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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist

Norman Solomon

Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins

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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

11/26/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

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The Great March of Hope: Gaza’s Defiance against Erasure

( Middle East Monitor ) – The return of one million Palestinians from southern Gaza to the north on 27 January felt as if history […]

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Syrian Regime Change: How rebel Victories often lead to unstable, non-inclusive Governments

Syrian Regime Change: How rebel Victories often lead to unstable, non-inclusive Governments

By Sally Sharif, University of British Columbia (The Conversation) – Syria’s rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has defended his decision to fill his cabinet with wartime […]

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Are we All Hungarians now, or Palestinians?  Trump’s Onslaught on the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties

Are we All Hungarians now, or Palestinians? Trump’s Onslaught on the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Most of (convicted felon) Donald Trump’s Executive Orders are brazenly unconstitutional, and stand to be reversed in […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Cognitive Strength and Community: Psychological coping Mechanisms of displaced Palestinians

Cognitive Strength and Community: Psychological coping Mechanisms of displaced Palestinians

In the face of relentless war and displacement, Palestinians find strength in solidarity, transforming loss into resilience By Omar Shahin ( Globalvoices.org ) – In […]

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Displaced and Refugees
“The Lion has Fallen:” The End of Syria’s Brutal Regime and the Fate of the Refugees

“The Lion has Fallen:” The End of Syria’s Brutal Regime and the Fate of the Refugees

By Helen Benedict ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Six years ago, at the time of the first Trump administration’s Muslim ban and its initial round of […]

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On the 46th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution:  An Interview with Amb. John Limbert

On the 46th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution: An Interview with Amb. John Limbert

“No one should be surprised that the Iranian Revolution took a religious form.   The fact that God appears on almost every page does not reflect […]

Fariba Amini

Donald Trump
Making America great again by ethnically Cleansing the Palestinian People

Making America great again by ethnically Cleansing the Palestinian People

By Mohammad Makram Balawi | – US President Donald Trump’s remarks about his call with the king of Jordan and his suggestion that Amman should […]

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“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid in Sudan, Yemen, etc. That’s Not True

“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid in Sudan, Yemen, etc. That’s Not True

By Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester | – ( ProPublica ) – On Friday morning, the staffers at a half dozen U.S.-funded medical facilities […]

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Global South “Hague Group” Pledges Israel Arms Boycott and Backing for Palestinian State and Int’l Law

Global South “Hague Group” Pledges Israel Arms Boycott and Backing for Palestinian State and Int’l Law

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The governments of “Belize, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Republic of Colombia, Republic of Cuba, Republic of Honduras, Malaysia, Republic of […]

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