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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Biden now falsely Claims Netanyahu has "accepted" Detailed Peace Plan, as Israeli Atrocities Continue

Biden now falsely Claims Netanyahu has “accepted” Detailed Peace Plan, as Israeli Atrocities Continue

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At his rally in Detroit on Friday afternoon, President Joe Biden at one point said, “That’s why I put together […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The World's Nod to Taliban Misogyny

The World’s Nod to Taliban Misogyny

By Tarique Niazi | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The United Nations recently hosted a third round of talks on Afghanistan in […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Israel/ Palestine
Record Israeli Land Grab fuels already soaring Tension in the West Bank

Record Israeli Land Grab fuels already soaring Tension in the West Bank

By Serag El Hegazi, University of Bradford | – (The Conversation) – Israel has reportedly approved its largest seizure of land in the occupied West […]

The Conversation

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Biden's $270 mn Gaza Aid Pier to be Mothballed, but "Famine has spread across the Entire Gaza Strip"

Biden’s $270 mn Gaza Aid Pier to be Mothballed, but “Famine has spread across the Entire Gaza Strip”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Navy Times reports that the US aid pier at Gaza will be permanently decommissioned. The $270 million pier could […]

Juan Cole

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Extreme Heat Waves Broiling the US in 2024 aren't Normal: How Climate Change is Heating up the World

Extreme Heat Waves Broiling the US in 2024 aren’t Normal: How Climate Change is Heating up the World

By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Jeffrey Basara, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – Less than a month into summer 2024, the vast majority […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Who Thinks Donald Trump is Racist?  Other Racists, that’s Who

Who Thinks Donald Trump is Racist? Other Racists, that’s Who

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Former president Donald Trump often finds himself on the defensive against accusations of racism. He regularly denies the charges, distorting his […]

Tomdispatch

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The Great Soccer Massacre: Israeli Air Force Kills 29 Refugees as it tries to get at one Militant

The Great Soccer Massacre: Israeli Air Force Kills 29 Refugees as it tries to get at one Militant

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Turkish news service TRT reports from wire services that an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran's new Reformist President offers Hope to the West and Cover for the Conservative Establishment

Iran’s new Reformist President offers Hope to the West and Cover for the Conservative Establishment

By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, SOAS, University of London | – (The Conversation) – Good news for democracy in Iran – words which in recent times, particularly […]

The Conversation

Supreme Court
Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice

Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice

( Tomdispatch.com ) – At least I had the courage to do the deed myself. That counts for something here on the other side of […]

Ariel Dorfman

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