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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

Norman Solomon

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

11/26/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

Ozymandias on the Potomac:  Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline

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In  2024, China will hit Peak Gasoline, with its Demand on a Downward Spiral ever After

In 2024, China will hit Peak Gasoline, with its Demand on a Downward Spiral ever After

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Yale Environment 360 points to recent energy reports as suggesting that China will hit peak gasoline next year. That is, […]

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Israel's Protests are about the Rise of the Israeli Ayatollahs, not Democracy

Israel’s Protests are about the Rise of the Israeli Ayatollahs, not Democracy

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud   ( Middle East Monitor ) – At first glance, the statement may seem baffling. If Israel is a ‘Jewish State’ […]

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By Atmaja Gohain Baruah, King’s College London | – Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate extremes. The nation’s topography lays its citizens bare to cyclones, […]

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Concerns about Israel’s Accession to the US Visa Waiver Program

Middle East Studies Association | Committee on Academic Freedom | – Letter raising concerns about Israel’s accession to the US Visa Waiver Program Mr. Alejandro […]

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Climate Crisis
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Could Solar Panel Arrays in Earth Orbit provide all the Clean Electricity We’d Ever Need?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Space Agency isn’t as well known in the U.S. as NASA or even Roscosmos, the Russian space agency. […]

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Climate Crisis
“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

“If Climate Crisis is dealt with in a Patriarchal Way, Needs Won’t be Met” – New head of World Meteorological Organization

  Tais Gadea Lara   ( The Third Pole ) – A smile on her face, Celeste Saulo lapped up a rapturous ovation from the […]

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( Tomdispatch.com) – Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you’re undoubtedly aware that award-winning director Christopher Nolan has released […]

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WMO: July to be Hottest month on Record, as World enters era of Global Boiling, Global Burning

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The World Meteorological Association said this weekend as July comes to a close that it will have been the hottest […]

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