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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity
Arab World

Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When Israel launched an attack on Doha in September 2025, Arab and Muslim leaders convened an emergency summit. […]

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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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Arabs Caught between Trump and ISIL:  Casino Capitalism driving backward Identity Politics Worldwide

Arabs Caught between Trump and ISIL: Casino Capitalism driving backward Identity Politics Worldwide

Maged Mandour | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Backwards looking politics is a malaise affecting both the west and east. It breeds violence as global […]

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Climate Change
It's the CO2, Stupid!:  2015 'by far' Hottest Year on Record & New Torrid Normal

It’s the CO2, Stupid!: 2015 ‘by far’ Hottest Year on Record & New Torrid Normal

By Janette Lindesay and Mark Howden | (The Conversation) | – – It’s official: 2015 was the hottest year on record. The US-based National Oceanic […]

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No, Gov. Snyder, Flint's water wasn't poisoned by "Government": It was by your Appointee

No, Gov. Snyder, Flint’s water wasn’t poisoned by “Government”: It was by your Appointee

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Perhaps it is inevitable but it is a shame that some people are gaming out how […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
British Parliament Debates ban on Donald Trump:  "He is a Wazzock!"

British Parliament Debates ban on Donald Trump: “He is a Wazzock!”

AJ+ | (Video Report) – – “Members of the UK Parliament debated whether or not to let Donald Trump into their country after a petition […]

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Arms Sales
US Response to Saudi Wars & Human Rights Violations?  $49 Bn. in new Arms Sales

US Response to Saudi Wars & Human Rights Violations? $49 Bn. in new Arms Sales

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The West continues its strong political and military support to one […]

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Climate Change
The Real Zombie Apocalypse:  Climate Change

The Real Zombie Apocalypse: Climate Change

Bill McKibben | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – When I was a kid, I was creepily fascinated by the wrongheaded idea, current in my grade school, […]

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African-Americans
Palin for Trump:  'Political Correctness' (anti-racism) is a Suicide Bomb Vest

Palin for Trump: ‘Political Correctness’ (anti-racism) is a Suicide Bomb Vest

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The term “political correctness” has a long and varying history, but what do Donald Trump and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Human Rights Watch:  Businesses must cut off Israeli squatter settlements

Human Rights Watch: Businesses must cut off Israeli squatter settlements

Human Rights Watch | – – (Jerusalem) – Businesses should stop operating in, financing, servicing, or trading with Israeli settlements in order to comply with […]

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Campaign Finance
GOP Billionaires Complain Super-Pacs aren’t Buying Election Effectively

GOP Billionaires Complain Super-Pacs aren’t Buying Election Effectively

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Republican billionaires are used to being able to buy elections, and are now crying […]

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