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Ypsilanti, named for a Greek Freedom Fighter against Tyranny, Rallies against Trump on “No Kings” Day
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Ypsilanti, named for a Greek Freedom Fighter against Tyranny, Rallies against Trump on “No Kings” Day

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the 1820s Greece waged a successful war of independence against an authoritarian king, the Ottoman Emperor Mahmoud II. The […]

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Our Fourth Amendment Rights Are Endangered Like Never Before

Our Fourth Amendment Rights Are Endangered Like Never Before

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As Gaza rebuilds, what Lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945?

As Gaza rebuilds, what Lessons can be learned from Nagasaki in 1945?

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Far Rightwing Israeli Gov't's Actions risk fueling Global Anti-Semitism While Republicans Stoke Islamophobia

Far Rightwing Israeli Gov’t’s Actions risk fueling Global Anti-Semitism While Republicans Stoke Islamophobia

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The compounding tragedies in Israel and Palestine lead to a sad and harsh realization: Today’s mutant form […]

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China
Israel-Hamas Conflict puts China's Strategy of 'Balanced Diplomacy' in the Middle East at Risk

Israel-Hamas Conflict puts China’s Strategy of ‘Balanced Diplomacy’ in the Middle East at Risk

By Andrew Latham, Macalester College | – On Oct. 30, 2023, reports began to circulate that Israel was missing from from the mapping services provided […]

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Palestine's Obituary

Palestine’s Obituary

Bob Scheer interviews Juan Cole at Scheerpost. [Radio]. Scheerpost: Palestine’s Obituary (w/ Juan Cole) [YouTube Video] Transcript: Robert Scheer: Hi, this is Robert Scheer with […]

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Juan Cole:  The Rise and Fall of Oil and the US  Invasion of Iraq

Juan Cole: The Rise and Fall of Oil and the US Invasion of Iraq

Here is the closing plenary panel of a conference held in mid-September by the Qatar branch of Georgetown University on “The Invasion of Iraq: Regional […]

Juan Cole

Corporations
How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits

How a Big Pharma Company Stalled a Potentially Lifesaving Vaccine in Pursuit of Bigger Profits

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester | – ( ProPublica) – Ever since he was a medical student, Dr. Neil Martinson has confronted the horrors of tuberculosis, […]

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Houthi
Yemen's Houthis enter the Israel-Gaza Conflict: What Impact on US and Saudi Arabia?

Yemen’s Houthis enter the Israel-Gaza Conflict: What Impact on US and Saudi Arabia?

By Mahad Darar, Colorado State University | – Yemen’s Houthi movement launched missiles and drones at Israel on Oct. 31, 2023 – provoking fears of […]

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The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children

The Invisible Slaughter of Palestinian Children

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – According to our most reliable news sources, the children of Gaza are being slaughtered at a horrific […]

Charles Hirschkind

Armenia
From Armenia to Gaza: War, Crimes, Truth and Denial

From Armenia to Gaza: War, Crimes, Truth and Denial

By Arnold Isaacs ( Tomdispatch.com) – This month’s catastrophic violence in Israel and Gaza — specifically, the contradictory statements from each side on the other’s […]

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Israel/ Palestine
We Need an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

We Need an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

By Phyllis Bennis | ( Otherwords) – The violence in the Middle East is bringing horrifying new levels of human suffering to both Israelis and […]

Phyllis Bennis

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