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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

06/28/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

06/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Iraq: How Youtube & Facebook Fake News Raised Kurdish-Shiite Tensions

Iraq: How Youtube & Facebook Fake News Raised Kurdish-Shiite Tensions

By Histyar Qader | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – After clashes in northern Iraq this week, hundreds of fake pictures have flooded Iraqi social […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities

Saudi women between online resistance and new physical realities

Heyla Selim | ( GlobalVoices.net ) | – – What role did collective action, and social media play in Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift its […]

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It's up to You: Corporations won't save us from Global Heating

It’s up to You: Corporations won’t save us from Global Heating

Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg | (The Conversation) | – – While businesses have been principal agents in increasing greenhouse gas emissions, they are also […]

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Continued Conflict: Iraqi PM rejects Kurdish offer, insists Referendum be Annulled

Continued Conflict: Iraqi PM rejects Kurdish offer, insists Referendum be Annulled

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi was in Tehran on Thursday for consultations with the Iranian government […]

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"Secret" JFK Assassination Files Reveal Bizarre Allegations

“Secret” JFK Assassination Files Reveal Bizarre Allegations

TeleSur | – – Nearly 3,000 documents previously kept secret are now in the process of being published online by the National Archive. As much […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Arabs & Kurds Use Weapons, Meant For Extremists, On Each Other

Iraqi Arabs & Kurds Use Weapons, Meant For Extremists, On Each Other

Shalaw Mohammed | (Kirkuk) | (Niqash.org) | – – The countries that gave the Iraqi and Kurdish military rockets, vehicles and guns were concerned that […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians picking olives near Nablus: Caught on Film

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians picking olives near Nablus: Caught on Film

Ma’an News Agency | – – NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers reportedly attacked Palestinians who were harvesting olvies in the northern occupied West Bank district […]

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Climate Change
After CO2-fueled Disasters, Why won't the U. of Michigan go Green?

After CO2-fueled Disasters, Why won’t the U. of Michigan go Green?

Jonathan Morris | ( The Michigan Daily) | – – This month, two remarkable events occurred that passed mostly under the radar here on campus. […]

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Donald Trump
Trump's Dreams of Nukes and our Long National Nightmare

Trump’s Dreams of Nukes and our Long National Nightmare

San Francisco (Tomdispatch.com) | Preventing a nuclear war between the United States and North Korea may be the most pressing challenge facing the world right […]

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