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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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Increasingly Paranoid Egyptian Junta Jails 20 Journalists for Reporting News i.e. Conspiracy

Increasingly Paranoid Egyptian Junta Jails 20 Journalists for Reporting News i.e. Conspiracy

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330 US drone strikes in Pakistan recorded in Leaked official document

330 US drone strikes in Pakistan recorded in Leaked official document

(By Alice K. Ross) The Bureau is today publishing a leaked official document that records details of over 300 drone strikes, including their locations and […]

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La Follette’s Anti-Imperialism is Still Controversial at the Wall Street Journal

La Follette’s Anti-Imperialism is Still Controversial at the Wall Street Journal

(By Richard Drake) On 11 January 2014, Lewis Gould reviewed my book, The Education of an Anti-Imperialist: Robert La Follette and U.S. Expansion, in The […]

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Climate Change
Solving the Mideast Water and Energy Crises:  Large-Scale Solar Desalinization in UAE

Solving the Mideast Water and Energy Crises: Large-Scale Solar Desalinization in UAE

(Via CleanTechnica) 120 MW Solar Power Plant In The Works In The UAE (via Clean Technica) Utico Middle East, a solar developer currently working to […]

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Climate Change
Obama as Unreliable Narrator on Climate Action: from SOTU to NSA spying at Copenhagen

Obama as Unreliable Narrator on Climate Action: from SOTU to NSA spying at Copenhagen

(By Juan Cole) When President Obama looked us in the eye and said that the US is not engaged in electronic surveillance for economic reasons, […]

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Circle Cafe serves up global tastes in a homely space

Circle Cafe serves up global tastes in a homely space

Stepping into Circle Cafe in Al Raha Gardens on a cold winter’s night is a relief. The space is warm and toasty, unlike most restaurants […]

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Will God have a say in Super Bowl outcome?

Will God have a say in Super Bowl outcome?

A new poll finds 48% of Americans think God rewards athletes who have faith with good health and success

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Why Pres. Obama wants to Raise Minimum Wage:  49 mn Americans Food Insecure

Why Pres. Obama wants to Raise Minimum Wage: 49 mn Americans Food Insecure

(Via PRNewswire) The State of Hunger in America: Feeding America Issues Annual Report (via PR Newswire) CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In connection with […]

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Don't Break up Syria:  WW I-Style Imperial Divide & Rule is a Failure

Don’t Break up Syria: WW I-Style Imperial Divide & Rule is a Failure

(By Christopher Dekki) Since the beginning of this terrible conflict in Syria, I have been closely listening to people’s reactions to the violence and devastation […]

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