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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran
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Inflation, Protests and the Shadow of Another War on Iran

Mohammad Eslami

Netanyahu traveled to Florida for an extended meeting with President Donald Trump, and the conversation focused heavily on Iran

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“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

“A door to which I found no key:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:32

12/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

Why is the United States Drawn to War?

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Can even Colbert make us laugh at America’s tragic growing Wealth Divide?

Can even Colbert make us laugh at America’s tragic growing Wealth Divide?

  Stephen Colbert on America’s astonishing wealth divide, which has even the Wall Street Journal worried: Boing Boing gives us the statistics : “#1 The […]

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Energy
Americans are 5% of World Population, consume 1/4 of its Energy (infographic)

Americans are 5% of World Population, consume 1/4 of its Energy (infographic)

Source: InternationalBusinessGuide.org

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Islamophobia
G. Willow Wilson on her Ms. Marvel Character as Muslim-American Superhero (BBC)

G. Willow Wilson on her Ms. Marvel Character as Muslim-American Superhero (BBC)

The BBC interviews G. Willow Wilson, creator of the reboot of the Ms Marvel comic book as a young Muslim-American. Here is the BBC interview: […]

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Libya Needs UN Forces, National Reconciliation to Resolve its Crisis (Al Ghwell)

Libya Needs UN Forces, National Reconciliation to Resolve its Crisis (Al Ghwell)

by Hafed Al Ghwell Libya needs to formulate a vision and a plan for what it wants to be in 10 or 20 years. It […]

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Dr. Strangelove in Afghanistan: an Advice Column for the Praetorian Surveillance State

Dr. Strangelove in Afghanistan: an Advice Column for the Praetorian Surveillance State

By Tom Engelhardt Col. Manners Answers Your Questions on the Etiquette of War, Nuclear Threats, and Surveillance By Colonel Manners (with a helping hand from […]

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al Qaeda in the Arabian Penisula
Feinstein & Rogers justify NSA Spying with Syrian Rebels (Voted to Arm Syrian Rebels)

Feinstein & Rogers justify NSA Spying with Syrian Rebels (Voted to Arm Syrian Rebels)

Senator Diane Feinstein and Rep. Mike Rogers took to the airwaves on Sunday to warn that Americans are less safe than two years ago and […]

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Photo of the Day: Palestinian Bedouin outside Jerusalem, 1930

Photo of the Day: Palestinian Bedouin outside Jerusalem, 1930

from Elia Photo Service via Mashriq Note that when this picture was taken the British counted roughly a million Palestinians in British Mandate Palestine, scheduled […]

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Egypt
Egyptian Constitution:  Army Strengthened, Religious Parties Banned, Freedom of Belief, Speech Enshrined

Egyptian Constitution: Army Strengthened, Religious Parties Banned, Freedom of Belief, Speech Enshrined

Over half the articles of the proposed constitution for Egypt were approved by the “Committee of 50” on Saturday. The rest will be taken up […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel to Ethnically Cleanse 70,000 Palestinians in Massive Negev Land Grab

Israel to Ethnically Cleanse 70,000 Palestinians in Massive Negev Land Grab

Determined to derail the US press for peace negotiations with the Palestinians, the far-right Likud government of Israel is moving ahead with among the biggest […]

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