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Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu
Donald Trump

Siamese Criminals: Trump and Netanyahu

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Convicted felon Donald Trump is now trying to intimidate the Israeli Judiciary into cancelling the three criminal […]

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

Ibn Battuta, a 14th-century Judge and Ambassador, travelled further than Marco Polo. The Rihla records his Adventures

07/01/2025 By The Conversation

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

Cow most Sacred: Why Military Spending remains Untouchable

07/01/2025 By Andrew J. Bacevich

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NSA monitored visits of “Radicalizers” to Chat Rooms, Skin Sites to Discredit Them

NSA monitored visits of “Radicalizers” to Chat Rooms, Skin Sites to Discredit Them

Six persons living abroad, one of them a “US person,” were targeted by the National Security Agency for discrediting, according to information leaked by Edward […]

Juan Cole

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Pope Francis:  Why are Deaths of the Homeless not a Headline but a 2-point Dow Jones rise is? (Germanos)

Pope Francis: Why are Deaths of the Homeless not a Headline but a 2-point Dow Jones rise is? (Germanos)

Andrea Germanos writes at Commondreams.org Pope Francis has issued a new document in which he rails against growing inequality, trickle-down economics and the current socioeconomic […]

Juan Cole

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Brubeck Jazz Classic "Take Five" in Pakistan Style (Video)

Brubeck Jazz Classic “Take Five” in Pakistan Style (Video)

Dave Brubeck called the cover of his band’s classic “Take Five” (Paul Desmond) by the Pakistani musical group Sachal the “most original” he had ever […]

Juan Cole

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The Middle East warmly welcomes Iran Deal, sees it as Step toward Denuclearizing Israel

The Middle East warmly welcomes Iran Deal, sees it as Step toward Denuclearizing Israel

Israel and Saudi Arabia have loomed large in reporting about the regional reaction to the UN Security Council plus Germany’s preliminary deal with Iran as […]

Juan Cole

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Does the Road to Mideast Peace Run through Tehran?

Does the Road to Mideast Peace Run through Tehran?

The diplomatic breakthrough at Geneva is still only a down payment on a much bigger deal, and it is early to begin speaking of realignments […]

Juan Cole

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Today’s America is the Real Hunger Games: Why aren’t we Terrified? (Engelhardt)

Today’s America is the Real Hunger Games: Why aren’t we Terrified? (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com: . . . gazillions of movie viewers have seen … films with the usual array of sharks, dinosaurs, anacondas, axe […]

Juan Cole

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US-Iran War Averted by Agreement to Negotiate on Nuclear Enrichment

US-Iran War Averted by Agreement to Negotiate on Nuclear Enrichment

The decade-long Neoconservative plot to take the United States to war against Iran appears to have been foiled. In response for a loosening of sanctions, […]

Juan Cole

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Tim Berners-Lee Warns "Tide of Surveillance and Censorship" threatens Democracy

Tim Berners-Lee Warns “Tide of Surveillance and Censorship” threatens Democracy

Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1990, is disturbed at the revelations of the degree of surveillance pursued by governments of ordinary […]

Juan Cole

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Another Reason to Divest: Global outrage at dirty Coal threatens Investors' Profits

Another Reason to Divest: Global outrage at dirty Coal threatens Investors’ Profits

The divestment movement on US college campuses against Big Carbon (coal, oil and gas) signals more than just the arrival of a new, determined and […]

Juan Cole

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