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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring
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Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring

Mohammed Samaana

Israel and its hard line supporters have long relied on weaponizing charges of antisemitism to silence critics

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

03/06/2026 By Juan Cole

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

03/06/2026 By Al-Shabaka

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3 Ways the Mainstream Media let the Gov't off the Hook on Torture

3 Ways the Mainstream Media let the Gov’t off the Hook on Torture

By Rebecca Gordon | (Tomdispatch.com — American Torture — Past, Present, and… Future? Beyond the Senate Torture Report By Rebecca Gordon It’s the political story […]

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Afghanistan
Enter the Dragon:  China offers Iraq Aerial Strikes on ISIL/ Daesh

Enter the Dragon: China offers Iraq Aerial Strikes on ISIL/ Daesh

By Juan Cole | — The list of powers eager to see Daesh (what Arabs call ISIS or ISIL) defeated grew larger this weekend with […]

Juan Cole

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Green Continent?  Will Solar Power allow Africa to Leapfrog Expensive Grid-Building?

Green Continent? Will Solar Power allow Africa to Leapfrog Expensive Grid-Building?

By Wambi Michael LIMA, (IPS) – Africa is experiencing a revolution towards cleaner energy through renewable energy but the story has hardly been told to […]

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African-Americans
Black Lives Matter:  Massive Crowds Protest Racialized Police Brutality in Cities across US

Black Lives Matter: Massive Crowds Protest Racialized Police Brutality in Cities across US

By Lauren McCauley | (Commondreams.org) Thousands marching in New York and Washington D.C. against police brutality, racial profiling and American’s broken criminal justice system Adding […]

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al-Qaeda
Muslim Fundamentalist Militants on Israel's Doorstep: The War Next Door

Muslim Fundamentalist Militants on Israel’s Doorstep: The War Next Door

Vice News | — “In August, al Nusra Front jihadists took control of Syria’s side of the border crossing with Israel and kidnapped over 40 […]

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Apartheid
Israeli sqatters in Palestinian Hebron stab, injure Palestinian 12-year-old

Israeli sqatters in Palestinian Hebron stab, injure Palestinian 12-year-old

HEBRON (Ma’an) — A mob of Israeli settlers stabbed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy in the Old City of Hebron Monday night, medical sources told Ma’an. […]

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Climate Change
6 Reasons Lower Oil Prices won't Stop Solar, Wind and Electric Cars

6 Reasons Lower Oil Prices won’t Stop Solar, Wind and Electric Cars

By Juan Cole | — Some observers have alleged that lower oil prices will slow down the green energy revolution. This allegation is unlikely to […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
The Koch Tax:  Why are Floridians being denied Free, Clean Energy from the Sun?

The Koch Tax: Why are Floridians being denied Free, Clean Energy from the Sun?

WPBT2 | — “According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, Florida ranks third for solar potential nationally, but ranked 18th when it comes to development […]

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How Uncle Sam’s Reputation became Icky (Political Cartoon)

How Uncle Sam’s Reputation became Icky (Political Cartoon)

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