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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Farhang Jahanpour

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

01/12/2026 By Richard Drake

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Climate Change:  Neoliberal Capitalism is Fundamentally at War with Life on Earth (Naomi Klein)

Climate Change: Neoliberal Capitalism is Fundamentally at War with Life on Earth (Naomi Klein)

The National: “Naomi Klein discusses her new book This Changes Everything, in which she says it’s time to stop counting on the politicians to save […]

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Egypt
Arab Allies will wage Financial war on ISIL: Is it Enough?

Arab Allies will wage Financial war on ISIL: Is it Enough?

By Charles Recknagel via RFE/RL As Washington vows to put together a broad coalition to fight Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the outlines […]

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Domestic Terrorism
ISIL Threatens to Assassinate Twitter Employees

ISIL Threatens to Assassinate Twitter Employees

TheLipTV: “An ISIS group has threatened to assassinate Twitter employees who close down accounts linked to the extremist group. The group tweeted urging “lone wolves” […]

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Apartheid
The Gaza Siege is Passing from Media Memory but the Social Statistics are Still Terrifying

The Gaza Siege is Passing from Media Memory but the Social Statistics are Still Terrifying

AJ+ “It’s been a little over two weeks since the Gaza – Israel ceasefire. The United Nations has just released a report detailing what the […]

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Media, Politicians should stop Letting ISIL Manipulate them

Media, Politicians should stop Letting ISIL Manipulate them

By Juan Cole Ever since George W. Bush invaded Iraq and created the circumstances under which al-Qaeda could take root and flourish there from 2003 […]

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Iraq
War or Counterterrorism?   John Kerry denies it is a War

War or Counterterrorism? John Kerry denies it is a War

By RFE/RL White House spokesman Josh Earnest said that the United States is “at war with ISIL” on September 12, after Secretary of State John […]

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Climate Change
The Plutocracy Strikes Back: The Pathologies of Rule by a Handful of Billionaires

The Plutocracy Strikes Back: The Pathologies of Rule by a Handful of Billionaires

By Steve Fraser via Tomdispatch.com George Baer was a railroad and coal mining magnate at the turn of the twentieth century.  Amid a violent and […]

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Israel
The Death of Palestine:  Israeli Ambition and Palestinian Weakness

The Death of Palestine: Israeli Ambition and Palestinian Weakness

By Tareq Ramadan Given the history of Israeli-Palestinian relations alongside the current policies of the Netanyahu administration, the recent Gaza episode can be viewed, in […]

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Egypt
Middle East "Allies" decline to Commit Forces, Resources against ISIL

Middle East “Allies” decline to Commit Forces, Resources against ISIL

By Juan Cole US Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting in Jedda with ten Middle Eastern foreign ministers produced a communique on Friday, but little […]

Juan Cole

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