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Palestine: ‘I cannot cross the Rafah crossing’
Dr. Mona El-Farra is a Palestinian physician in Gaza. She is a health development consultant for the Union of Health…
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Immigrant soldiers dying for citizenship
On July 4, 325 immigrant soldiers took the oath of citizenship in Iraq. As of May, 1,186 soldiers have become…
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Palestine forum sheds light on Gaza
On July 7, the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) and the Palestinian American Women's Association…
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U.S. escalates Iraq war, crisis deepens
As the Iraq crisis deepens, several Republican senators have joined Democratic Party leaders in calling for a "change of course."…
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Rachel Corrie’s parents fight Caterpillar in court
The writer attended the July 9 oral arguments in the Corrie case against Caterpillar. On July 9, the 9th Circuit…
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Israel attacks Gaza to crush Palestinian resistance
An Israeli military incursion into the Gaza strip on July 5 left at least 11 Palestinian dead and over 25…
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Venezuela’s ‘axis of unity’ counters U.S. imperialism
Capitalist oil giants Exxon Mobile Corp. and ConocoPhillips refused to sign new oil deals with Venezuela in late June, ignoring…
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Capitalist fissures over Iraq war
Frustrated at their inability to defeat the Iraqi resistance and worried by a U.S. public that overwhelmingly opposes the war,…
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Anti-Zionist professor denied tenure at DePaul
On June 8, DePaul University professor Norman Finkelstein was denied tenure for criticizing the brutal Israeli occupation of Palestine. The…
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Palestine crisis fomented by U.S. imperialism
After five days of intense fighting in mid-June, armed militias of Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) decisively defeated the security forces…
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