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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
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Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist

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Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins

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MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini

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Gaza/ Hiroshima: Could Israel Nuke the Palestinians?

Gaza/ Hiroshima: Could Israel Nuke the Palestinians?

By Joshua Frank | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Israel’s robust military, the fourth-strongest in the world, is ravaging Gaza and, along with armed settlers, […]

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What does the Gaza Conflict Mean for the UAE, the Abraham Accords and Saudi Normalization?

What does the Gaza Conflict Mean for the UAE, the Abraham Accords and Saudi Normalization?

Exeter, UK (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – When the United Arab Emirates (UAE), along with several Arab states such as Bahrain and Morocco, normalized […]

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How Colonialist depictions of Palestinians feed Western Stereotypes of eastern "Barbarism"

How Colonialist depictions of Palestinians feed Western Stereotypes of eastern “Barbarism”

Elizabeth Vibert, University of Victoria | – Like so many other Palestinians, my friend Abeer Salah (not her real name) lives in exile. For Salah, […]

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The Hidden History of Hamas

by Akil N. Awan Follow @Akil_N_Awan on Twitter L ( The National Interest) – The savagery of Hamas’ heinous terrorist attack on October 7, which […]

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Is Israel deliberately Starving the Palestinians of Gaza? WFP Warns of Immediate Possibility of Man-made Famine

Is Israel deliberately Starving the Palestinians of Gaza? WFP Warns of Immediate Possibility of Man-made Famine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Thursday, the World Food Program of the United Nations urgently announced that Gaza faces widespread food shortages. Abeer Etefa, […]

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“From the River to the Sea” – A Palestinian Historian explores the Meaning and Intent of a Scrutinized Slogan

“From the River to the Sea” – A Palestinian Historian explores the Meaning and Intent of a Scrutinized Slogan

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona | – What does the call “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” mean to Palestinians […]

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In the Shadow of War: Life and Fiction in Twenty-First Century America

By Beverly Gologorsky ( Tomdispatch.com) – I’m a voracious reader of American fiction and I’ve noticed something odd in recent years. This country has been […]

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Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson is the Face of the Republican Party: Election Denialist, Forced Birth Enforcer, Homophobe and Christian Zionist

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Disguised as a mild-mannered Clark Kent, Mike Johnson is a raging theocrat under his tailored suit, who believes […]

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The Psychological Consequences of the Trauma of War in Gaza

The Psychological Consequences of the Trauma of War in Gaza

By Ali Omidi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a symptom or syndrome that occurs after seeing, directly […]

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