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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope
Donald Trump

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

Juan Cole

To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

03/07/2026 By Arnold Oliver

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

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Anti-intellectualism
USC:   17 History Department Faculty Demand Resignation of President, Others, for use of Violence against Campus Community

USC: 17 History Department Faculty Demand Resignation of President, Others, for use of Violence against Campus Community

We, the undersigned members of the Department of History [at the University of Southern California], unequivocally condemn the university administration for its decision to invite […]

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Climate Crisis
Degrowth: Avoiding Eco-Collapse

Degrowth: Avoiding Eco-Collapse

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Something must be up. Otherwise, why would scientists keep sending us those scary warnings? There has been a steady stream of […]

Stan Cox

Featured
Are Netanyahu & Co. about to face Arrest Warrants from the Int'l Criminal Court for Gaza War Crimes?

Are Netanyahu & Co. about to face Arrest Warrants from the Int’l Criminal Court for Gaza War Crimes?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is deeply worried that the International Criminal Court in the Hague may be on the […]

Juan Cole

Dissent
Student Encampments at U of Michigan and MSU Peacefully protest Israeli War on Gaza, seek Disinvestment

Student Encampments at U of Michigan and MSU Peacefully protest Israeli War on Gaza, seek Disinvestment

By: Jon King and Susan J. Demas – ( Michigan Advance ) – While student encampments at New York and Texas colleges protesting Israeli military […]

Michigan Advance

Displaced and Refugees
After 200 Days of Carnage, US and UN suddenly Shocked at Israeli Mass Graves for Palestinians in Gaza

After 200 Days of Carnage, US and UN suddenly Shocked at Israeli Mass Graves for Palestinians in Gaza

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel turned Gaza’s hospitals into execution fields and the international community only called for humanitarian pauses. Now that mass […]

Ramona Wadi

Displaced and Refugees
USAID: Israel has already Imposed Unavoidable, Exponential Famine on Gaza outpacing Somalia's

USAID: Israel has already Imposed Unavoidable, Exponential Famine on Gaza outpacing Somalia’s

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Prominent foreign policy journalist Colum Lynch has an exclusive at the Devex site, which is devoted to economic development news […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
West Bank: Israel Responsible for Rising Settler Violence, Displacement of entire Palestinian Communities

West Bank: Israel Responsible for Rising Settler Violence, Displacement of entire Palestinian Communities

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Jerusalem) – The Israeli military either took part in or did not protect Palestinians from violent settler attacks in […]

Human Rights Watch

Anti-intellectualism
College Administrators are falling into a tried and true Trap laid by the Right

College Administrators are falling into a tried and true Trap laid by the Right

By Lauren Lassabe Shepherd, University of New Orleans | – Interrogations of university leaders spearheaded by conservative congressional representatives. Calls from right-wing senators for troops […]

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Anti-Zionism
Zionism's Expired Shelf-Life: Why Naomi Klein is right that it has become Pharaoh

Zionism’s Expired Shelf-Life: Why Naomi Klein is right that it has become Pharaoh

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Previously I’ve argued that Zionism has run its course as a political movement, and accomplished its goal: […]

H. Scott Prosterman

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