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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change
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Dutch Judges Order Netherlands to protect its Caribbean Island of Bonaire from Climate Change

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the “residents of Bonaire were wrongly treated differently from residents of the European Netherlands.”

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

The Iranian Protests Explained: Outside Intervention will only undercut Efforts by Iranians to transform their System

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Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

Fossil Fuels are Doomed — and Trump can’t Save them

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US Fighting ISIL on Social Media

US Fighting ISIL on Social Media

AJ+ The US State Department is taking the fight against Islamic State group and others to social media. Their English-language project called “Think Again Turn […]

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Do Palestinians have Freedom of Assembly?  West Bank Protests Repressed

Do Palestinians have Freedom of Assembly? West Bank Protests Repressed

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Palestinians took part in marches across the West Bank on Friday calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and […]

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5 Things to Know Today about the Fight Against ISIL

5 Things to Know Today about the Fight Against ISIL

By Juan Cole 1. On Sunday evening, BBC reports that Iraqi fighter jets bombed the villages of al-Riyadh and al-Nirab in the vicinity of Hawija, […]

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Cole's "The New Arabs" at Firedoglake Book Salon

Cole’s “The New Arabs” at Firedoglake Book Salon

By Juan Cole Firedoglake Book Salon on Juan Cole, The New Arabs: How the Millennial Generation is changing the Middle East See also this recent […]

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"Have you heard the one about the Ayatollah?":  Iran Hard Liners outraged at Internet Humor

“Have you heard the one about the Ayatollah?”: Iran Hard Liners outraged at Internet Humor

By Golnaz Esfandiari via RFE/RL A friend of the Imam asks him, “Would you like to drink vodka or tequila?” Outraged at the indignity, the […]

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Elizabeth Warren: Taking on Entrenched Wall Street Interests that have Rigged the Game (Moyers)

Elizabeth Warren: Taking on Entrenched Wall Street Interests that have Rigged the Game (Moyers)

Bill Moyers: “The Massachusetts senator talks to Bill about taking on the entrenched political and Wall Street interests that have rigged the game against the […]

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Did Anyone win the Gaza Conflict?  Was it even a "War"?

Did Anyone win the Gaza Conflict? Was it even a “War”?

By Ramzy Baroud (Maan) In the rush to analyze the outcome of Israel’s 51-day war in Gaza, dubbed Operation Protective Edge, some may have neglected […]

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Top 5 Signs the US is de facto allied with Iran versus ISIL

Top 5 Signs the US is de facto allied with Iran versus ISIL

By Juan Cole 1. Karen DeYoung points out that the siege of the Iraqi Shiite town of Amerli could not have been broken without the […]

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Can Obama Resist Hawks' Pressure to Rush to Syria Quagmire?

Can Obama Resist Hawks’ Pressure to Rush to Syria Quagmire?

By Adam Quinn, University of Birmingham via The Conversation US president Barack Obama has yet to work out exactly what America’s strategy is in confronting […]

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