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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?
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Why Weren’t the October 7 attacks Avoided?

Dan Steinbock

On October 7, 2023 – two years ago – the Hamas-led offensive was portrayed as “Israel’s 9/11” that came out of the blue. This assumption […]

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:18

“The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:18

10/06/2025 By Juan Cole

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

Goodbye Petrostates, Hello ‘Electrostates’: how the clean Energy Shift is reshaping the World Order

10/06/2025 By The Conversation

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Top Ten differences between the Iraq War and Trump's Proposed Iran War

Top Ten differences between the Iraq War and Trump’s Proposed Iran War

1. Iraq is 168,754 mi² and Iran is 636,400 mi²; that is, Iran is geographically 3.77 times bigger than Iraq, almost 4 times as big. […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Are they Journalists or Sheep?: Bolton Orchestrates the Press for Iran War (Cartoon)

Are they Journalists or Sheep?: Bolton Orchestrates the Press for Iran War (Cartoon)

Courtesy Jamiol’s World

Paul Jamiol

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The New Drone Wars: Houthis hit Saudi Oil Pumping Stations, avenging Riyadh's Strikes on Sana'a

The New Drone Wars: Houthis hit Saudi Oil Pumping Stations, avenging Riyadh’s Strikes on Sana’a

Global oil prices rose on the report that Saudis closed the pipeline

Middle East Monitor

Israel/ Palestine
In attack on Free Speech, Trump Admin. Bars Entry to Palestinian Activist Hanan Ashrawi

In attack on Free Speech, Trump Admin. Bars Entry to Palestinian Activist Hanan Ashrawi

“I’m over 70 and a grandmother… I’ve always been an ardent supporter of nonviolent resistance.”

Maan News Agency

censorship
How Democracy Dies:  Big Brother is Erasing the Public Record

How Democracy Dies: Big Brother is Erasing the Public Record

The post-9/11 period stands out in American history for its relentless reliance on redacting material in government reports

Karen J. Greenberg

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Rashida Tlaib's Palestinian Theology of Good Samaritanism and Redemption

Rashida Tlaib’s Palestinian Theology of Good Samaritanism and Redemption

“I don’t come from a place of violence. I come from a place of love, equality and justice.”

Juan Cole

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Are World's Democracies finally turning on Rupert Murdoch's News Corp/Fox 'Cancer on Politics?'

Are World’s Democracies finally turning on Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp/Fox ‘Cancer on Politics?’

By Denis Muller | – There is mounting evidence that Australia is sick of Rupert Murdoch and the political propaganda machine he runs in the […]

The Conversation

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Is the World Doomed to Far Rightwing Soft Dictatorship?

Is the World Doomed to Far Rightwing Soft Dictatorship?

(Tomdispatch.com) – In the Americas, the Trump tsunami has swept across both continents and the “pink tide” of progressivism has all but disappeared from the […]

John Feffer

Climate Change
Effing Earth on Fire:  Bill Nye is Extremely Disappointed in Your Science Literacy

Effing Earth on Fire: Bill Nye is Extremely Disappointed in Your Science Literacy

John Oliver | Last Week Tonight | HBO Video Clip | – With the Green New Deal sparking a national conversation about all the ways […]

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