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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

06/28/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

06/28/2025 By The Conversation

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Imperial Hubris:   70 Years ago, the CIA overthrew the Parliamentary Gov't of Mosaddegh in Iran, and Washington has been Complaining about Iran ever Since

Imperial Hubris: 70 Years ago, the CIA overthrew the Parliamentary Gov’t of Mosaddegh in Iran, and Washington has been Complaining about Iran ever Since

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment: Feature) – On August 19, seventy years ago, the legitimate government of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh was toppled in a […]

Fariba Amini

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters in Palestinian West Bank are Deploying Terrorism against Indigenous Population

Israeli Squatters in Palestinian West Bank are Deploying Terrorism against Indigenous Population

  by Wafa Aludaini wafa_Gaza   ( Middle East Monitor ) – In the intensive care room in the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation (BASR) […]

Middle East Monitor

Kurds
Amid growing Tension between Russia, Iran and the US, Syria’s Kurds have been Sidelined

Amid growing Tension between Russia, Iran and the US, Syria’s Kurds have been Sidelined

By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin | – In north-east Syria, the 12-year conflict is far from over. Russian fighter jets buzz US surveillance drones, […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Collapse 2.0: What a 2005 Bestseller Tells us about Climate Change and Human Survival

Collapse 2.0: What a 2005 Bestseller Tells us about Climate Change and Human Survival

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, geographer Jared Diamond focused on past civilizations that confronted severe climate shocks, either […]

Michael T. Klare

Archaeology
In another Blow to European White Nationalism, Ancient Iceman Ötzi was a Brown-Skinned Anatolian

In another Blow to European White Nationalism, Ancient Iceman Ötzi was a Brown-Skinned Anatolian

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some 5,000 years ago, a Tyrolean farmer was walking along minding his own business when an enemy put an arrow […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
All the Trump Indictments: A 7-Year Timeline of Criminality

All the Trump Indictments: A 7-Year Timeline of Criminality

By: Jacob Fischler –     ( Michigan Advance ) – Former President Donald Trump is a defendant in four criminal proceedings. Two cases are […]

Michigan Advance

Israel/ Palestine
In Israel, Religious Zionism's End-of-Days hope for "Red Cow" emboldens Extremism

In Israel, Religious Zionism’s End-of-Days hope for “Red Cow” emboldens Extremism

by Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi ( Middle East Monitor ) – A report by the Hebrew Channel 12 a few days ago highlighted the repercussions […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Hawaii's Climate Future: Its Dry regions will get Drier as Earth Heats, increasing Fire Risk

Hawaii’s Climate Future: Its Dry regions will get Drier as Earth Heats, increasing Fire Risk

By Kevin Hamilton, University of Hawaii | – The islands of Hawaii are world renowned for their generally pleasant and tranquil weather. However, the Aug. […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Rogues' Gallery:   Trump's Trials on Sedition and Racketeering Parallel those of Brazil's Bolsonaro and Pakistan's Musharraf

Rogues’ Gallery: Trump’s Trials on Sedition and Racketeering Parallel those of Brazil’s Bolsonaro and Pakistan’s Musharraf

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald John Trump’s indictment in federal court for sedition and in state court for racketeering are both legal means of […]

Juan Cole

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