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When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language
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When Zohran Mamdani campaigned in Arabic, He was Speaking an old American Language

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani made a campaign ad in quite passable colloquial Arabic for the some 180,000 Arab residents of […]

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How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

How Zohran Mamdani is the Future: Affordability and the Dignity of Working People

11/03/2025 By Tomdispatch

Lasting Peace and Recovery in Gaza depends on local Participation, not just Ceasefires

Lasting Peace and Recovery in Gaza depends on local Participation, not just Ceasefires

11/03/2025 By The Conversation

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A North-South Global Climate War?

This looks to me like a sort of north-south global war, with the North inflicting profound damage on the South: Here are carbon dioxide emissions […]

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Environment
Suzuki: Our Global Economy is not Sustainable

Suzuki: Our Global Economy is not Sustainable

I had the pleasure of hearing biologist David Suzuki lecture at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday night during my recent short trip to Australia. […]

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Afghanistan
Karzai and the Iranian Slush Pile

Karzai and the Iranian Slush Pile

The revelation that Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai receives millions in influence peddling payments from Iran is full of ironies. It demonstrates that the US and […]

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Williams supported Imus Firing, Censoring of Rap Music

Williams supported Imus Firing, Censoring of Rap Music

Given the protests mounted by Juan Williams over his firing from NPR because he said he gets nervous when he sees Muslims, I became interested […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Renewed Conflict Looms as Israel-Palestine Talks still in Limbo

Renewed Conflict Looms as Israel-Palestine Talks still in Limbo

The Palestinian-Israeli peace talks are still in limbo, as the Israelis refuse to renew a freeze on new theft of and building on Palestinian land, […]

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Afghanistan
Could Wikileaks leave Iraq without a Government?

Could Wikileaks leave Iraq without a Government?

The wikileaks document dump from the Iraq War may well derail the formation of a government by implicating caretaker prime minister Nuri al-Maliki in running […]

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Iraq
Arab Press: Iraq Wikileaks will Damage US Reputation

Arab Press: Iraq Wikileaks will Damage US Reputation

Wikileaks’ publication of 400,000 pages of previously secret documents on the Iraq War is roiling Western capitals and Baghdad. Julian Assange maintains that some 15,000 […]

Juan Cole

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End Federal Tax Subsidies to Fox!

End Federal Tax Subsidies to Fox!

In response to Jim DeMint, Michelle Malkin, Bill O’Reilly, and other wingnuts who are calling for an end of Federal government support for National Public […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Gul: Are Pakistan’s Generals Finally Breaking with Taliban?

Gul: Are Pakistan’s Generals Finally Breaking with Taliban?

Imtiaz Gul asks in a guest column for Informed Comment, “Is Kayani ready for North Waziristan mop-up?” When Pakistan’s army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani […]

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