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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

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Trump's Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting

Trump’s Wrong on non-Coverage; But, Top 6 things actually Wrong with Terrorism Reporting

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump on Monday continued to troll the world, this time by alleging at CENTCOM that the […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians

Israeli Parliament gives Legal Cover to Massive Land Theft from Palestinians

Al Jazeera English | (Video News Report) | – – “Israel’s parliament has passed a law to legalise about 4,000 squatter homes built on privately […]

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Donald Trump
Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government

Feature, not Bug: Trump’s Chaos Theory of Government

Jacek Rostowski | (Project Syndicate) | – – WARSAW – In the weeks since Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States, it has […]

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Donald Trump
Neither Informants nor Saudis: Wrong Ways to Slam Muslim Ban

Neither Informants nor Saudis: Wrong Ways to Slam Muslim Ban

By Dina El-Rifai | (Otherwords.org) | – – I’m a Muslim woman and a social justice advocate. I’m terrified, heartbroken, and outraged by Donald Trump’s […]

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Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here

Speaker of British House of Commons: Trump not Welcome Here

TeleSur | – – “An address by a foreign leader to both houses of parliament is not an automatic right; it is an earned honor,” […]

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Culture
"This Land:"  The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time

“This Land:” The pro-Immigrant Radicalism of Lady Gaga and Guthrie at Half-Time

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – By beginning with Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” and then switching to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land […]

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Authoritarianism
Will Trump use the Next ISIL attack to sweep away our Liberties?

Will Trump use the Next ISIL attack to sweep away our Liberties?

By Allison Beth Hodgkins | (Informed Comment) | – – You have to hand to the civil society groups pushing back on the Trump administration’s […]

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Arab Americans
Why Trump’s Immigration Order is a Tragedy for Everyone, Except Trump

Why Trump’s Immigration Order is a Tragedy for Everyone, Except Trump

By Barbara Elias | (Informed Comment) | – – For the moment, federal courts have interrupted the president’s immigration order. Judge Robart remarked in his […]

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China
Trump’s Coming “Islamo-China” War . . . or, Whatever

Trump’s Coming “Islamo-China” War . . . or, Whatever

By Ira Chernus | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – What kind of national security policy will the Trump administration pursue globally? On this issue, […]

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