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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Arab Americans
Don't Silence Palestinian Voices: Their Absence from News Coverage is Unfair and Harmful

Don’t Silence Palestinian Voices: Their Absence from News Coverage is Unfair and Harmful

By Sarah Gertler | ( Otherwords.org ) – Like many of us, I’ve been glued to media coverage of the terrible violence in Gaza and […]

OtherWords

Arab Americans
How Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian Racism are Manufactured through Disinformation

How Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian Racism are Manufactured through Disinformation

By Jasmin Zine, Wilfrid Laurier University | – (The Conversation) – In political communication, a big lie — what is known as the “illusory truth […]

The Conversation

European Union
Ireland, a leader on Human Rights, Backs UNGA call for Gaza Humanitarian Ceasefire

Ireland, a leader on Human Rights, Backs UNGA call for Gaza Humanitarian Ceasefire

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The situation in the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip grew even more dire on Friday, as Israel bombed internet and telecommunications […]

Juan Cole

Anti-intellectualism
From Palestine to Slavery, Ron DeSantis' Muzzling of Universities is dooming Florida Higher Education

From Palestine to Slavery, Ron DeSantis’ Muzzling of Universities is dooming Florida Higher Education

Diane Roberts ( Florida Phoenix ) – The American Association of University Professors recently conducted a survey of faculty in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, and […]

Florida Phoenix

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza conflict: the US has learned from its ‘forever wars’ – but Israel has not

Gaza conflict: the US has learned from its ‘forever wars’ – but Israel has not

By Rob Geist Pinfold, Durham University | – (The Conversation) – After Hamas’s deadly attacks on October 7, a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip […]

The Conversation

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The Fate of the Children of Gaza under Israeli Bombardment

The Fate of the Children of Gaza under Israeli Bombardment

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Of the 2.2 million people living in the Gaza Strip, about half of them are minors. This datum is why […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Domicide: the Destruction of Homes in Gaza reminds me of what happened to my City, Homs

Domicide: the Destruction of Homes in Gaza reminds me of what happened to my City, Homs

By Ammar Azzouz, University of Oxford | – This article accompanies an episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast featuring an interview with the author, Ammar […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
What a Second Trumpocracy would Mean: The Coming Crisis of 2025

What a Second Trumpocracy would Mean: The Coming Crisis of 2025

By Clarence Lusane | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – If he becomes the official nominee of the Republican Party in next year’s presidential race, Donald Trump […]

Tomdispatch

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"These are not the Droids you're Looking For:" Biden and Blinken try to Make the Israeli genocide against Gaza's Palestinians Disappear

“These are not the Droids you’re Looking For:” Biden and Blinken try to Make the Israeli genocide against Gaza’s Palestinians Disappear

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Barak Ravid at Axios reports that when Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman […]

Juan Cole

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