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Hezbollah and Syrian Army Liberate Large Islamic State Group Enclave: Nasrallah

Hezbollah has been one of the most effective forces fighting Islamic State forces along the Syrian border, in collaboration with the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier this month, a Hezbollah offensive drove out numerous al-Nusra Front militants from a border region of Lebanon.

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A joint offensive between Shia resistance movement Hezbollah and the Syrian army has liberated the majority of a significant enclave controlled by the so-called Islamic State group, the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah announced in a televised speech on Thursday. According to Nasrallah, since the offensive began last week to clear out

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US Airstrikes Killing Hundreds of Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa

Strikes are meant to ‘support’ Kurdish invasion of Syrian city occupied by ISIS.

Jason Ditz
Por Jason Ditz
Black smoke rises from Raqqa where U.S.-forces are battling ISIS militants, in, northeast Syria, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP/Hussein Malla)

Heavy US airstrikes in densely populated residential areas have, throughout the ISIS war, proven a recipe for massive civilian casualties. This is increasingly the prevailing theme in the ISIS capital of Raqqa, where US strikes are killing many hundreds of civilians. Earlier this week, at least 100 civilians were killed in a span on 48 hours in

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Monsanto Calls For Investigation Into WHO Agency For Ignoring Monsanto-Funded Studies

Glyphosate-based “Roundup” herbicide is probably the most controversial product of Monsanto, one of the world’s most controversial companies. With EU renewal of glyphosate’s license pending, Monsanto is going after the WHO agency that linked the herbicide to cancer in humans.

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St. LOUIS – The agrochemical and seed giant Monsanto, one of the world’s most controversial corporations, is attempting to take down a World Health Organization (WHO) agency that in 2015 linked the Monsanto product glyphosate to an increased risk of cancer in humans. That year, the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found that

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Racist Organization Receives Bonanza Of “Anti-Racism” Donations

The ADL has been in the forefront of supporting Israel. It has also used its $57 million budget to smear those who support fairness, justice, and equality for Palestinians.

Alison Weir
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(Opinion) In the wake of Charlottesville, numerous Americans have come forward to oppose racism in a variety of ways. In some cases, this took the form of donations. As a result, some allegedly anti-racist organizations have seen a financial bonanza. The main one seems to be the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which saw a 1,000% spike in

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The Use Of Social Movements To Maintain Economic Hegemony

Western utilization and manipulation of primitivist, conservative, and reactionary social forces in order to stop economic development is a long standing tradition and is thriving today.

Caleb T. Maupin
Por Caleb T. Maupin
An opponent to Nicaragua's transoceanic canal project walks past a defaced a mural depicting national hero Augusto C. Sandino, in Juigalpa, Nicaragua, June 13, 2015, during a march against the construction of the canal. (AP/Esteban Felix)

Wall Street, London, and the Bretton Woods institutions like the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund claim to support development and the eradication of poverty around the world. They also claim to support scientific progress and raising the global standard of living. However, often they seem to make friends and allies with very

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Nearly 3,500 Israeli Settlement Homes Built On Private Palestinian Land

The structures could soon be made legal under Israeli law pending the passage of Israel’s controversial ‘land-grab’ law.

Jason Ditz
Por Jason Ditz
Palestinian protesters carry national flags and plant olive trees facing the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit during a protest marking Land Day, in the village of Wadi Fukin, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, March 30, 2015.

Data from Israel’s Civil Administration has revealed that some 3,455 settler homes in the occupied West Bank were illegally built on privately-owned Palestinian land. Of those, roughly 45% are built on land whose owners are well-established, with the rest built on definitely Palestinian lands, but whose specific owners the Israeli government

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