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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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Iraq Crisis: It’s the Oil, Stupid!

By Michael Schwartz via Tomdispatch Events in Iraq are headline news everywhere, and once again, there is no mention of the issue that underlies much […]

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Cheney’s Blame Game on Iraq: Mess O’Potamia – 300 (Jon Stewart)

Jon Stewart of the Daily Show: “The militant group ISIS quickly gains control of much of Iraq, giving Dick Cheney an opportunity to place blame […]

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Iraq in last Throes as Kurdistan Seeks Independence, Syria & Iran intervene

Iraq in last Throes as Kurdistan Seeks Independence, Syria & Iran intervene

By Juan Cole Former Vice President and unindicted felon Richard Bruce Cheney (they always give the criminals’ names that way, in full) once said that […]

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Obama's Drone Memo Revealed: US Gov't can over-rule 4th Amendment

Obama’s Drone Memo Revealed: US Gov’t can over-rule 4th Amendment

By Sarah Lazare The U.S. government on Monday partially released the formerly-classified Department of Justice "drone memo," dated 2010, in which Obama administration lawyers argue […]

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"Ready, Fire, Aim!"  Are We Stumbling into another War?

“Ready, Fire, Aim!” Are We Stumbling into another War?

By William R. Polk Analysis of foreign affairs problems often ends in a mental block. As we have seen in each of our recent crises […]

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How WW I, British Greed, and Oil Distorted Modern Iran

How WW I, British Greed, and Oil Distorted Modern Iran

By Farhad Malekafzali With one hundredth anniversary of the start of WWI fast approaching, the consequences of the war for Iran deserves attention. When it […]

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Why you need an EV: Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World's most Important Oil Fields

Why you need an EV: Radicalism in Iraq Menaces the World’s most Important Oil Fields

By Juan Cole The virtual collapse of the Iraqi army and its inability to take back any territory from Sunni forces coordinated by the Islamic […]

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Blue Planet et al. Appeal to UN over Detroit Water cut-off to Thousands

Blue Planet et al. Appeal to UN over Detroit Water cut-off to Thousands

By Sarah Lazare 'By denying water service to thousands, Detroit is violating the human right to water.' As thousands of people in Detroit go without […]

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Religion and the Fight over Public Space in Egypt

Religion and the Fight over Public Space in Egypt

By Marwa Fikry Abdel Samei | Cairo (Special to Informed Comment) “Have you pronounced blessings on the Prophet today?” These words alarmed the Egyptian regime […]

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