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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

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Ocean Life on the Verge of Mass Extinction

Ocean Life on the Verge of Mass Extinction

TheLipTV | — “Humans are leading us to unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them potentially putting us on the verge […]

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Climate Change
Amazing Green Cars at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show

Amazing Green Cars at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — I caught the Detroit Auto Show on Saturday afternoon. As always, it was great to see the concept […]

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Islam-hatred
50+ anti-Muslim attacks across France in Charlie Hebdo aftermath

50+ anti-Muslim attacks across France in Charlie Hebdo aftermath

RT | — “France is suffering a wave of hate attacks against Muslims in the wake of last week’s Islamic extremist attacks in and around […]

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Iraq
Iraqi Shiites, Fuming over Slow US Fight against ISIL, threaten to Revoke Agreement

Iraqi Shiites, Fuming over Slow US Fight against ISIL, threaten to Revoke Agreement

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) – Four months have passed since the US began to work with an international alliance to confront the […]

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Apartheid
As ICC launches Israel War Crimes Probe, PLO & Hamas Applaud

As ICC launches Israel War Crimes Probe, PLO & Hamas Applaud

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday said it welcomed the decision to open an initial probe on Israeli war crimes at […]

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Iran
As Obama warns of veto re: GOP Sanctions, Iran says 'Political Will' can aid Nuclear Talks

As Obama warns of veto re: GOP Sanctions, Iran says ‘Political Will’ can aid Nuclear Talks

By RFE/RL | — GENEVA — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says "political will" is needed to make progress in negotiations over Iran's nuclear […]

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French Pres. Hollande: Anti-Muslimism is as bad as Antisemitism: Muslims Must be Protected

French Pres. Hollande: Anti-Muslimism is as bad as Antisemitism: Muslims Must be Protected

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) French President Francois Hollande addressed the Institute of the Arab World on Friday, in a bid to reassure French […]

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Culture
Charlie Hebdo & French 'Secularism': Does it really just privilege White Christians?

Charlie Hebdo & French ‘Secularism’: Does it really just privilege White Christians?

By Mayanthi Fernando | The Conversation Commentators in France and elsewhere have taken the recent terrorist attacks in Paris as an occasion to reflect more […]

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Climate Change
2014 Warmest Year on Record; So much for the "Pause":   NASA

2014 Warmest Year on Record; So much for the “Pause”: NASA

NASA | Goddard Center | — “The year 2014 now ranks as the warmest on record since 1880, according to an analysis by NASA scientists. […]

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