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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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Is Sen. Tom Cotton right that ISIL is Winning?

Is Sen. Tom Cotton right that ISIL is Winning?

John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) — “Senator Tom Cotton has a lot of faith in the military prowess of ISIS, […]

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Palestinians: ""The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed"

Palestinians: “”The face of a new form of racist, discriminatory Israel has been revealed”

By IMEMC Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing religious “government of war” is a blow to an already stagnating peace process, PLO officials said […]

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nuclear weapons
Why won’t US, Israel Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but seek Iran Sanctions?

Why won’t US, Israel Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Treaty but seek Iran Sanctions?

By Kanya D’Almeida UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – With the four-week-long review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) underway at the United Nations, hopes and […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Hizbullah, Syrian Army push back al-Qaeda in Qalamoun as Christian militia mobilizes

Hizbullah, Syrian Army push back al-Qaeda in Qalamoun as Christian militia mobilizes

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Smarting from a string of losses, the proregime coalition of Hizbullah and the Syrian Arab Army is […]

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Syria: What if Turkey and Saudi Arabia install al-Qaeda in Damascus?

Syria: What if Turkey and Saudi Arabia install al-Qaeda in Damascus?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Journalists such as the intrepid Liz Sly covering the Syrian Civil War were struck with the victories […]

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Iraq
Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr threatens USA as GOP Draft Seen aiming at Partition

Iraqi Shiite cleric al-Sadr threatens USA as GOP Draft Seen aiming at Partition

Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | — Fighters loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr staged a military parade after al-Sadr protested the US’ draft law. […]

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Barack Obama
HUGE WIN FOR PRIVACY! Court Rules NSA Spying Is Illegal

HUGE WIN FOR PRIVACY! Court Rules NSA Spying Is Illegal

John Iadarola, Jimmy Dore, Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) | – “The second circuit court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection and […]

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Banking
The Wall Street Connection:  The Clintons and their Banker Friends

The Wall Street Connection: The Clintons and their Banker Friends

By Nomi Prins | (Tomdispatch.com) | – The past, especially the political past, doesn’t just provide clues to the present. In the realm of the […]

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Iran
Overwhelming US Public Approval of Iran Talks gives Momentum to Peace Deal

Overwhelming US Public Approval of Iran Talks gives Momentum to Peace Deal

By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) — For years, AIPAC and the Netanyahu government in Israel have tried to mark the Iran nuclear talks as […]

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