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

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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A Tale of two Femicides: Remembering Victims in Iraq and Italy on Int'l Women's Day

A Tale of two Femicides: Remembering Victims in Iraq and Italy on Int’l Women’s Day

San Marco, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In early February 2023 a 22-year-old Iraqi YouTube star, Tiba Al-Ali was strangled by her father […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Feminism
The Fate of Nations depends on Women's Equality: Int'l Women's Day

The Fate of Nations depends on Women’s Equality: Int’l Women’s Day

On March 8, 1908, women garment workers marched through New York City’s Lower East Side to protest child labor and sweatshop working conditions and to […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Elections
Growing 'Despondency' And Hard-Liners' Dominance: Key Takeaways From Iran's Elections

Growing ‘Despondency’ And Hard-Liners’ Dominance: Key Takeaways From Iran’s Elections

By By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL ) – Iran’s parliamentary elections on March 1 witnessed a historically low turnout, in a blow to the […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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Tempest in a Teapot: British Illusions and American Hegemony from Iraq to Yemen

Tempest in a Teapot: British Illusions and American Hegemony from Iraq to Yemen

Review of Tom Stevenson, Someone Else’s Empire: British Illusions and American Hegemony.. London: Verso, 2023. Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Everything is going […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Anti-intellectualism
As Gaza is obliterated, Scholars and Academics need to Speak Up

As Gaza is obliterated, Scholars and Academics need to Speak Up

BY Yasmin Saikia & Chad Haines Nikolas Gannon/Unsplash . Yasmin Saikia and Chad Haines co-direct the Center of Muslim Experience in the U.S. at Arizona […]

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Islam
Ramadan finds greater Recognition in America’s Public Schools

Ramadan finds greater Recognition in America’s Public Schools

By Amaarah DeCuir, American University | – Ramadan – the Islamic month of fasting – is expected to begin at sunset on March 10, 2024. […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Trump, Like Biden, supports Israeli Campaign against Gaza: "You've got to finish the Problem"

Trump, Like Biden, supports Israeli Campaign against Gaza: “You’ve got to finish the Problem”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump telephoned in to “Fox and Friends” on Tuesday, breaking his long silence on Israel’s campaign against Gaza. So reports […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
A Dictionary for Understanding the War on Gaza

A Dictionary for Understanding the War on Gaza

Written byCivic Media Observatory   This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. Subscribe to Undertones. Welcome back to Undertones, where we study […]

Global Voices

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Living on the Wrong World: A Planetary Cease Fire is Desperately Needed

Living on the Wrong World: A Planetary Cease Fire is Desperately Needed

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On this planet of ours, it almost doesn’t matter who’s right and who’s wrong when it comes to our wars. Actually, […]

Tom Engelhardt

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