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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Lethal Legacy: Revisionism, Neoconservatism, big Money and Corruption
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s Lethal Legacy: Revisionism, Neoconservatism, big Money and Corruption

Dan Steinbock

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have demonstrated against Netanyahu and his cabinet, due to its proposed judicial reforms

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Sudan’s Agony: Surprising Lessons for the US Resistance to Trump

Sudan’s Agony: Surprising Lessons for the US Resistance to Trump

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Three Things that might Trigger massive Ice Sheet Collapse

Three Things that might Trigger massive Ice Sheet Collapse

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Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Kelly Bill would allow Lawsuits over Social Media Algorithms that promote Violence, Extremism

Under Algorithm Accountability Act social media companies would lose legal immunity if they use an algorithm to promote harmful content

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Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

Cracks in the MAGA – Likud Collusion to Hasten End Times Reality

It looks like the perverse romance between MAGA and Israel’s Likud Party is becoming frayed at the edges.

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Afghanistan Pivots Economically to Central Asia as it Seeks to End Dependence on Pakistan

Afghanistan Pivots Economically to Central Asia as it Seeks to End Dependence on Pakistan

Afghanistan is looking to Central Asia to diversify its trade partners as it seeks to reduce its economic dependence on Pakistan

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Donald Trump
How Trump is Savaging the Poor: the New Victory Gardens

How Trump is Savaging the Poor: the New Victory Gardens

When I was poorer, that card filled every month with money I could spend on food — fruits and vegetables, oil, spices, and cheese

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Democratic Party
Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide

Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide

Genocide denial is needed for continuing to appropriate billions of dollars in weapons to Israel, as most legislators have kept doing

Norman Solomon

Israel/ Palestine
Workers Rights and Palestine Solidarity: Clover in South Africa

Workers Rights and Palestine Solidarity: Clover in South Africa

Decisions were made by activists from a variety of racial, class, gender, sexuality, and issue organising backgrounds.

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel’s War: Gaza’s Once-Growing Economy is Nearing Total Collapse

Israel’s War: Gaza’s Once-Growing Economy is Nearing Total Collapse

Gaza’s Human Development Index score was projected to soon fall to a level not seen in the enclave since the 1950s

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200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”

200 Luminaries from the Arts and Business World demand release of “Palestinian Mandela”

The star-studded list of signatories includes Margaret Atwood of “The Handmaid’s Tale” fame; Mark Ruffalo a.k.a. the Incredible Hulk

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

Iraq’s 2025 Elections reveal a Democracy without Belief

Each election has recycled the same elite faces, the same sectarian bargains and the same patronage networks

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