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The Most American King: Interview  on Jordan with Aaron Magid
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The Most American King: Interview on Jordan with Aaron Magid

Marc Martorell Junyent

Interview with Aaron Magid, author of “The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan” – “King Abdullah is likely more beloved in Washington than inside Jordan” […]

Women, Key Players in Syria’s Revolution, are being Marginalized

Women, Key Players in Syria’s Revolution, are being Marginalized

07/16/2025 By The Conversation

Trump’s Terrorism against the Planet

Trump’s Terrorism against the Planet

07/16/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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One is the Loneliest Number, especially when the One is Trump

One is the Loneliest Number, especially when the One is Trump

By Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler ( Tomdispatch.com) – Consider two phenomena that might seem unrelated. This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

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Gaza's Second Front:  Houthi Drones Drive Major Shipping Cos. out of Red Sea in Blow to World Trade

Gaza’s Second Front: Houthi Drones Drive Major Shipping Cos. out of Red Sea in Blow to World Trade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, Muhammad al-Bakhiti, a member of the Politburo of the Helpers of God (Houthi ) government of northern Yemen, […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
Rep. Rashida Tlaib joins with UAW to call for Gaza Ceasefire

Rep. Rashida Tlaib joins with UAW to call for Gaza Ceasefire

By Jon King | – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) speaking at Ceasefire Now rally in Washington D.C. 12/14/23 ( Michigan Advance ) – U.S. […]

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Israel/ Palestine
“If I must die, you must live to tell my Story:” On Gaza, Biden is Violating International Law

“If I must die, you must live to tell my Story:” On Gaza, Biden is Violating International Law

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Otherwords.org ) – “If I must die, you must live to tell my story,” wrote Dr. Refaat Alareer, a […]

OtherWords

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“Tell me how this ends” – Gaza Edition

“Tell me how this ends” – Gaza Edition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – General David Petraeus, as he prepared to help lead an invasion of Iraq, famously asked journalist Rick Atkinson, “Tell me […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
US must Back UN Protection of Gaza's Civilians, not Veto Resolutions to halt Mass Atrocities

US must Back UN Protection of Gaza’s Civilians, not Veto Resolutions to halt Mass Atrocities

By Louis Charbonneau | – United Nations Director @loucharbon ( Human Rights Watch) – This week, US President Joe Biden warned Israel it was losing […]

Human Rights Watch

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Is Hamas the same as ISIL (the so-called 'Islamic State Group')?  No . . . and Yes

Is Hamas the same as ISIL (the so-called ‘Islamic State Group’)? No . . . and Yes

( The Conversation ) – In the aftermath of Hamas’ bloody raid into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, many Israelis and people around the world […]

Brian Glyn Williams

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The Plague as Life: 327,000 Stricken with Infectious Diseases in Gaza

The Plague as Life: 327,000 Stricken with Infectious Diseases in Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Albert Camus’ novel The Plague, a character at one point asks, “But what does it mean, the plague? It’s […]

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons
The Doomsday Machine is Still On: Nothing Can Be Changed until it is Faced

The Doomsday Machine is Still On: Nothing Can Be Changed until it is Faced

By Norman Solomon | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Top American officials in the “national security” establishment are notably good at smooth rhetoric and convenient […]

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