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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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Forests may not benefit from extra CO2, spelling further Danger of Global Heating

Forests may not benefit from extra CO2, spelling further Danger of Global Heating

By Kristine Crous, Western Sydney University; Belinda Medlyn, Western Sydney University; and David S Ellsworth, Western Sydney University | (The Conversation) – As humanity continues […]

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UN: Israel-caused Famine to encompass all Gaza by July, killing as many as 19,800 a Month

UN: Israel-caused Famine to encompass all Gaza by July, killing as many as 19,800 a Month

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new joint report from the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program warns that even as North […]

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Israel, Russia and International Law

Israel, Russia and International Law

By Lawrence S. Wittner | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – International law―the recognized rules of behavior among nations based on customary practices and […]

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Iran
How Iran’s Leaders are using the “Martyrdom” of President Raisi in the Election Campaign

How Iran’s Leaders are using the “Martyrdom” of President Raisi in the Election Campaign

By Sahar Maranlou, Royal Holloway University of London | – (The Conversation) – Thousands of Iranians came out on the streets to mark the funeral […]

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Comedy as a Tool of Justice

Comedy as a Tool of Justice

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – To most people, comedy can be a source of entertainment, an enjoyment to remove us from our daily […]

Mohamed Jegham

Hizbullah
Lebanon’s Hezbollah is proving to be a serious Problem for Israel

Lebanon’s Hezbollah is proving to be a serious Problem for Israel

By Zainab Younes, London South Bank University | – (The Conversation) – Hezbollah intensified its attacks in northern Israel on June 2, firing barrages of […]

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nuclear weapons
Missiles and Bombers and Nukes: The Pentagon's Armageddon Shopping List

Missiles and Bombers and Nukes: The Pentagon’s Armageddon Shopping List

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As a late-stage baby boomer, a child of the 1960s, I grew up dreaming about America’s nuclear triad. You may remember […]

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Pegasus: The Zero-Click Threat to Democracy and Human Rights from Israel

Pegasus: The Zero-Click Threat to Democracy and Human Rights from Israel

Munich, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) –– Pegasus, the main cyber-surveillance weapon developed by the Israeli company NSO Group, had been at the center […]

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Israel
Lebanon: Israel's White Phosphorus Use risks Civilian Harm

Lebanon: Israel’s White Phosphorus Use risks Civilian Harm

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Israel’s widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement, Human […]

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