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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

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The Palmer Raids:  When Trump's Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled

The Palmer Raids: When Trump’s Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Marx said that every great event in history happens twice, the first time as tragedy and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel approves $18.6 mn in new funding for Squatter settlements in Palestinian West Bank

Israel approves $18.6 mn in new funding for Squatter settlements in Palestinian West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli government approved on Sunday the allocation of an additional 72 million shekels (about $18.6 […]

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Corruption
Why don't Technocrats think the cure for Iraqi Corruption more Democracy?  It is Everywhere Else!

Why don’t Technocrats think the cure for Iraqi Corruption more Democracy? It is Everywhere Else!

Usman W. Chohan | (The Conversation) | – – The tragedy of modern Iraq is often studied with a humanitarian, moral, religious, political or military […]

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African-Americans
Other Acts of Terror get Media Anniversaries, but not White Terrorists like Dylann Roof

Other Acts of Terror get Media Anniversaries, but not White Terrorists like Dylann Roof

By Bryan van Hulst Miranda | ( TeleSur) | – – A year after Roof was charged over the mass-killing of nine Black people in […]

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Pyrrhic Victory?  As Iraq rolls back Daesh, can it stay together as a Country?

Pyrrhic Victory? As Iraq rolls back Daesh, can it stay together as a Country?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – From all accounts, most people in Fallujah are very happy about being out from under the […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
FBI Director Schools Trump On American Muslims

FBI Director Schools Trump On American Muslims

Ana Kasparian, Brett Erlich, Kenny Hamilton, & Meredith Planko | (Young Turks Video) | – – “FBI director, James Comey, says that Donald Trump has […]

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Iraq
How ISIL is losing al-Anbar Province: Corruption, Reckless Driving, Carelessness w/ Secrets

How ISIL is losing al-Anbar Province: Corruption, Reckless Driving, Carelessness w/ Secrets

Niqash.org | Baghdad | – – “Newsletters sent to Islamic State fighters in Anbar indicate the group’s problems with bad drivers and corruption. It also […]

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Authoritarianism
The rise and fall of Turkey's progressive opposition

The rise and fall of Turkey’s progressive opposition

By Nick Ashdown | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party, the HDP roared into parliament on the back of a rainbow coalition […]

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The end of the Beginning:  The Fall of ISIL in Fallujah

The end of the Beginning: The Fall of ISIL in Fallujah

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After Montgomery and his troops defeated the Germans and Italians at El Alamain in northern Egypt […]

Juan Cole

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