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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
Donald Trump

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Israeli Travel Restrictions and Blockade on Gaza Mean that 50% of Palestinian Cancer Patients do not get Treatment

Israeli Travel Restrictions and Blockade on Gaza Mean that 50% of Palestinian Cancer Patients do not get Treatment

( Middle East Monitor ) – The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that 50 per cent of cancer patients do not […]

Middle East Monitor

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Did the Anthropocene Era of Human-Caused Climate Change Start in 1950 – or Much Earlier?  Why the Debate Matters

Did the Anthropocene Era of Human-Caused Climate Change Start in 1950 – or Much Earlier? Why the Debate Matters

By Noel Castree, University of Technology Sydney | – (The Conversation) – It made world news last week when a small lake in Canada was […]

The Conversation

Environment
The Hype of a Nuclear Power "Renaissance:" The Forever Dangers of Small Modular Reactors

The Hype of a Nuclear Power “Renaissance:” The Forever Dangers of Small Modular Reactors

By Joshua Frank ( Tomdispatch.com) – If you didn’t know better, you’d think Lloyd Marbet was a dairy farmer or maybe a retired shop teacher. […]

Tomdispatch

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58% Depressed: The Racism of Israel’s Apartheid Regime toward Palestinians Shows in their Mental Health

58% Depressed: The Racism of Israel’s Apartheid Regime toward Palestinians Shows in their Mental Health

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – While the Democrats in Washington, D.C. conduct a bizarre debate about whether Israel is a racist state, The World Bank […]

Juan Cole

Central America
The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams: Why Biden Should not Appoint Him

The Crimes and Dangers of Elliott Abrams: Why Biden Should not Appoint Him

Ariel Gold and Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler      ( Waging Nonviolence ) – It was a bright sunny March morning in 1980. Archbishop Oscar […]

Waging Nonviolence

Authoritarianism
Protests Erupt In Northern Iran Amid Attempts To Enforce Hijab Rules

Protests Erupt In Northern Iran Amid Attempts To Enforce Hijab Rules

( RFE/ RL ) – Protests have erupted in the northern Iranian city of Rasht following an attempt by government officials to arrest three women […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Displaced and Refugees
Anti-refugee Rhetoric and the new Far-Right on Turkish Social Media

Anti-refugee Rhetoric and the new Far-Right on Turkish Social Media

Written bysencerodabasi     There is a wave of anti-refugee rhetoric running amok on Turkish social media. From openly racist statements made by far-right political […]

Global Voices

Far Right
Israel Moves toward "Dictatorship" and Polarization, as one Likud Activist lauds the Targeting of Ashkenazi Jews in the Holocaust

Israel Moves toward “Dictatorship” and Polarization, as one Likud Activist lauds the Targeting of Ashkenazi Jews in the Holocaust

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the eve of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s controversial visit to the United States, which several members of Congress say […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Big Money behind the Fight to Ban Environmentally and Socially Conscious Investing

The Big Money behind the Fight to Ban Environmentally and Socially Conscious Investing

by Jessica Church ( Inequality.org ) – In a recent Gallup poll, the vast majority of Americans surveyed said they were not even “somewhat familiar” […]

Inequality.org

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