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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
Academic Freedom

California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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The Military-Industrial Complex Is the Winner (Not You) – Overspending on the Pentagon Is Stealing Our Future

The Military-Industrial Complex Is the Winner (Not You) – Overspending on the Pentagon Is Stealing Our Future

( Tomdispatch.com ) – 2023 was a year marked by devastating conflicts from Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine to Hamas’s horrific terror attacks on Israel, […]

William D. Hartung

Bill of Rights
Academic Freedom Violations at Indiana U against Professor Abdelkader Sinno and artist Samia Halaby

Academic Freedom Violations at Indiana U against Professor Abdelkader Sinno and artist Samia Halaby

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association of North America | – Abdelkader Sinno Indiana University Samia Halaby Rahul Shrivastav, Provost and Executive […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Food as a Weapon of War: The Crime of Starvation in Gaza

Food as a Weapon of War: The Crime of Starvation in Gaza

Istanbul (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On October 7, 2023, the day after Hamas’ attack on Israeli civilians, the Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant, […]

Hilal Elver

censorship
Iran: Chokehold on Dissent

Iran: Chokehold on Dissent

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities show no signs of ending their brutal repression of peaceful dissent across the country one year after […]

Human Rights Watch

art and photography
Artists Bring Human Richness at Times of Strife – and must be allowed to Speak about the Israel and Gaza

Artists Bring Human Richness at Times of Strife – and must be allowed to Speak about the Israel and Gaza

By Lowell Gasoi, Carleton University | – The current Israel-Hamas war has dominated the news for the past few months. As reports of military machinations […]

The Conversation

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Israeli-Made Famine: Denial of Food Aid could Kill 22,000 Palestinians this Month, Half of them Children

Israeli-Made Famine: Denial of Food Aid could Kill 22,000 Palestinians this Month, Half of them Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that Israeli airstrikes and ground operations continued over the weekend […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Setting the Record Straight:  Weaponizing Antisemitism to Cancel Academic Free Speech

Setting the Record Straight: Weaponizing Antisemitism to Cancel Academic Free Speech

( Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette) – As someone who believes deeply in human rights for all, who has spent a great deal of time in […]

Ted Swedenburg

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Trump and the End of the American Century

Trump and the End of the American Century

( Tomdispatch.com ) – With recent polls giving Donald Trump a reasonable chance of defeating President Biden in the November elections, commentators have begun predicting […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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Gaza: 400K Rally in DC against "Genocide Joe;" Massive Protests in Johannesburg, London, other Capitals

Gaza: 400K Rally in DC against “Genocide Joe;” Massive Protests in Johannesburg, London, other Capitals

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Millions of protesters came out around the world on Saturday, answering the call of Palestinian activists to rally against the […]

Juan Cole

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