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How Trump Is Middle-Easternizing the United States.by Juan Cole. Ironically, in the second Trump era, America’s billionaires and corporate elites have decided that this country should be ruled with some of the same techniques that they and their Middle.
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The United States has focused on the Middle East since World War II, seeking its oil, gas, and other mineral resources and coveting control of its strategic waterways. The old colonial powers and the…
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The Carousel of Happiness.by Zeenat Khan. Scott Harrison’s carousel contains happiness due to its amazing story. His creation shares happiness in the experience of rounding on an antique refurbished well-oiled machine. Riders enjoy pure fun riding on the.
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So shines a good deed in a weary world — William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice. Act 5, Scene 1. The Carousel of Happiness in Nederland, Colorado, USA The above Shakespearean quote is the…
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Don’t You Dare Call This Holy!.by Lora Lee. If God is here….and I still believe He is….He is not: at your parade,.He is not blessing your flag. He is in the rubble,.He is in the scream,.He is in the voice that still dares.to say ENOUGH.
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Don’t you dare wrap this in scripture… this wreckage, this ash, these tiny shoes buried in concrete. Don’t stand over bodies and speak of covenant. Don’t quote prophets while pulling the trigger....
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Aid Groups Warn of ‘Catastrophic Hunger’ in Gaza.by Quds News Network. Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer claimed that there is “no famine caused by Israel” in the Gaza Strip, despite warnings from over 100 aid organizations about “mass.
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Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer claimed that there is “no famine caused by Israel” in the Gaza Strip, despite warnings from over 100 aid…
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Stop the Abduction of Students and Activists by Delhi Police.by Campaign Against State Repression. The Delhi police special branch abducted Gurkirat, Gaurav, and Gaurang Members of Bhagat Singh chhatra Ekta Manch (bsCEM) separately on the 9th of July.
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The Delhi police special branch abducted Gurkirat, Gaurav, and Gaurang Members of Bhagat Singh chhatra Ekta Manch (bsCEM) separately on the 9th of July. Ehtemam – Ul Haque, and Baadal…
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Let’s (Not) Choose Sides and Fight.by Richard Heinberg. It would be harder to stoke homicidal zeal if everyone understood that behind all our hostilities is the simple, though stark, reality that humanity faces climate change and resource depletion.
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It would be harder to stoke homicidal zeal if everyone understood that behind all our hostilities is the simple, though stark, reality that humanity faces climate change and resource depletion.
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Game Theory and the Weaponization of Hunger: Strategic Starvation in Gaza as a Tool of Genocidal Control.by Habib Siddiqui. Game theory helps us understand the logic behind Israel’s starvation strategy in Gaza—but it also forces us to confront the.
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In the realm of game theory, players act strategically to maximize their outcomes. But when the game is war and the objective is domination, the strategies employed can become not only ruthless but…
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How Not to Reform a University: Trump’s Harvard Obsession.by Dr Binoy Kampmark. Trump is partially right to claim that universities and their governance structures are in need of a severe dusting down. But he has shown no interest in identifying the.
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The messy scrap between the Trump administration and Harvard University was always more than a touch bizarre. On June 4, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation claiming that the university was…
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Ten Days with the KMU of the Philippines; With Implicit Comparisons with the AFL-CIO of the United States.by Kim Scipes. In this report, I have tried to give some idea of the vibrancy and determination of workers in the KMU Labor Center, as they have.
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I just got back from a quick visit to the KMU Labor Center in the Philippines in late June (2025). KMU, which is the abbreviation for Kilusang Mayo Uno or May First Movement, is one of five labor…
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Marx and the Collapse of Capitalism in the Age of AI.by Ariella Kropman. Even though the texts this essay has been based on were written well before artificial intelligence was a fathomable concept, they can and should still be used as a valuable way to.
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‘It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism’ is an idea which originated from two philosophers, Fredric Jameson and Slavoj Žižek, who argued that climate change and…
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Creating bricks in the wall? Dance, art and a re-look at our education system.by Soumyanetra Munshi. It was usual school dispersal, and all the children were walking with their guardians who had come to pick up their kids, chattering away about their.
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It was usual school dispersal, and all the children were walking with their guardians who had come to pick up their kids, chattering away about their day’s happenings. I happened to overhear one very…
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Anti-National and Anti-Hindu RSS: Documentary Evidence from its Archives.by Shamsul Islam. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS founded in 1925) boasts of being the greatest defender of the nation and the largest organization of Hindus in the world. These.
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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS founded in 1925) boasts of being the greatest defender of the nation and the largest organization of Hindus in the world. These brags are continuously repeated by RSS…
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Property and the Scheduled Castes and Tribes in India.by Bhagwan Das. Untouchables were not allowed to own property. Now they have the right to own property but do not have the means to own property. Since India is now a socialist state the right way to.
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Property gives security, power and prestige. Desire to own property has become one of the most powerful motivating urges of human-kind. So long as man remains master of ‘property’ it does not prove...
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Two Questions Before The Supreme Court.by Hiren Gohain. The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls only a couple of months before election in Bihar is yet another instance of ECI’s highly controversial and alleged motivated acts designed to serve.
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I am not a litigant in the matters in which I pray for an urgent intervention by the SC. I simply could not afford the fees and costs.But I think all honest citizens will share my misgivings and deep…
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V S Achuthanandan: The Phoenix who flew into the eye of the storm .by Abhish K Bose. Former Chief Minister of Kerala, V S Achuthanandan who passed away on 21 July, 2025, aged 101, was a Communist leader who emerged from the grassroots as a coir factory.
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A Communist leader who emerged from the grassroots as a coir factory worker, organizing paddy farmers in Kuttanad, V S Achuthanandan embodied a remarkable transformation – from a staunch party…
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Maharashtra’s Urban Naxal Bill and its New War on Civil Society -Criminalizing Dissent.by Dr Ranjan Solomon. The Maharashtra government’s Special Public Security Bill, 2024, introduced to counter so-called “urban Naxal” activities is a perilous milestone.
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“The price of liberty is eternal vigilance, not silent submission.” (Inspired by Thomas Jefferson) The Maharashtra government’s Special Public Security Bill, 2024, introduced to counter so-called…
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When Oslo Forgot to Breathe.by Ashish Singh. That night, sleep never came. The rain persisted, each drop tapping against the glass like a reminder. In every ripple of water sliding down the window, I could still hear the explosion, feel the city’s heart.
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There are evenings that stay with you, not as memories but as quiet scars. July 22, 2011, was one of those evenings. Oslo was wrapped in a soft drizzle, the kind that makes a city look almost tender.
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Israel massacres more than 300 Palestinians in three days as “hunger knocks on every door” in Gaza.by Oscar Grenfell. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) killed at least 81 Palestinians in Gaza in the 24-hours beginning dawn Tuesday, as part of the Zionist.
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The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) killed at least 81 Palestinians in Gaza in the 24-hours beginning dawn Tuesday, as part of the Zionist regime’s stepped-up offensive this week targeting all areas of…
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30 Ways Anti-Jewish Anti-Semitism Against Anti-Racist Jews Entrenched In Australia & West.by Dr Gideon Polya. The racist Australian Labor Government, the even worse Coalition Opposition and the West in general fervently support genocidally racist.
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The racist Australian Labor Government, the even worse Coalition Opposition and the West in general fervently support genocidally racist Apartheid Israel and hence vile Apartheid…
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Syria’s healthcare system nears collapse amid worsening conditions and reduced foreign aid.by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. Syria’s healthcare system is on the brink of collapse, with widespread infrastructure destruction, severe shortages of medicines.
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Bierut – Syria’s healthcare system is on the brink of collapse, with widespread infrastructure destruction, severe shortages of medicines and supplies, a shrinking health workforce, and the closure...
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