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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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Christie, Clapper and other Officials who should be in Jail instead of Snowden

Christie, Clapper and other Officials who should be in Jail instead of Snowden

(By Juan Cole) The vindictiveness toward Edward Snowden in official Washington has nothing to do with law-breaking and everything to do with the privileges of […]

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Economy
US Scam: Give the Rich Money & and they might Make us Slightly Less Poor (David "The Wire" Simon)

US Scam: Give the Rich Money & and they might Make us Slightly Less Poor (David “The Wire” Simon)

Bill Moyers interviews David Simon on “America as Horror Show” and the fate of the “extra people” left over once the jobs were shipped to […]

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Islamophobia
Ms. Marvel Comics a lightning Rod for Islamophobic Intolerance

Ms. Marvel Comics a lightning Rod for Islamophobic Intolerance

(By A. David Lewis for IslamiCommentary) A. David Lewis Kamala Khan is not the first Muslim superhero. She’s neither the first American Muslim superhero, the […]

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European Union
Israeli Business Leaders, Fearing Boycotts, Pressure Israeli Gov't to make Peace

Israeli Business Leaders, Fearing Boycotts, Pressure Israeli Gov’t to make Peace

(Via AFP) Israel concerned at growing boycott threat (via AFP) Israeli government and business leaders are alarmed by a growing international boycott movement and the […]

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Economy
Gaza Photo Blog: Palestinian Fishermen Idled by Israeli Policies

Gaza Photo Blog: Palestinian Fishermen Idled by Israeli Policies

(By Muhamad Sabah via B’Tselem) Following are images of the fishing docks in Gaza as captured by B’Tselem field researcher Muhammad Sabah. There is no […]

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Climate Change
Dirty Fuel Corporations to American Public:  Frack You!

Dirty Fuel Corporations to American Public: Frack You!

(By Ellen Cantarow) For the past several years, I’ve been writing about what happens when big oil and gas corporations drill where people live. “Fracking” […]

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Afghanistan
US Economic Policy in Afghanistan Doomed it:  From Dogmatic Privatization to Neglect of Rural Sector

US Economic Policy in Afghanistan Doomed it: From Dogmatic Privatization to Neglect of Rural Sector

(By Graciana del Castillo via The Boston Review) . . . The promises made by President Bush in April 2002 to help rebuild Afghanistan in […]

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Climate Change
Rep. Cathy Rodgers Exemplifies GOP: Benefit from Gov't yourself, Deny Benefits to Others

Rep. Cathy Rodgers Exemplifies GOP: Benefit from Gov’t yourself, Deny Benefits to Others

(By Juan Cole) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers in giving her response to President Obama’s State of the Union message exemplified everything wrong with today’s Republican […]

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European Union
Bad for the Jews:  Israeli Annexation of Palestinian West Bank, Scarlett Johansson and BDS

Bad for the Jews: Israeli Annexation of Palestinian West Bank, Scarlett Johansson and BDS

(By Juan Cole) The determination of the Likud Party to annex the Palestinian West Bank is damaging the interests of world Jewry. This harm is […]

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