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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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The Future of Cool:  Electric Muscle Cars at the Detroit Auto Show

The Future of Cool: Electric Muscle Cars at the Detroit Auto Show

(By Juan Cole) I dropped by the Detroit Auto Show this weekend (its last this year) at Cobo Center as it was wrapping up. Regular […]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu faces Zionist Racism from Son dating Norwegian

Israeli PM Netanyahu faces Zionist Racism from Son dating Norwegian

(By Juan Cole) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is caught in a firestorm of controversy because his son Yair, 23, is dating a Norwegian woman […]

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Turkish PM Erdoğan: Turkey rejects false prophets

Turkish PM Erdoğan: Turkey rejects false prophets

Turkish PM Erdoğan has described Islamic Scholar Fethullah Gülen as a ‘false prophet’ without naming him, which comes as the latest move in the dispute […]

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The Human Cost of Income Inequality in America

The Human Cost of Income Inequality in America

BBC: “What does Income Inequality mean for Americans?”

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Human Rights
Despite Reform Pledges, Rouhani's Iran remains Human Rights Nightmare

Despite Reform Pledges, Rouhani’s Iran remains Human Rights Nightmare

(By Sarah Leah Whitson) (Beirut) – Iranians are facing serious rights abuses, despite President Hassan Rouhani’s numerous promises to respect people’s rights following his June […]

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censorship
Only post-Snowden did FISA Court even Consider if NSA Bulk Phone Collection is Legal

Only post-Snowden did FISA Court even Consider if NSA Bulk Phone Collection is Legal

(By Michael Masnick) FISA Court Waited Until After Snowden Leaks To Actually Explore If Bulk Phone Record Collection Was Legal (via Techdirt) One of the […]

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Arab Spring
54 Dead in an Egypt Polarized between pro-Military, anti-Coup on Revolution Anniversary

54 Dead in an Egypt Polarized between pro-Military, anti-Coup on Revolution Anniversary

(by Juan Cole) January 25 marked the third anniversary of the revolution that overthrew dictator Hosni Mubarak, and Egyptians observed it in three distinctively different […]

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Domestic Surveillance
The Real Irony of Rep. Harman being interrupted on NSA Spying by Bieber Bulletin

The Real Irony of Rep. Harman being interrupted on NSA Spying by Bieber Bulletin

(By Juan Cole) MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell interrupts former Rep. Jane Harman, speaking on NSA surveillance from Davos, for breaking news about Justin Bieber’s DUI arrest […]

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Egypt
Why Tunisia's Transition to Democracy is Succeeding while Egypt Falters

Why Tunisia’s Transition to Democracy is Succeeding while Egypt Falters

(By Juan Cole) On Sunday, Tunisia’s parliament will vote on the final text of the new constitution. If it passes by a two-thirds vote, the […]

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