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Egypt’s Magnificent new Museum: Nationalism, Tourism, and the Economy
Archaeology

Egypt’s Magnificent new Museum: Nationalism, Tourism, and the Economy

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Egypt’s new billion-dollar museum near the Giza pyramids opened on Saturday. It has 100,000 artifacts, including a massive statue of […]

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Palestine: The Poem that cannot be Killed

Palestine: The Poem that cannot be Killed

11/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Dockworker strikes in solidarity with Gaza have a long legacy

Dockworker strikes in solidarity with Gaza have a long legacy

11/02/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

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Acidification of Oceans
Bahamas will lose 80% of Land in this Century to Climate Change, Builds Sea Walls

Bahamas will lose 80% of Land in this Century to Climate Change, Builds Sea Walls

By Desmond Brown | – NASSAU (IPS) – Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have championed the phrase “1.5 to stay alive” in demanding that global […]

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Colonialism
Kaplan's Fantasies of Empire and the Myth of the Arab Strongman

Kaplan’s Fantasies of Empire and the Myth of the Arab Strongman

By Ari Heistein | (Informed Comment) | – Robert Kaplan explains the current conflicts in the Middle East as the inevitable results of the withdrawal […]

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Democratic Party
How Mainstream is Bernie Sanders?

How Mainstream is Bernie Sanders?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Sen. Bernie Sanders, the presidential candidate for the Democratic nomination, has trouble being taken seriously by the […]

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Democracy
As Elections approach, Turkey’s Political Wildcard is the Kurds

As Elections approach, Turkey’s Political Wildcard is the Kurds

H. Akın Ünver | (Informed Comment) | – Regardless of the outcome of June 7 elections, Kurds have already grown into Turkey’s main corrective political […]

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Apartheid
Palestinians drop motion on Expelling Israel from In'tl Soccer for Apartheid

Palestinians drop motion on Expelling Israel from In’tl Soccer for Apartheid

Update: Having made their point, Palestine dropped this motion at FIFA on Friday, likely because of behind the scenes assurances the harassment will stop. (note: […]

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Foreign Policy
Hawks think the US alone can Still Garrison the Planet:  How's that Working Out?

Hawks think the US alone can Still Garrison the Planet: How’s that Working Out?

By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com) | – Take a look around the world and it’s hard not to conclude that the United States is […]

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Bill of Rights
Why the so-called USA PATRIOT Act can't actually Keep America Safe

Why the so-called USA PATRIOT Act can’t actually Keep America Safe

by CHARLES KURZMAN for ISLAMiCommentary: Charles Kurzman With the “USA PATRIOT Act” set to expire at the end of the month, you might expect supporters […]

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Iraq:  Shiite Militias change Ramadi Campaign to "I'm Here, O Iraq", capture southern reaches

Iraq: Shiite Militias change Ramadi Campaign to “I’m Here, O Iraq”, capture southern reaches

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – After an outcry and Pentagon criticism, the Shiite militias in Iraq have changed their name for their […]

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Colonialism
Kaplan: An Impish Desire for Imperial Déjà Vu

Kaplan: An Impish Desire for Imperial Déjà Vu

Daniel Martin Varisco | (MENA Tidningen) | – A recent online commentary by Robert Kaplan for Foreign Policy displays the provocative title: “It’s time to […]

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