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When an ICE Agent Shot Two Bullets Into Renee Good Through the Driver’s Side Window, He Was Not Engaged in Self-Defense
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When an ICE Agent Shot Two Bullets Into Renee Good Through the Driver’s Side Window, He Was Not Engaged in Self-Defense

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Kristi Noem’s Preposterous Lies About the Killing Confirm That ICE Encourages Agent Violence

A Cruel Truce:  Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza

A Cruel Truce: Israel’s Ongoing Demolition of Gaza

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Just as Dangerous: Vance and the 2028 Election

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Far Right Extremist Avigdor Lieberman says Swedish Recognition of Palestine will Strengthen Extremists

Far Right Extremist Avigdor Lieberman says Swedish Recognition of Palestine will Strengthen Extremists

By Juan Cole There was a time when people like Avigdor Lieberman were not welcome in Israeli politics, or, indeed, in Jewish circles in the […]

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Israel
This day in History:  Madrid Arab-Israeli Peace Conference (a Process that Netanyahu later Boasted of Derailing)

This day in History: Madrid Arab-Israeli Peace Conference (a Process that Netanyahu later Boasted of Derailing)

The Madrid peace conference convened October 30, 1991, hosted by President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, aimed at initiating a peace […]

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Islam
Jerusalem tensions over al-Aqsa Mosque turn bloody as Far Right-winger is Shot

Jerusalem tensions over al-Aqsa Mosque turn bloody as Far Right-winger is Shot

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Right-wing Jewish activist Yehuda Glick was shot and injured at a rally in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, Israeli police and medical sources […]

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Constitution
GOP Voter Suppression:  Comedian Louis Black says F#%! it!

GOP Voter Suppression: Comedian Louis Black says F#%! it!

ACLU “At a photo shoot with ACLU’s Voting Rights Project Director Dale Ho, ACLU voting rights ambassador Lewis Black gets so f#%!in’ tired of politicians […]

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Christianity
The Kurdish 3rd Way:  Democracy is “Radical” in Northern Syria

The Kurdish 3rd Way: Democracy is “Radical” in Northern Syria

By Karlos Zurutuza (Inter Press Service) Garbage collection is among the many duties of the Democratic Self-Management in force in the three mainly Kurdish enclaves […]

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BDS Occupied Territories
BDS Success:  Israeli Firm Sodastream Leaves Palestinian West Bank after Boycott

BDS Success: Israeli Firm Sodastream Leaves Palestinian West Bank after Boycott

By Juan Cole AJ+ SodaStream Leaving West Bank After Boycotts AJ+ : “Facing an intensive boycott campaign, the controversial Israeli company that makes home soda […]

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Colonialism
Centenary of the Ottoman Empire's Entry into World War I

Centenary of the Ottoman Empire’s Entry into World War I

100 years ago, the Ottoman Empire bombarded two Russian ports, entering the war on the side of Germany and Austria. Below is rare footage of […]

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Energy
Concentrated Solar Plant in Tunisian Sahara aims to sell Clean Electricity to Europe

Concentrated Solar Plant in Tunisian Sahara aims to sell Clean Electricity to Europe

Reuters: “The TuNur project aims to generate clean energy from a giant solar plant in the Tunisian Sahara from where it will be connected to […]

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Iran
Iran Pressures Media over coverage of Acid Attacks on Women

Iran Pressures Media over coverage of Acid Attacks on Women

By Golnaz Esfandiari via RFE/RL Iranian officials are moving to muzzle media coverage of a string of recent acid attacks targeting young women in the […]

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