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The New Model of Autocratic Cooperation: The US, Russia and the Middle East
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The New Model of Autocratic Cooperation: The US, Russia and the Middle East

Scott Corey

Berkeley, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Today, and particularly in the Middle East, concepts like national interest, class, and geopolitics are fading compared […]

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“And one by one crept silently to Rest:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:21

“And one by one crept silently to Rest:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:21

10/20/2025 By Juan Cole

Major Israeli Violations of Gaza Ceasefire, With Extensive Bombardment, killing 51 Palestinians

Major Israeli Violations of Gaza Ceasefire, With Extensive Bombardment, killing 51 Palestinians

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Israeli Squatter-Settlers Rampage in Palestinian-Americans’ West Bank Hometown

Israeli Squatter-Settlers Rampage in Palestinian-Americans’ West Bank Hometown

Eric Goldstein goldsteinricky     ( Middle East Monitor ) – When Kayed Abu Awwad sold his home in Oak Lawn, Illinois, in June, he […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Is Washington invested in Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians?

Is Washington invested in Israeli Apartheid toward Palestinians?

By M. Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University | – During his recent trip to the United States, Israeli President Isaac Herzog gave a speech before […]

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Displaced and Refugees
That other War:  Struggle and Suffering in Sudan

That other War: Struggle and Suffering in Sudan

By Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox It’s been devastating, even if no one’s paying attention. Three months of fighting in Sudan between the army […]

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Will the Triumph of the Messianic Israeli Far Right Destabilize the Country?

Will the Triumph of the Messianic Israeli Far Right Destabilize the Country?

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The Israeli government voted this week to limit their Supreme Court’s ability to overturn unconstitutional laws after several […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Haredim
With Israel in Turmoil, its "Lost Boys" are Stoking Extreme Nationalism

With Israel in Turmoil, its “Lost Boys” are Stoking Extreme Nationalism

By Anna Lippman, York University, Canada | – We saw it in the United States on Jan. 6, 2021. We witnessed it during Canada’s so-called […]

The Conversation

Health Care
Let's Celebrate Medicare's 58th Birthday with "Medicare for All"

Let’s Celebrate Medicare’s 58th Birthday with “Medicare for All”

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – In the long history of struggle to establish a national health insurance system for the USA, Medicare was […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

History
Thom Hartmann's  "The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living"

Thom Hartmann’s “The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living”

Thom Hartman interviewed on The Mark Thompson Show: “The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity’s Ancient Way of Living” Thom Hartmann is the host […]

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Conspiracy-Spewing, Anti-Vaxxer Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gets a MAGA Boost to Weaken Biden

Conspiracy-Spewing, Anti-Vaxxer Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gets a MAGA Boost to Weaken Biden

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The right’s thinly veiled crusade to elevate Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.–an exemplar of through-the-Black-Mirror politics […]

Dan Dinello

Human Rights
Iranian Court Sparks Controversy By Diagnosing Hijab Protesters With Mental Illness

Iranian Court Sparks Controversy By Diagnosing Hijab Protesters With Mental Illness

By Roya Maleki Left to right: Iranian actresses Afsaneh Bayegan, Azadeh Samadi, and Leila Bolukat were all arrested for appearing in public without the mandatory […]

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