel in danger of losing its "best friend" in the Region<br/> NATO HQ Seething

Erdogan: Israel in danger of losing its “best friend” in the Region
NATO HQ Seething

As funerals were held in Turkey on Thursday for 7 Turks and 1 US citizen, a new wave of anger swept over Turkey at Israel. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
American Citizen Killed by Israeli Navy

American Citizen Killed by Israeli Navy

Hey, Tea Party. A foreign navy boarded an unarmed ship flying the flag of a NATO member in international waters and shot dead an American […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Hypocrisy of Netanyahu

The Hypocrisy of Netanyahu

The sloppy Israeli propaganda effort against the Free Gaza humanitarian flotilla has been so bad that the pictures released by the Israeli army have been […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Eyewitness Account:  ‘They began to fire machine guns …’

Eyewitness Account: ‘They began to fire machine guns …’

“The Gaza Flotilla Massacre: An Eyewitness Account” from pan-Arab London daily, The Middle East (Al-Sharq al-Awsat): ‘ Haneen Zoabi, who is a Palestinian Arab citizen […]

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