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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

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80% of All Fossil Fuel and Cement C02 Emissions since 2016 produced by 57 Companies and Countries

80% of All Fossil Fuel and Cement C02 Emissions since 2016 produced by 57 Companies and Countries

By Matthew Carl Ives, University of Oxford; Belinda Wade, The University of Queensland; and Saphira Rekker, The University of Queensland | – Just 57 companies […]

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The U.S. used to Stand up to Israeli Expansionism: Time for Biden to Show Eisenhower's Spine

The U.S. used to Stand up to Israeli Expansionism: Time for Biden to Show Eisenhower’s Spine

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – President John. F Kennedy coined the term “special relationship” to describe the American-Israeli relationship. This “special relationship” has […]

Mohamed Jegham

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Against genocide: A conversation with Ofer Cassif

Against genocide: A conversation with Ofer Cassif

Stephanie Van Hook

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Why Countries selling Israel Weapons for Gaza Campaign are Violating International Law

Why Countries selling Israel Weapons for Gaza Campaign are Violating International Law

By Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, University of Bristol | – The UK government has received internal legal advice that Israel has broken international humanitarian law in its […]

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Israel on the Brink as Ultra-Orthodox Exemption from Military Service is Set to End

Israel on the Brink as Ultra-Orthodox Exemption from Military Service is Set to End

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – On March 29, the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the government to stop subsidizing the academies and yeshivas […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Food Insecurity
Israel's Attacks on Aid Workers Must End

Israel’s Attacks on Aid Workers Must End

By Mitchell Zimmerman | ( Otherwords.org) – Israel has come under intense criticism for killing aid workers helping the civilian victims of its war in […]

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Iran
With Its Deterrence Strategy Weakened, Iran Faces Pressure To Hit Israel

With Its Deterrence Strategy Weakened, Iran Faces Pressure To Hit Israel

By Kian Sharifi | – ( Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty ) – Iran’s strategy of deterrence against Israel has suffered greatly since the outbreak […]

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The Story of Arab-Jews Instills Hope

The Story of Arab-Jews Instills Hope

Reflections on Avi Shlaim, Three Worlds : Memoirs of an Arab-Jew, London: Oneworld, 2023, 324 pp. During my stay in Iran in 2016, I heard […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

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Marjorie Taylor Greene only Cares about some Murders, and not those committed by Far Right with AR-15s

Marjorie Taylor Greene only Cares about some Murders, and not those committed by Far Right with AR-15s

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “Say her name!” Marjorie Taylor Greene shouted from the House floor during President Biden’s State of the Union Address. The same slogan […]

Arnold R. Isaacs

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