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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

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Gaza and Lebanon Atrocities: The international legal System has Collapsed, and Journalism is Collapsing with it

Gaza and Lebanon Atrocities: The international legal System has Collapsed, and Journalism is Collapsing with it

By Kristin Skare Orgeret, Oslo Metropolitan University (The Conversation) – The past year has been the deadliest for journalists since the Committee to Protect Journalists […]

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Finding Hope in the Negative Spaces of the Trump Era

Finding Hope in the Negative Spaces of the Trump Era

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The expression “punch-drunk,” Google informs me, means “stupefied by or as if by a series of heavy blows to the head.” […]

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Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Pick up any US liberal newspaper today and there are reams of columns speculating on the fate […]

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Israel/ Palestine
8th Baby freezes to Death in Gaza, as Israeli Forces fire on World Food Programme Workers, Flour Warehouse

8th Baby freezes to Death in Gaza, as Israeli Forces fire on World Food Programme Workers, Flour Warehouse

( Middle East Monitor ) – Gaza’s Ministry of Health today announced that 35-day-old Yousef Kalloub froze to death because of the lack of sufficient […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan: What is a War Crime?

Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan: What is a War Crime?

By Hurst Hannum, Tufts University (The Conversation) – What are war crimes and when did they start? – Artie, 12, Queens, New York I imagine […]

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After Syrian opposition’s Victory, is Türkiye on Verge of Dominating the Middle East?

After Syrian opposition’s Victory, is Türkiye on Verge of Dominating the Middle East?

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Türkiye aims to capitalize on the Syrian opposition’s victory […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Over the Weekend, Israeli Assault on Gaza Continued, with more than 73 Killed in 24 Hours

Over the Weekend, Israeli Assault on Gaza Continued, with more than 73 Killed in 24 Hours

( IMEMC ) – On Satureday, day 456 of its brutal and protracted military onslaught against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military continued its genocidal […]

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The New Year from Hell: The Return of Trump

( Tomdispatch.com) – Honestly, as 2025 begins, isn’t it finally time to reimagine American history? So, what do you think of this: George Trump, Abraham […]

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Brazilian Judiciary orders Investigation of Israeli Soldier-Tourist for War Crimes in Gaza

Brazilian Judiciary orders Investigation of Israeli Soldier-Tourist for War Crimes in Gaza

Update. Israeli intelligence spirited the soldier out of Brazil to avoid prosecution. Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Junio Silva at the Brazilian newspaper […]

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