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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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Kurds
Turkey says US & Kurds will Leave Manbij or Else, Prepares for Iraq Incursion

Turkey says US & Kurds will Leave Manbij or Else, Prepares for Iraq Incursion

Middle East Monitor | – – Turkey and the US will oversee the withdrawal of forces allied to the YPG (People’s Protection Units) from the […]

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astronomy and outer space
Renowned Physicist, Social Activist Stephen Hawking Dead at 76

Renowned Physicist, Social Activist Stephen Hawking Dead at 76

TeleSur | – – In addition to his achievement in science, Hawking was a longstanding activist for numerous social causes. British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking […]

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Donald Trump
Pushing back against Trump Criminalization of Immigrants

Pushing back against Trump Criminalization of Immigrants

By Aviva Chomsky | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The immigration debate seems to have gone crazy. President Obama’s widely popular Deferred Action for Childhood […]

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How Trump is losing in Syria & why Haley is Posturing

How Trump is losing in Syria & why Haley is Posturing

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Well, I say Trump is losing, but it isn’t clear that Trump has a policy in […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
European Fascism plots to change American Culture

European Fascism plots to change American Culture

By Juliette Legendre | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Far more dangerous than the far-right effort to win elections alone is its concerted […]

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Haredim
1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox

1/3 of Israelis live in Poverty, especially Palestinians & Ultra-Orthodox

Middle East Monitor | – – Israel has one of the highest poverty rates of any developed country with the gap between the rich and […]

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Kurds
Kurdish Civilians pledge to shield Afrin from Turkish Invasion with their Bodies

Kurdish Civilians pledge to shield Afrin from Turkish Invasion with their Bodies

TeleSur | – – The YPG and allied forces, under the umbrella organization the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), control over 60 percent of the Syrian […]

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Education
A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All

A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All

By Chuck Collins | (Inequality.org) | – – Blogging Our Great Divide America’s left coast is showing how to break up concentrated wealth and fund […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Trump's US Slams Schoolhouse Door on Palestinian Refugees

Trump’s US Slams Schoolhouse Door on Palestinian Refugees

By Gordon Brown | (Project Syndicate) | – – The US has decided to withhold more than half of its planned funding for the UNRWA […]

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