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Vijay Prashad: Across the Red Sea, Wars Feed Each Other
These wars have distinct origins, but they increasingly sustain one another through military patronage, competition over ports and the destruction of civilian livelihoods.
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Joe tells it like it is. WHO RULES AMERICA? Patrick Baab with Joe Lauria via @YouTube
These charges are an assault on our right to free speech, to protest & to call for an end to the slaughter of children.
Shame on Washington U & St. Louis officials pursuing these charges that threaten us all.
Sign the petition to drop the charges @
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THE TOLL OF THE POLLS - Scott Ritter & Patrick Baab on THE WORLD THIS WEEK
What an incredible case against @DrJillStein. She’s being assaulted by a police officer with a bicycle, and then gets charged herself with assault because she was unable to avoid being pushed by that officer.
I wonder what’s next. Protesters who get shot by the police and survive, thrown into prison for damaging the bullets?
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THE TOLL OF THE POLLS: @RealScottRitter & @PatrikBaabOG on THE WORLD THIS WEEK
Will lame ducks Trump and Netanyahu unleash their fury on Iran? Does Trump have a big Ukraine deal? Also, the crisis in Poland, the Democrats and Ukraine, and the uprisings in Europe.
Hosted by @unjoe. Produced by @CathyVoganSPK
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Providence Becomes Largest US City to Divest From Israel
Organizers in Rhode Island’s capital city are celebrating a win for direct democracy as the Palestine solidarity movement marks its first binding municipal divestment law passed by popular vote, Shireen Akram-Boshar reports.
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Netanyahu Appears Doomed as Arabs Join Opposition
3rd UPDATE. Arab parties in Israel on Thursday supported Gadi Eiskenkot, Netanyahu’s opponent, giving him a 67-46 seat lead with the president poised to ask him to form a government, reports Joe Lauria.
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‼️ @RealScottRitter defends @DrJillStein, facing jail time after Gaza protest arrest.
Stein's website states: "Police rammed a bicycle into Jill Stein at a peaceful student protest against the war on Gaza, then charged her with assault. She now faces a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison if convicted."
A petition to drop the charges can be signed at
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Jonathan Cook: A New UK Hierarchy of Racism
Antisemitism is being weaponised once again, as Andy Burnham’s government rounds on the Jewish-led Greens and rolls out a Big Brother programme in schools.
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Democrat Scott Colom is leading in Forrest County, Mississippi — a county named after Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confederate general and first leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Today, that same county is voting for a Black Democrat. Votes are still being counted, but I can’t help but smile. This is what progress looks like. The South is changing, and no name on a county line can stop it. ✊🏿
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if you haven't read this reporting by @Consortiumnews on the #SamAdamsAward# to @MurdochCadell, the courageous whistleblower who exposed alleged #WarCrimes# in #Afghanistan# by #Australia#'s #SpecialForces#, you should:
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Netanyahu Appears Doomed as Arabs Join Opposition
Arab parties in Israel on Thursday supported Gadi Eiskenkot, Netanyahu’s opponent, giving him a 67-46 seat lead with the president poised to ask him to form a government, reports Joe Lauria.
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We Can Save Ourselves
In the aftermath of punishing elections for Trump and Netanyahu, Peter Kuznick and Ivana Nikolic Hughes underscore the seriousness of nuclear threats by the two leaders desperate to salvage credibility.
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Burying US Military Aid to Israel in Pentagon Budget
Trump’s Election-Day comment about ending U.S. military aid to Israel by year’s end aligns with Netanyahu’s push for deeper U.S.-Israeli military integration, Dave DeCamp reports.
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Vijay Prashad: The Struggle for a New West Asian Order
As Iran strains U.S. security architecture in West Asia, regional powers build new arrangements, but serving whose interests? Meanwhile the U.S. hedges its bets against losing the region’s oil by securing Venezuela’s. This hedge reduces Trump’s incentive to continue unwinnable wars.
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Montana Voters Ban Corporate Cash From Campaigns
The initiative passed by Montana is similar to a law passed in Hawaii earlier this year that classified corporations as “artificial persons” that do not have a constitutional right to make political donations.
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Serbia: From the Novi Sad Tragedy to Political Change
Serbia’s new authorities have to decide whether to preserve their foreign-policy independence or submit to the dictates of the Brussels bureaucracy in order to gain E.U. admission, writes Uroš Lipušcek.
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David McBride Wins Sam Adams Award
The 2026 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence is being awarded to David McBride, the former Australian Army lawyer imprisoned after disclosing classified material about alleged war crimes by Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan.
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WATCH: ‘Democracy, Really?’
What is the state of democracy? CrossTalk‘s Peter Lavelle asks Black Agenda Report Editor Margaret Kimberley and CN Editor Joe Lauria in a report recorded on the morning of U.S. Election Day.
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