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The wrong question about the war in Iran
Donald Trump

The wrong question about the war in Iran

Yakov M. Rabkin

the more important issue is what benefit Israel, the war’s proponent and initiator, stands to gain

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

On Int’l Women’s Day, the US needs an Equal Rights Amendment

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Iran as a new Forever War

Iran as a new Forever War

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Iran
Iran's new Reformist President offers Hope to the West and Cover for the Conservative Establishment

Iran’s new Reformist President offers Hope to the West and Cover for the Conservative Establishment

By Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, SOAS, University of London | – (The Conversation) – Good news for democracy in Iran – words which in recent times, particularly […]

The Conversation

Supreme Court
Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice

Judgment Day for America’s Worst Supreme Court Justice

( Tomdispatch.com ) – At least I had the courage to do the deed myself. That counts for something here on the other side of […]

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Authoritarianism
The French showed us how to Fight SCOTUS’s Immunization of Trump for 2nd-Term Despotism

The French showed us how to Fight SCOTUS’s Immunization of Trump for 2nd-Term Despotism

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The MAGA Supreme Court created a lawless presidency with their opinion on Trump immunity last week. In doing […]

Dan Dinello

Israel/ Palestine
How Israeli PM Netanyahu relies on normalizing Genocide

How Israeli PM Netanyahu relies on normalizing Genocide

( Middle East Monitor ) – The UN has been stating that nowhere is safe in Gaza. Palestinians have been crying out the same, prior […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Water Shortage: Was Iran’s late President Raisi a Martyr to Climate Change?

Water Shortage: Was Iran’s late President Raisi a Martyr to Climate Change?

By Tarique Niazi | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died on May 19 while returning from a ceremony […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Can Iran's New Reformist President Deliver?

Can Iran’s New Reformist President Deliver?

Newark, Delaware (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Elections in Iran have predictable outcomes. The men picked by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, engage in […]

Fariba Amini

BDS
Do-it-Yourself Divestment: Bringing Anti-Gaza War Activism Home

Do-it-Yourself Divestment: Bringing Anti-Gaza War Activism Home

Yes, schools and other institutions should divest from companies involved in war crimes or fueling the climate crisis. But individuals can also divest. Here’s how. […]

Common Dreams

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis sees rise in illegal Water Markets in the Middle East

Climate Crisis sees rise in illegal Water Markets in the Middle East

By Christian Klassert, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ and Samer Talozi, Jordan University for Science and Technology | – (The Conversation) – In Jordan’s cities, […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Campaign against Gaza may Kill 186,000 or More -- 8% of Population:  The Lancet

Israeli Campaign against Gaza may Kill 186,000 or More — 8% of Population: The Lancet

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rasha Khatib, Martin McKee and Salim Yusuf, The Lancet calculate that 186,000 or more people may be killed* by the […]

Juan Cole

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