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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
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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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Protestants
American Christian Zionism: The Deep Background and the Current Situation

American Christian Zionism: The Deep Background and the Current Situation

By Shalom Goldman | (Informed Comment) | – – This season, the best-selling book in the U.S. is Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury: Inside the […]

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Authoritarianism
The New Censorship: Beware Authoritarian leaders claiming to Fight "Fake News"

The New Censorship: Beware Authoritarian leaders claiming to Fight “Fake News”

By Courtney C. Radsch | (Project Syndicate) | – – Laws meant to curb “fake news” may be well intentioned, but their implementation has been […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Yes, Newsweek & RT, Syria's Regime uses Chemical Weapons

Yes, Newsweek & RT, Syria’s Regime uses Chemical Weapons

By Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | – – False claims in the UN security council: Syria’s Bashar Ja’afari At a meeting [last month] of […]

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Corruption
Did an Emirates-Israel alliance Help elect Trump more than Russia?

Did an Emirates-Israel alliance Help elect Trump more than Russia?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the surprises thrown up by the Gulf crisis and by the Mueller investigation is […]

Juan Cole

racism
Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race

By Alice Evans | ( British Politics and Policy at LSE) Book Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni […]

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Iran
Iran: Women Protesters against Veiling face Regime Prostitution Charges

Iran: Women Protesters against Veiling face Regime Prostitution Charges

By Golnaz Esfandiari | ( RFE/RL) The hijab became compulsory in Iran after the 1979 revolution. A small number of Iranian women, risking arrest to […]

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Inequality
The last time the US enacted Punitive Tariffs it enabled the Great Depression

The last time the US enacted Punitive Tariffs it enabled the Great Depression

By Charles Hankla | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump finally appears poised to make good on his promised threats to slam the […]

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UN: War Crimes being Committed in Syria's East Ghouta

UN: War Crimes being Committed in Syria’s East Ghouta

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Reuters reports that Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned Syrian (and […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Is the Saudi Elite Cannibalizing itself?

Is the Saudi Elite Cannibalizing itself?

By Hugh Miles | (Middle East Monitor) | – – The weekend of 4-5 November 2017 was an eventful one in Saudi Arabia; a missile […]

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