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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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Islamophobia
What Journalists get wrong about Islam

What Journalists get wrong about Islam

Sharia isn’t only about Laws, and Muslims don’t need to abandon Islam to become “Moderate”

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
With Nunes Memo McCarthyism, time to remember Margaret Chase Smith

With Nunes Memo McCarthyism, time to remember Margaret Chase Smith

By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | – – The release of the Nunes Memo, yet another attempt to discredit and even derail the Mueller […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Turkey & Vatican tag team Trump over Jerusalem

Turkey & Vatican tag team Trump over Jerusalem

Middle East Monitor | – – Both Erdogan and Pope Francis are opposed to US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital […]

contributors

Climate Change
What Rapid Climate Change Looks Like: the Younger Dryas Comet

What Rapid Climate Change Looks Like: the Younger Dryas Comet

Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It has long puzzled scientists that the gradual ending of the last glacial maximum or ice age […]

Juan Cole

Foreign Policy
Can American Democracy survive six Standing Wars?

Can American Democracy survive six Standing Wars?

William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Whether the rationale is the need to wage a war on terror involving 76 countries […]

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Antisemitism
Right's ban on phrase "Polish Death Camps" Backfires on Warsaw

Right’s ban on phrase “Polish Death Camps” Backfires on Warsaw

Sławomir Sierakowski | (Project Syndicate) | – – A new Polish law criminalizes blaming Poles for any wrongdoing against other nations. But the move only […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
The ‘Girls of Revolution Street’ Protest Iran's Compulsory Hijab Laws

The ‘Girls of Revolution Street’ Protest Iran’s Compulsory Hijab Laws

By Mahsa Alimardani | ( GlobalVoices.org ) | – – A spate of defiant Iranian women have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest […]

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Syria
Turkey/Syria: Border Guards Shoot, Block Fleeing Syrians

Turkey/Syria: Border Guards Shoot, Block Fleeing Syrians

Exposes Asylum Seekers to Further Risk, Abuse

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Russia Mounts intensive Syria Air Campaign in Response to Downed Jet

Russia Mounts intensive Syria Air Campaign in Response to Downed Jet

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Russian side of the story, presented in the Syrian press, is that an al-Qaeda-linked group […]

Juan Cole

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