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Icy times and rays of hope in Germany
January 15, 2016The influx of immigrants and asylum-seekers--over a million in 2015--has split Germany into two nearly equal halves.
Read moreNew bombings raise tensions, repression in Turkey
January 15, 2016A suicide bombing, evidently carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, killed ten German tourists in a historic square in downtown Istanbul, Turkey.
Read moreIsrael and Palestine: Occupation, the peace movement, and the international left
January 13, 2016The following is the text of a talk at the meeting of the Federal Committee of Die Linke, the left party of Germany.
Read moreWhy the B-52 failed
January 12, 2016I opened my copy of the New York Times to find an article titled, "After 60 Years, B-52's Still Dominate the U.S. Fleet."
Read moreHeirs to notorious gangster seek to be compensated by Cuba
January 11, 2016A close examination of the books of many former U.S. enterprises in Cuba would show a whole lot of questionable activity.
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