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HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace
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HerStory: Feminism is the Route to Peace

H. Patricia Hynes

Young people in more than 60 countries were taught about preserving nature and how to work for environmental good in their communities

“How many Kisses might it take:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:35

“How many Kisses might it take:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:35

02/01/2026 By Juan Cole

How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

How a US/Israeli Strike on Iran could Provoke a wider Conflict

02/01/2026 By Paul Rogers

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McCain’s Mind-Boggling Hypocrisy on Crimea at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference

McCain’s Mind-Boggling Hypocrisy on Crimea at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference

John Hickman, author of Selling Guantanamo, writes in a guest column for Informed Comment That the Crimean Crisis would be exploited by Republican Congressional leaders […]

Juan Cole

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Obama to Netanyahu:  Israel faces Int'l Sanctions over "Permanent Occupation of West Bank"

Obama to Netanyahu: Israel faces Int’l Sanctions over “Permanent Occupation of West Bank”

(By Juan Cole) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington, D.C., this week was even more of a disaster for him than might have been […]

Juan Cole

Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workers Launch Strike to Protest Low Wages

Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Workers Launch Strike to Protest Low Wages

Employees of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs have gone on a major strike protesting low wages and working conditions. Click here for the rest […]

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Libyan business confederation to be set up

Libyan business confederation to be set up

By Michel Cousins. Tripoli, 4 March 2014: Plans are in motion to set up an organisation as the voice of the Libya private sector. The […]

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Fracking Ban Momentum Builds On Both Sides Of The Atlantic

Fracking Ban Momentum Builds On Both Sides Of The Atlantic

Local communities that are pushing for a ban on fracking will get a helping hand from the British green energy company Ecotricity, which is launching a new short film this Thursday to boost public awareness about negative impacts of the unconventional…

Juan Cole

Human Rights
AI Calls for Int'l Sanctions on Israel over Systematic Violence against Civilians

AI Calls for Int’l Sanctions on Israel over Systematic Violence against Civilians

(By Sarah Lazare) Israeli forces are killing Palestinian civilians in the West Bank — including children — with "callous disregard for human life," enjoying near impunity […]

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Paranoia strikes Deep:  Russian Media Propaganda Feeds Ukraine Crisis

Paranoia strikes Deep: Russian Media Propaganda Feeds Ukraine Crisis

(By Dan Peleschuk) Russian TV beats war drum on home front (via GlobalPost) MOSCOW, Russia — Ukraine’s new authorities are an ultranationalist, neo-fascist gang who’ve […]

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Egypt
What today’s GOP gets Wrong about Leadership:  Obama & Eisenhower, Russian & Israeli Recklessness

What today’s GOP gets Wrong about Leadership: Obama & Eisenhower, Russian & Israeli Recklessness

(By Juan Cole) The usual suspects have been slamming President Obama for an alleged lack of leadership. Trolls for the military-industrial complex like Charles Krauthammer, […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Massive Protest by Israel's Ultra-Orthodox against Conscription

Massive Protest by Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox against Conscription

Israel’s Haredim, an Eastern European branch of Judaism emphasizing strict religious adherence, were a tiny minority at Israel’s founding in 1948 and were given an […]

Juan Cole

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