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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn
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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn

Dan Steinbock

The macro effect is elevated inflation as energy prices are coupled with rising costs in transport, food and manufacturing

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

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Trumped!  The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

Trumped! The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

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Can Norway's Dams serve as a Huge Battery storing Europe's Green Energy?

Can Norway’s Dams serve as a Huge Battery storing Europe’s Green Energy?

DW: “Norway derives almost 100 percent of its energy from hydropower. For Germany’s planned transition to renewable energy, a close partnership is crucially important, because […]

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journalism
Hannity Unleashes Shouting Points On Palestinian Guest

Hannity Unleashes Shouting Points On Palestinian Guest

Cenk Uygur & The Young Turks: “Sean Hannity got into a shouting match tonight with a Palestinian guest as Hannity repeatedly asked Yousef Munayyer whether […]

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Did Israel go too Far?  The Massacre at the UN School/ Refugee Center

Did Israel go too Far? The Massacre at the UN School/ Refugee Center

By Juan Cole Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports for The Nation from Gaza on the Israeli shelling of a UN school that killed 16 and wounded […]

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Where is Palestine?

Where is Palestine?

AJ+ You can’t find it on a map. But millions call it home. Where is Palestine? It’s complicated. But give us a little over 90 […]

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Real-Life House of Cards: DOJ says President is Judge Jury & Executioner

Real-Life House of Cards: DOJ says President is Judge Jury & Executioner

By Peter Van Buren via Tomdispatch.com You can’t get more serious about protecting the people from their government than the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, specifically in […]

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Internet
Why Israel is losing the social media war over Gaza

Why Israel is losing the social media war over Gaza

Channel 4 News | Why Israel is losing the social media war over Gaza For the first time in a major Arab-Israeli conflict, the world […]

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Iraq
Could States Rights & Decentralization Save Iraq?

Could States Rights & Decentralization Save Iraq?

niqash | Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | How can a country like Iraq – with its different sects, religions and ethnicities – be governed appropriately? […]

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Night of Destiny in Palestine: A Third Uprising?

Night of Destiny in Palestine: A Third Uprising?

By Juan Cole A new element entered the current Gaza war on Thursday, as Israel shelled a UN school full of displaced persons taking refuge […]

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Christianity
Iraq: Christians Say Terror Drove Them From Mosul

Iraq: Christians Say Terror Drove Them From Mosul

By Abdul Hamid Zebari via RFE/RL Rawan Jinan, a 25-year-old Iraqi Christian, says when she received an order on June 18 to leave Mosul within […]

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