Common Grounds

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• Who is Russian ultranationalist Alexander Dugin?

  
  August 25, 2022 19:30

  Source: Al-Jazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/23/who-is-russian-ultranationalist-alexander-dugin

   

  By David Child

  Published August 23, 2022

   

  Political philosopher dubbed Putin’s ‘brain’ by some observers has long called for Russia to annex Ukraine.

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• Explosions at Nord Stream 'can only be attacks'

  
  September 30, 2022 10:59

  Source: NRC

  https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/09/27/explosies-bij-nord-stream-kunnen-alleen-maar-aanslagen-zijn-a4143361?utm_source=SIM&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nrcvandaag&utm_content=&utm_term=20220928

   

  By Hans Steketee

  Published September 27, 2022

   

  The powerful explosions measured Monday along the gas pipeline Nord Stream 1 and 2 could be a message from Russia, analysts think. "To show what it is capable of."

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• Who wins from demolishing the EU’s gas lifelines?

  
  September 30, 2022 12:27

  Source: RT

  https://www.rt.com/news/563721-destruction-nord-stream-eu-gas/

   

  By Rachel Marsden

  Published September 29, 2022

   

  Past covert ops and sabotage provide clues to the apparently deliberate destruction of Nord Stream pipelines

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• Anti-Palestinianism makes the weaponization of antisemitism possible

  
  October 18, 2022 15:09

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/10/anti-palestinianism-makes-the-weaponization-of-antisemitism-possible/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1666015333

   

  By TERRY AHWAL

  Published October 15, 2022

   

  Zionism requires the demise of and continuous crimes against the Palestinian people. I will oppose it regardless of what you label me.

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• The Democratic Party's future on Israel and Palestine

  
  October 18, 2022 15:03

  Source: The New Arab

  https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/democratic-partys-future-israel-and-palestine

   

  By Christopher Solomon

  Published October 13, 2022

   

  Analysis: The Democratic Party’s direction will depend on three primary criteria: the political strength of the party's centrist leadership, the trajectory of Israeli politics, and the long-term views of the American public towards Palestinians.

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• Clare Daly on Twitter

  
  October 17, 2022 14:00

  Source: Clare Daly - Twitter

  https://twitter.com/ClareDalyMEP/status/1578018332531642368?cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw==&refsrc=email

   

  Published October 6, 2022

   

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• Why Being a ‘Bad Jew’ Is No Longer Bad for Jewish Americans

  
  October 18, 2022 15:37

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2022-10-16/ty-article/.highlight/why-being-a-bad-jew-is-no-longer-bad-for-jewish-americans/00000183-e081-d15e-a5cb-e6a555e20000

   

  By Eitan Nechin

  Published October 16, 2022

   

  Emily Tamkin, the author of the new book ‘Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities,’ tells Haaretz how Jewish America today is just as much Jared Kushner as it is Bernie Sanders

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• Westerners live in denial, convinced they’re the good guys

  
  October 18, 2022 16:05

  Source: Middle East Eye

  https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/westerners-live-denial-convinced-theyre-good-guys

   

  By Jonathan Cook

  Published October 14, 2022

   

  Stark contradictions in West’s treatment of the Ukraine war and the occupation and siege of Palestine should serve as a wake-up call

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• The question of violence

  
  October 25, 2022 15:28

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2022/10/the-question-of-violence/

   

  By MITCHELL PLITNICK

  Published October 22, 2022

   

  The use of violence is a tragedy, in all cases. But it is even more tragic to allow it only to an oppressor while forbidding it to the oppressed. 

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• Palestinian Granny’s Plea Evokes Sympathy among many except Europe, America and NATO

  
  October 25, 2022 15:14

  Source: Palestine Chronicle

  https://www.palestinechronicle.com/palestinian-grannys-plea-evokes-sympathy-among-many-except-europe-america-and-nato/

   

  By Iqbal Jassat

  Published October 20, 2022

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