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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 Gaza Crisis has Exposed the Bankruptcy of the UN and International Humanitarian Law, Threatening a Rules-Based Order

The Gaza Crisis has Exposed the Bankruptcy of the UN and International Humanitarian Law, Threatening a Rules-Based Order

Gaza has been enduring one of the most devastating massacres in this century. The Strip has been under blockade for two decades, and the world […]

Hilal Cibik

Foreign Policy
Iran and America: They weren’t Always Enemies

Iran and America: They weren’t Always Enemies

Review of Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, Heroes to Hostages America and Iran, 1800–1988 (Cambridge U.P., 2023) When the subject of Iran and America comes to mind, two […]

Fariba Amini

Climate Crisis
COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the Oil Giant hosting 2023 Climate Change Summit

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the Oil Giant hosting 2023 Climate Change Summit

By Emilie Rutledge, The Open University and Aiora Zabala, The Open University | – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the world’s seventh largest oil producer, […]

The Conversation

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President Biden needs to Dump his War Hawks and Turn to Peace Work if he wants to Salvage his Presidency

President Biden needs to Dump his War Hawks and Turn to Peace Work if he wants to Salvage his Presidency

Grand Blanc, Mi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It has been clear since the horrid terror attack of October 7 by Hamas that President […]

Omer Abid

Climate Crisis
A Slow-Motion Gaza: Or how to Carbonize the Planet Earth

A Slow-Motion Gaza: Or how to Carbonize the Planet Earth

( Tomdispatch.com) – Imagine this: humanity in its time on Earth has already come up with two distinct ways of destroying this planet and everything […]

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
A Humanitarian Pause or a Surge in Human Rights Violations?

A Humanitarian Pause or a Surge in Human Rights Violations?

by Ramona Wadi ( Middle East Monitor ) – After much useless public debate over Israel’s alleged right to defend itself, the international community regained […]

Ramona Wadi

Christianity
Juan Cole: Infidel or Pagan? Understanding Kufr (كفر) in the Qur’an | Muhammad the Prophet of Peace

Juan Cole: Infidel or Pagan? Understanding Kufr (كفر) in the Qur’an | Muhammad the Prophet of Peace

Gabriel Said Reynolds of Notre Dame writes: “In this video I interview Professor Juan Cole, the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Never Forget: Jews and Muslims have Often imagined themselves in History as Siblings and Allies

Never Forget: Jews and Muslims have Often imagined themselves in History as Siblings and Allies

Excerpted from Tingis. Historically, and even theologically, Jews have always been closer to Muslims than they were to Christians. It was in Muslim lands, the […]

Anouar Majid

Israel/ Palestine
The Past, Present and Future of Israel/Palestine -  Juan Cole, Sherene Seikaly and Zachary Lockman

The Past, Present and Future of Israel/Palestine – Juan Cole, Sherene Seikaly and Zachary Lockman

Massachusetts Peace Action: The Hamas attacks in Israel and Israel’s war on and invasion of Gaza are the latest rounds in a long-running conflict. In […]

Juan Cole

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