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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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Top 6 Graphs that Refute Donald Trump’s Lies about the United States

Top 6 Graphs that Refute Donald Trump’s Lies about the United States

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – AP’s Fact Check found that as usual Donald Trump’s statistics in his GOP acceptance speech are […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Purge of teachers and academics bulldozes through Turkish education

Purge of teachers and academics bulldozes through Turkish education

By Moritz Pieper | (The Conversation) | – – As news of the attempted military coup in Turkey unfolded, I was in Pennsylvania. Travelling in […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
The West Under Attack: What we can Learn from the Roy vs Kepel Debate

The West Under Attack: What we can Learn from the Roy vs Kepel Debate

By Mustafa Gürbüz | (Informed Comment) | – – The ax attack on a train in Würzburg, Germany, sparked the latest controversy on lone wolf […]

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Israel Lobbies
Mike Pence on the “American Heartland” and the Holy Land

Mike Pence on the “American Heartland” and the Holy Land

By Shalom Goldman | ( Patheos ) The Republican Party platform, posted last week, gives the American-Israeli relationship considerable space. Pundits in the U.S. and […]

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Egypt
Arab nationalist press Reacts to Erdogan's Crackdown with cries of "Dictator!"

Arab nationalist press Reacts to Erdogan’s Crackdown with cries of “Dictator!”

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s firing of some 50,000 people, including educators, bureaucrats, police and military personnel, […]

Juan Cole

Free Syrian Army
US to 'Reconsider' Backing for Syrian Rebels After Boy Beheaded

US to ‘Reconsider’ Backing for Syrian Rebels After Boy Beheaded

TeleSur | – – The killers claim to be fighters om a rebel group that has received both financial and arms support from the United […]

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Far Right
Secret Service Investigating Trump Advisor who Wants Hillary Clinton Shot for Treason

Secret Service Investigating Trump Advisor who Wants Hillary Clinton Shot for Treason

Wochit News | (Video News Report) | – – “During a radio interview this week. New Hampshire Representative Al Baldasaro, a Trump delegate who reportedly […]

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Top 4 Republican Plagiarisms of the Democrats

Top 4 Republican Plagiarisms of the Democrats

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The scandal over Melania Trump’s stealing Michelle Obama’s lines for her convention speech should make us […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Hardliners Want to Stop Blocking Twitter — to Defeat Saudi Propaganda

Iranian Hardliners Want to Stop Blocking Twitter — to Defeat Saudi Propaganda

By Mahsa Alimardani | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – A group of Iranian government hardliners, who typically stand at the forefront of policies curtailing freedom […]

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