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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
Academic Freedom

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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Iraq
Washington Chooses Genocide over Diplomacy in the Middle East

Washington Chooses Genocide over Diplomacy in the Middle East

( Code Pink ) – On February 7, 2024, a U.S. drone strike assassinated an Iraqi militia leader, Abu Baqir al-Saadi, in the heart of […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Climate Crisis
In our National Crisis, We need Public Voices of Optimism -- not Gadflies circling a Black Hole

In our National Crisis, We need Public Voices of Optimism — not Gadflies circling a Black Hole

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment) – Who is a public intellectual? What role should they play? Searching the internet yields several answers. Alan Lightman’s The […]

Bahman Fozouni

nuclear weapons
The Utter Madness of Nuclear Arsenals, as Global ‘Titanic’ Picks up Speed

The Utter Madness of Nuclear Arsenals, as Global ‘Titanic’ Picks up Speed

By Norman Solomon ( Tomdispatch.com) – Yes, the Doomsday Clock keeps ticking — it’s now at 90 seconds to midnight, according to the Bulletin of the Atomic […]

Tomdispatch

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Saudis Contradict Blinken: Want Actual Palestinian State now, not Vague 'Peace Process'

Saudis Contradict Blinken: Want Actual Palestinian State now, not Vague ‘Peace Process’

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Tuesday afternoon (6 February 2024), U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took part in a joint press […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Israel/ Palestine
Why Cutting the Funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza is a Humanitarian Catastrophe

Why Cutting the Funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency in Gaza is a Humanitarian Catastrophe

By Emilie El Khoury, Queen’s University, Ontario | – (The Conversation) – Shortly after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its ruling in the […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
A Trumpian Bacchanalia in 2024?

A Trumpian Bacchanalia in 2024?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I was born on July 20, 1944, almost two years after Joe Biden arrived on this planet and almost a year […]

Tom Engelhardt

Conspiracy Theories
Super Bowl Conspiracy: How the MAGA Republicans are (Taylor) Swift-Boating Themselves

Super Bowl Conspiracy: How the MAGA Republicans are (Taylor) Swift-Boating Themselves

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I love how Republicans are using the romance of pop star Taylor Swift and football great Travis […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Israel isn't Complying with the International Court of Justice Ruling - What Happens Next?

Israel isn’t Complying with the International Court of Justice Ruling – What Happens Next?

By Basema Al-Alami, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – More than a week has passed since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) mandated […]

The Conversation

Constitution
Federal Appeals Court to Trump: You're a Citizen, not a King, and no you don't have Immunity

Federal Appeals Court to Trump: You’re a Citizen, not a King, and no you don’t have Immunity

By: Jacob Fischler and Ashley Murray – ( Michigan Advance ) – WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted for charges he schemed […]

Michigan Advance

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Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

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