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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
Academic Freedom

California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Authoritarianism
70 Years ago, an Anglo-US Coup condemned Iran to Decades of Oppression -- But now the People are fighting Back

70 Years ago, an Anglo-US Coup condemned Iran to Decades of Oppression — But now the People are fighting Back

By Simin Fadaee, University of Manchester | – The 1953 coup d’etat in Iran ushered in a period of exploitation and oppression that has continued […]

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CIA
On Anniversary of Republican Party's overthrow of the Iranian Gov't; Let's remember that on Jan. 6 it used the Same Techniques against our elected President

On Anniversary of Republican Party’s overthrow of the Iranian Gov’t; Let’s remember that on Jan. 6 it used the Same Techniques against our elected President

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the indictments by grand juries at the federal and state level show, there is good reason to believe that […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Trump's Actions have Disqualified him from the Presidency -- as Georgia Indictment and Civil War History Show

Trump’s Actions have Disqualified him from the Presidency — as Georgia Indictment and Civil War History Show

By Joseph Ferguson, Loyola University Chicago and Thomas A. Durkin, Loyola University Chicago | – (The Conversation) – After three indictments of former President Donald […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Germany: Even with Reduced Subsidies, Non-Gasoline Cars Comprised 46% of New Registrations in First 7 Months of 2023

Germany: Even with Reduced Subsidies, Non-Gasoline Cars Comprised 46% of New Registrations in First 7 Months of 2023

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The share of fully electric passenger cars in Germany continues to grow quickly, with […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

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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

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