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The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)
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The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society (Review)

H. Patricia Hynes

Health inequalities cannot be eliminated without addressing the injustice that contribute to weathering – the physical toll

Mamdani: “For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

Mamdani: “For too long in our city, freedom has belonged only to those who can afford to buy it.”

01/02/2026 By Common Dreams

Gaza:  Child Killed, Fires, Flooding, and Cold Claim Lives, as Israel restricts Shelter Materials

Gaza: Child Killed, Fires, Flooding, and Cold Claim Lives, as Israel restricts Shelter Materials

01/02/2026 By International Middle East Media Center

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Turkey Purges Officials in Bid to Quash Corruption Probes

Turkey Purges Officials in Bid to Quash Corruption Probes

(By AFP) Turkey widens purge after graft probe (via AFP) The Turkish government’s mass purge of police and prosecutors has extended to the banking and […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Fear is Driving Diplomacy on Syria, not Humanitarianism

Fear is Driving Diplomacy on Syria, not Humanitarianism

(By Martin Gascoigne) Syria, like many countries in the region, is a demographically young country. With a population of 23 million. Slightly over a third […]

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Dissent
US Intel Officials keep Talking about Killing Snowden, then say "trust us with your data"

US Intel Officials keep Talking about Killing Snowden, then say “trust us with your data”

(By Mike Masnick) The Fact That The US Intelligence Community So Readily Admits To Fantasies Of Killing Ed Snowden Shows Why They Can’t Be Trusted […]

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Egypt
The Shame and the Danger of Egypt's 98% Vote

The Shame and the Danger of Egypt’s 98% Vote

(By Juan Cole) The announcement on Saturday by the Egyptian government that there was a 38% turnout for the referendum on the new constitution was […]

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Turkish police break up Internet protest

Turkish police break up Internet protest

Riot police in Istanbul have used water cannons against hundreds of people protesting a government plan to expand controls over the public’s use of Internet.

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European Union
Israel Tries to Bully Europe over Criticism of Planned 1800 Squatter Units on Palestinian Land

Israel Tries to Bully Europe over Criticism of Planned 1800 Squatter Units on Palestinian Land

(By AFP) Israel hits back at EU over settlement protest (via AFP) Israel called in European ambassadors in a tit-for-tat move on Friday after four […]

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Domestic Surveillance
4 Ways Obama has Misled on NSA Surveillance

4 Ways Obama has Misled on NSA Surveillance

(By Kara Brandeisky) President Obama on Friday announced some reportedly limited reforms to National Security Agency surveillance programs. Since the first disclosures based on documents […]

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Assange on Obama Speech:  "Embarrassing," Dragged Kicking and Screaming to Reform by Snowden

Assange on Obama Speech: “Embarrassing,” Dragged Kicking and Screaming to Reform by Snowden

Julian Assange responds to Obama speech on NSA reform at CNN AFP reports: Obama surveillance pledge will change little: Assange (via AFP) WikiLeaks founder Julian […]

Juan Cole

Free Syrian Army
Taking on al-Qaeda:  Syria's Uprising within an Uprising

Taking on al-Qaeda: Syria’s Uprising within an Uprising

(By Rania Abouzeid) It was bound to happen, this uprising within an uprising against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a transnational ultraconservative […]

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