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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed
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Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed

Juan Cole

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shi’a al-Sudani on Wednesday called up Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and condemned Trump’s “unjust war”

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

Dahiyeh: the Beirut Suburb at the Heart of a Deadly Israeli Military Doctrine

03/15/2026 By The Conversation

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

As Hell Rains Down on Iran, Western Media averts its Gaze

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Scotland:  World's Largest Tidal Power Project Begins Construction

Scotland: World’s Largest Tidal Power Project Begins Construction

STV | — STV (Scottish TV) reports, “Construction work on the world’s largest tidal energy project is set to begin… The 269-turbine installation, which is […]

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African-Americans
Ten Things You Should Know About Selma Before You See Oprah's Film

Ten Things You Should Know About Selma Before You See Oprah’s Film

By Emilye Crosby | (Zinn Education Project) In this 50th anniversary year of the Selma-to-Montgomery March and the Voting Rights Act it helped inspire, national […]

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Dissent
Online Freedom of Speech under Siege even in "Democracies"

Online Freedom of Speech under Siege even in “Democracies”

By Jillian York | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) In the midst of the global surveillance debate, talk of online censorship has often taken a backseat. Yet, […]

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Apartheid
Stealing Bethlehem:  How the Israelis are economically Strangling the Palestinian Town of Jesus' Birth

Stealing Bethlehem: How the Israelis are economically Strangling the Palestinian Town of Jesus’ Birth

By James Zogby (Ma’an News Agency) For those who do not know the place, Bethlehem possesses a timeless quality, derived from these artistic creations. It […]

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Climate Change
Wind supplied 98% of Scotland's household Power in 2014 and other Amazing Green Energy Stories

Wind supplied 98% of Scotland’s household Power in 2014 and other Amazing Green Energy Stories

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Some 41% of the electricity consumed in Scotland annually is for households, while industrial and other facilities use […]

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History
Can History Resolve the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict?

Can History Resolve the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict?

Joel Beinin, Stanford University (History News Network /American Historical Association) — “Joel Beinin is a professor of history at Stanford University. On January 3, 2015 […]

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Iraq
Iraq has Worst Year since Bush Invaded, is a Ghost of Former Self

Iraq has Worst Year since Bush Invaded, is a Ghost of Former Self

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) — The past year in Iraq is not easy to review. The assorted crises, both in security and […]

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Apartheid
Why the US should welcome Palestine Pres. Abbas joining Int'l Criminal Court

Why the US should welcome Palestine Pres. Abbas joining Int’l Criminal Court

by Aaron Magid | (Ma’an News Agency) Criticism against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority is mounting after his United Nations Security Council […]

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Economy
Why Egypt's Threat to Arrest Amal Clooney will hurt its Economy

Why Egypt’s Threat to Arrest Amal Clooney will hurt its Economy

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — Patrick Kingsley of The Guardian reported on Friday that Amal Clooney was threatened with jail by Egyptian authorities […]

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