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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Sell that Coal Stock: The future belongs to Wind and Solar, COP21 or No

Sell that Coal Stock: The future belongs to Wind and Solar, COP21 or No

By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Historically, the transition from one energy system to another, as from wood to coal or […]

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Iraq
Is the US Suddenly entering a Major new War in Iraq & Syria?

Is the US Suddenly entering a Major new War in Iraq & Syria?

Paul Rogers | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – The spreading influence of ISIS is forcing Washington into a strategic decision: escalate. Suddenly, and without almost […]

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Is Corporate Media a danger to Society?  Coverage of Trump v. Sanders

Is Corporate Media a danger to Society? Coverage of Trump v. Sanders

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – ABC World News has given one minute to Bernie Sanders this year (actually, it is just […]

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Can Historic climate agreement protect the world's most vulnerable people?

Can Historic climate agreement protect the world’s most vulnerable people?

The Tree | – – 195 countries reached across traditional divides today to unite behind the greatest moral challenge of our time and seal the […]

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Islam-hatred
What Islamophobia and ISIL/ Daesh have in Common:  The Political Use of Fear

What Islamophobia and ISIL/ Daesh have in Common: The Political Use of Fear

By Ian Buruma | (Project Syndicate) | – – NEW YORK – There are many roads to political disaster: greed, hubris, the charisma of the […]

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Climate Change
After the COP21 Paris Climate Accord, what we need is an Int'l Climate Court

After the COP21 Paris Climate Accord, what we need is an Int’l Climate Court

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The climate pact forged at Paris lacks real teeth and so in and of itself will […]

Juan Cole

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Daesh in the Digital Realm

Daesh in the Digital Realm

By Michael Degerald | (History x ISIS) | – – In popular discussion of the Islamic State, several topics have received the vast majority of […]

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Should an al-Qaeda Ally have a seat at the Syrian Table? Al-Assad rejects talks w/ any armed Group

Should an al-Qaeda Ally have a seat at the Syrian Table? Al-Assad rejects talks w/ any armed Group

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Riyadh conference of the Syrian opposition this week included political groups but also nine armed […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Deepening Inequality Driving US Middle Class into Oblivion

Deepening Inequality Driving US Middle Class into Oblivion

By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “The hollowing of the middle has proceeded steadily for four decades, and it may have […]

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