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Losing the plot: Israel’s premier to face new Gaza reality
September 26, 2014Netanyahu's war-turned-genocide in Gaza has backfired badly - his strategy has helped resurrect Hamas, the very movement he tried desperately to crush.
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Helen Thomas comes to my rescue
September 26, 2014Helen Thomas proved herself a defender of freedom of the press, and a defender as well of democracy in Chile.
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Rep. McDermott: Why I voted against sending arms to Syrian rebels
September 18, 2014"I did not arrive at this decision easily. The threat ISIS poses to the people of Iraq and Syria is a serious one. "
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Germany: The votes are in
September 18, 2014Political porcelain has been broken, raising questions on what went wrong and, to quote that old Abbott and Costello routine, "Who's on first?" for the next five years.
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Cuban 5 labor event draws standing room only crowd
September 17, 2014The growing interest in international solidarity by organized labor in the U.S. was on full display Sept. 13, at the national headquarters of the SEIU.
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