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When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language
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When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani made a campaign ad in quite passable colloquial Arabic for the some 180,000 Arab residents of […]

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How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

11/03/2025 By Tomdispatch

Lasting Peace and Recovery in Gaza depends on local Participation, not just Ceasefires

Lasting Peace and Recovery in Gaza depends on local Participation, not just Ceasefires

11/03/2025 By The Conversation

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Wars targeting Children: 20 mn Homeless, 300K Conscripted & now Mass Abductions by ISIL

Wars targeting Children: 20 mn Homeless, 300K Conscripted & now Mass Abductions by ISIL

By Beatriz Ciordia | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Whether in Palestine, Ukraine or Somalia, wars result in millions of […]

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Guns
Chattanooga: Assault Weapons a Security Problem for U.S. (Cole @ Truthdig)

Chattanooga: Assault Weapons a Security Problem for U.S. (Cole @ Truthdig)

By Juan Cole | (Truthdig) | – – My column is out in Truthdig.com Excerpt: The United States is peculiarly prone to mass killings by […]

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Apartheid
The Next Gaza War

The Next Gaza War

By Max Blumenthal | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – “A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable,” […]

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Iran Deal: Why doesn't US Media interview Real Allies on American Policy?

Iran Deal: Why doesn’t US Media interview Real Allies on American Policy?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – So after France and Britain and Germany conducted negotiations with Iran over its civilian nuclear enrichment […]

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Iran
"The World Has Changed': Reformist Iranian Press Goes Wild for Vienna Deal

“The World Has Changed’: Reformist Iranian Press Goes Wild for Vienna Deal

By Mahsa Alimardani | (Global Voices) | – – Almost every front page of Iran's daily newpapers covered the nuclear deal on Wednesday 15 July. […]

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Education
Teaching tolerance: Five Israeli schools unite Jews and Palestinians

Teaching tolerance: Five Israeli schools unite Jews and Palestinians

By: Anna Kokko | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – JAFFA (Ma’an) — Paper lanterns crafted for Ramadan are hanging over the heads of children […]

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astronomy and outer space
Science Reveals Pluto -- (Why Can't we Trust it on Climate Change)?

Science Reveals Pluto — (Why Can’t we Trust it on Climate Change)?

NASA | (Video Press Conference and Images) | – – “NASA officials and team members of the New Horizons mission to Pluto participate in a […]

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Economy
European Companies poised for Iran Gold Rush but will Hill Keep US Out?

European Companies poised for Iran Gold Rush but will Hill Keep US Out?

By Charles Recknagel | ( RFE/ RL) Many of the punishing UN, U.S., and EU financial and energy sanctions imposed on Iran in recent years […]

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Acidification of Oceans
While Americans obsess about ISIL, Rest of World Fears Global Warming

While Americans obsess about ISIL, Rest of World Fears Global Warming

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The world at large is apparently divided over what constitutes the […]

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