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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel
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Syrian President Meets Trump, Pledges to fight ISIL and seek Security Pact with Israel

Juan Cole

Al-Sharaa and his delegation had as their primary goal the lifting of US Caesar Act sanctions, which have crippled Syria’s reconstruction

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The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

The world is preparing to rebuild Gaza but Few are ready for the Climate Cost

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A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King:  A new Statue in Tehran

A Roman emperor grovelling to a Persian King: A new Statue in Tehran

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In Turnaround, New Onshore Wind jumps 50% in Germany adding 1.4 Gigs; Sector generates 20% of country’s Electricity

In Turnaround, New Onshore Wind jumps 50% in Germany adding 1.4 Gigs; Sector generates 20% of country’s Electricity

By Kerstine Appunn Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Onshore wind power – the cornerstone of Germany’s decarbonisation plans – has […]

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Islamophobia
Islamophobia and Amnesia:  Why are Major White Supremacist attacks on Mosques quickly Forgotten?

Islamophobia and Amnesia: Why are Major White Supremacist attacks on Mosques quickly Forgotten?

By Jasmin Zine | – On Jan. 29, 2017, six Muslim men were shot dead in a Québec City mosque. An armed white nationalist terrorist […]

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Antisemitism
The Republican Party's Iran-Level Superstitious Anti-Semitism: Greene claimed Jewish Space Laser started Cali Wildfires

The Republican Party’s Iran-Level Superstitious Anti-Semitism: Greene claimed Jewish Space Laser started Cali Wildfires

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Golnaz Esfandiari reports on controversies currently roiling Tehran over the belief in supernatural beings, genies (jinn or djinn), among the […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
Republican Leaders are de Facto Justifying Fascist Violence: Don't let them off the Hook

Republican Leaders are de Facto Justifying Fascist Violence: Don’t let them off the Hook

Fascism is not just about violence. It’s also about politics.

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Drones
Will the Biden Administration End America’s Global War on Children?

Will the Biden Administration End America’s Global War on Children?

Most people regard Trump’s treatment of immigrant children as among his most shocking crimes as president. Images of hundreds of children stolen from their families […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

National Security State
Demilitarizing Our Democracy:  How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a “Civilian” Government

Demilitarizing Our Democracy: How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a “Civilian” Government

By Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – This month’s insurrection at the Capitol revealed the dismal failure of the Capitol […]

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Congress
Educator Shocked that GOP put Marjorie Taylor Greene, who spoke of Assassinating Nancy Pelosi and denied Parkland School Shootings, on House Education Committee

Educator Shocked that GOP put Marjorie Taylor Greene, who spoke of Assassinating Nancy Pelosi and denied Parkland School Shootings, on House Education Committee

This is who the Republican Party is, now

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
Can President Biden end the Catastrophic Yemen War?  Only if he Acts without Delay

Can President Biden end the Catastrophic Yemen War? Only if he Acts without Delay

By Tasnim Nazeer | – ( Middle East Monitor) – US President Joe Biden could end the war in Yemen if he acts without delay. […]

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India
The problem with India's 'love jihad' laws

The problem with India’s ‘love jihad’ laws

By Sumit Ganguly | – Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the Bharatiya Janata Party government has put forward several anti-Muslim policies. The latest is […]

The Conversation

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