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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
Donald Trump

Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Authoritarianism
French Ex-President Sarkozy arrested over Libya Campaign money Charges

French Ex-President Sarkozy arrested over Libya Campaign money Charges

TeleSur | – – Sarkozy has categorically denied receiving any campaign funding from the North African country. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was detained by […]

Juan Cole

Iraq War
On Seeing America’s Wars Whole: Six Questions for the New York Times

On Seeing America’s Wars Whole: Six Questions for the New York Times

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Dear Mr. Sulzberger: Congratulations on assuming the reins of this nation’s — and arguably, the […]

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racism
A "Serial Bomber" in Austin?  Civil Rights Activists Targeted and Trump is Silent

A “Serial Bomber” in Austin? Civil Rights Activists Targeted and Trump is Silent

TeleSur | – – Two of the people who were killed belonged to African-American families with deep roots to city’s Black, religious and civil-rights groups. […]

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Internet
The more Computers know about you, the less Free you Are: Is there a Fix?

The more Computers know about you, the less Free you Are: Is there a Fix?

By Dirk Helbing | (Project Syndicate) | – – Economic revolutions often bring profound social change, affecting everything from jobs to family size. With the […]

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Cambridge Analytica as the Matrix: Information Dominance and the Next Level of Fake News

Cambridge Analytica as the Matrix: Information Dominance and the Next Level of Fake News

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The 1999 film “The Matrix,” written by Lana Wachowski (formerly Laurence “Larry” Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Rights group says Past Year was the worst year in Gaza’s history

Rights group says Past Year was the worst year in Gaza’s history

Middle East Monitor | – – The Director of Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights said on Sunday that 2017 was the worst year in the […]

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Turkey takes Afrin, pulls down Statue Now-Ruz Revolutionary Kaveh

Turkey takes Afrin, pulls down Statue Now-Ruz Revolutionary Kaveh

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Tuesday, March 20, is the spring equinox this year. Iranians, Kurds, Central Asians and many in […]

Juan Cole

astronomy and outer space
A Prototype Mars Colony in the Middle East: Dubai's Mushrif Park

A Prototype Mars Colony in the Middle East: Dubai’s Mushrif Park

Middle East Monitor | – – The United Arab Emirates continues to build the world’s largest space city at a cost of $136 million, Director […]

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Guns
Australia solved the gun problem. We can too

Australia solved the gun problem. We can too

By Reese Erlich | ( 48Hills.org) | – – A mass shooting created real reform Down Under — and strict gun control has worked. Progressives […]

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