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Despite Crackdown, Palestinians Organize for Long-Term Peace
Last week, the Israeli military sent tanks and troop reinforcements to the border between Israel and the Gaza strip.
Twenty-First Century Energy Wars: Global Conflicts Are Fueled by the Desire for Oil
In a fossil-fuel world, control over oil and gas reserves is an essential component of national power.
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The New York Times Dishes More Ukraine Propaganda
The mainstream US media continues to sell the American people a one-sided storyline on the Ukraine crisis as the Kiev regime celebrates a key military victory at Slovyansk.
ISIS Declares Caliphate as US Middle East Policy Continues to Unravel
Glen Ford: After advancing policies that helped birth groups like ISIS, US imperial policy will no longer stand in the region.
Is Israel Preparing New Military Offensive Against Gaza?
Middle East correspondent Yousef al-Helou says that Israel is punishing Gaza despite no evidence that shows Hamas was responsible for the deaths of the Israeli teenagers.
The Risk of a Ukraine Bloodbath
Pressured by neocons and the mainstream U.S. media, the Obama administration is charting a dangerous course by seeking a military solution to Ukraine's political crisis.
Children’s Lives in the Balance: Is One Worth More Than Another?
Despite the tragedy of the crimes and the desperate desire to find the perpetrators, would civilized society countenance the widespread ransacking of property, imprisonment of hundreds and the death …
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Guys With Guns
The US government should be making it more difficult to sell weapons - at home as well as abroad.
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William Rivers Pitt | Iraq, Two Bullets and the Long Arc of History
Two bullets in Sarajevo unleashed one hundred years of carnage. Some facile lies from a few American politicians may well have unleashed another hundred years of the same.
Who Violated Ukraine’s Sovereignty?
Actions in Ukraine erode guarantees of 1994 Budapest Agreement.