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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Bernie Sanders & Yanis Varoufakis call for Progressive Front against Trump’s Neo-Fascist International

Bernie Sanders & Yanis Varoufakis call for Progressive Front against Trump’s Neo-Fascist International

By Luis Martín | – Via OpenDemocracy.net Calling on progressives worldwide to form an international movement to combat the rise of authoritarianism represented by Donald […]

Open Democracy

Yemen
Yemen's Descent into Hell:  A Saudi-American War of Terror

Yemen’s Descent into Hell: A Saudi-American War of Terror

(Tomdispatch.com) – It’s the war from hell, the savage one that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with seven other Middle Eastern and […]

Rajan Menon

Puerto Rico
Puerto Ricans displaced to Mainland by Hurricane, Trump Neglect, abandoned by FEMA

Puerto Ricans displaced to Mainland by Hurricane, Trump Neglect, abandoned by FEMA

New York (AFP) – They arrived in New York from Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island in September 2017, leaving widespread devastation in […]

Ceclia Butini

Donald Trump
US, having created 4 mn Refugees in Iraq, Slashes Immigrant cap to 30,000

US, having created 4 mn Refugees in Iraq, Slashes Immigrant cap to 30,000

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday that the Trump administration would slash refugee admissions to 30,000 in 2019, down from 45,000 in 2018 and […]

Juan Cole

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Rape:  The Credibility of the Accusers

Rape: The Credibility of the Accusers

(Informed Comment) – When a psychology professor stepped forward to share her story of an alleged assault by the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, more […]

Gail Ukockis

Syria
Putin agrees with Erdogan to Spare Syria’s Idlib from Assault if Radical Fighters Withdraw

Putin agrees with Erdogan to Spare Syria’s Idlib from Assault if Radical Fighters Withdraw

By Maria PANINA | – Sochi (Russia) (AFP) – Moscow said Monday there would be no assault on Syria’s Idlib as the leaders of Russia […]

AFP

women
Men’s Bodies and the Politics of Abortion

Men’s Bodies and the Politics of Abortion

(Informed Comment) – Regardless of one’s evaluation of his overall performance, Judge Brett Kavanaugh merits an A for his ability to sidestep or evade questions […]

John Buell

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Kavanaugh: Dr. Christine Blasey seeks to Forestall a Trauma to the Nation that was Inflicted on Her

Kavanaugh: Dr. Christine Blasey seeks to Forestall a Trauma to the Nation that was Inflicted on Her

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Christine Blasey Ford, a professor of Psychiatry at Palo Alto University and an affiliate at Stanford University, gave a harrowing […]

Juan Cole

Islam
The Logos of Abraham in the Qur’an and Universal Salvation for all True Religions

The Logos of Abraham in the Qur’an and Universal Salvation for all True Religions

The Qur’an castigates the Jews and Christians of the early 600s AD for their exclusivist theories of salvation. Alan Race and John Hick have identified […]

Juan Cole

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