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We’re All Palestinians Now: How Trump is Middle-Easternizing the United States
Donald Trump

We’re All Palestinians Now: How Trump is Middle-Easternizing the United States

Juan Cole

Here is my most recent column for the legendary Tom Engelhardt’s Tomdispatch.com.Be sure to check out his searing introduction. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The United […]

Historic Int’l Court of Justice Ruling: Climate Change ‘Imperils all Life’ — Polluters may be Sued

Historic Int’l Court of Justice Ruling: Climate Change ‘Imperils all Life’ — Polluters may be Sued

07/25/2025 By The Conversation

The Unseen War for the Palestinian West Bank’s Future: It’s not just Gaza

The Unseen War for the Palestinian West Bank’s Future: It’s not just Gaza

07/25/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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Image of the Day:  European Buddhists (?) & Zoroastrians, c. 1650

Image of the Day: European Buddhists (?) & Zoroastrians, c. 1650

British Museum | (Safavid Era Painting) | – – School/style: Persian School/Style term details Culture/period: Safavid dynasty term details Date: 1650-1700 (circa) Production place: Made […]

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Bill of Rights
Is Trump a bigger danger to the US or Europe?

Is Trump a bigger danger to the US or Europe?

By Joschka Fischer | (Project Syndicate) | – – BERLIN – Little more than a month after US President Donald Trump’s inauguration, it has become […]

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Iraq
After Mosul: Can Iraq survive without a unified National Army?

After Mosul: Can Iraq survive without a unified National Army?

By Balsam Mustafa | (The Conversation) | – – The operation to retake Iraq’s second city of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State [group] (IS) […]

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Censors
Trump Official detained, nearly Deported French Holocaust Scholar

Trump Official detained, nearly Deported French Holocaust Scholar

TeleSur | – – “My situation was nothing compared to some of the people I saw who couldn’t be defended as I was,” Rousso said […]

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African-Americans
Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?

Would Trump let Oscar Winner Mahershala Ali back into the Country?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Mahershala Ali, 43, last night won an Oscar for best supporting actor, in Moonlight . The […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Turkey's Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective

Turkey’s Coup aftermath and Human Rights: A Feminist Perspective

By Banu Gökarıksel | ( Duke University Blog ) | – – Feminist critiques of political power reveal the central function of gender, sexuality, and […]

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Donald Trump
Trumpocalypse:  How the U.S. Invaded, Occupied, and Remade Itself

Trumpocalypse: How the U.S. Invaded, Occupied, and Remade Itself

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – It’s been epic! A cast of thousands! (Hundreds? Tens?) A spectacular production that, five weeks after opening on […]

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Culture
Iran's Oscar-Winning Director Hopes Anti-Fascist Movement Grows

Iran’s Oscar-Winning Director Hopes Anti-Fascist Movement Grows

TeleSur | – – “We believe there is no best country, best gender, best religion or best color,” the directors of the five Oscar foreign […]

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Authoritarianism
Spurned Reporters should dump Trump Briefings, turn to Investigative Journalism

Spurned Reporters should dump Trump Briefings, turn to Investigative Journalism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump was unhappy Saturday that the major media had neglected to report a point made […]

Juan Cole

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