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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist

Norman Solomon

Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins

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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

11/26/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

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The Push To Recognize 'Gender Apartheid' As A Crime

The Push To Recognize ‘Gender Apartheid’ As A Crime

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New Labour Government in UK Unleashes Onshore Wind, with 61% of British Electricity now Low-Carbon

New Labour Government in UK Unleashes Onshore Wind, with 61% of British Electricity now Low-Carbon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new Labour government in Britain last week took steps to remove the ban on onshore wind farms instituted by […]

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At Least 90 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Massacre in 'Safe Zone' of al-Mawasi

At Least 90 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Massacre in ‘Safe Zone’ of al-Mawasi

By Julia Conley ( Commondreams.org ) – The United Nations’ top expert on human rights in Palestine condemned the Israeli military as it resorted to […]

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‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near Miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near Miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

By Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell | – With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. […]

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From "Hang Mike Pence," to "Paul Pelosi Hammered" to "Shooting Trump" -- Political Violence is Deadly to Democracy

From “Hang Mike Pence,” to “Paul Pelosi Hammered” to “Shooting Trump” — Political Violence is Deadly to Democracy

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – American politics has entered the most dangerous phase of its nearly 250-year existence, with the assassination attempt on Donald J. […]

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Agriculture
Farmers turn to Solar Panels to shade Crops, Save Water and generate Power

Farmers turn to Solar Panels to shade Crops, Save Water and generate Power

By Amaia J. Gavica/Cronkite News ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – For 31 straight days last summer, temperatures in Phoenix hit or topped 110 […]

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Israel/ Palestine
How Israel has brought the Palestinian Authority to the Brink of financial Collapse

How Israel has brought the Palestinian Authority to the Brink of financial Collapse

By Dalia Alazzeh, University of the West of Scotland and Shahzad Uddin, University of Essex | – (The Conversation) – Israel’s ultranationalist finance minister, Bezalel […]

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Biden now falsely Claims Netanyahu has "accepted" Detailed Peace Plan, as Israeli Atrocities Continue

Biden now falsely Claims Netanyahu has “accepted” Detailed Peace Plan, as Israeli Atrocities Continue

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – At his rally in Detroit on Friday afternoon, President Joe Biden at one point said, “That’s why I put together […]

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Afghanistan
The World's Nod to Taliban Misogyny

The World’s Nod to Taliban Misogyny

By Tarique Niazi | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The United Nations recently hosted a third round of talks on Afghanistan in […]

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