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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
Donald Trump

Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Bill of Rights
Appellate Ruling means, Despite DeSantis, Florida Professors are free to Teach about Race, Sexism, as they see Fit

Appellate Ruling means, Despite DeSantis, Florida Professors are free to Teach about Race, Sexism, as they see Fit

By Michael Moline | – ( Florida Phoenix) – College professors can continue to teach hard lessons about race and sexism notwithstanding Gov. Ron DeSantis’ […]

Florida Phoenix

China
China is Front and Center in Saudi-Iran Agreement, as Israel’s Plan for United Front against Tehran Collapses

China is Front and Center in Saudi-Iran Agreement, as Israel’s Plan for United Front against Tehran Collapses

By Mohammad Makram Balawi     ( Middle East Monitor ) – The agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Iran under Chinese auspices on 6 […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
International Law doesn’t protect People fleeing environmental Disaster – But it Should

International Law doesn’t protect People fleeing environmental Disaster – But it Should

By Morgiane Noel, Trinity College Dublin | – Researchers have tried for decades to find a relevant legal status for people forced to flee their […]

The Conversation

Featured
A Crucial Year:  Turkey at a Turning Point

A Crucial Year: Turkey at a Turning Point

Reviews of Gönül Tol, Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria (London: Hurst and Co., 2022) and Dimitar Bechev, Turkey Under Erdoğan: […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Authoritarianism
Not Just Rallies:  Iranian Protesters are Drafting Charters and a Bill of Rights

Not Just Rallies: Iranian Protesters are Drafting Charters and a Bill of Rights

By Mona Tajali, Agnes Scott College; and Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University | – (The Conversation) – It’s been six months since the latest spark ignited […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Number of demolitions by Israel of Palestinian property doubles

Number of demolitions by Israel of Palestinian property doubles

( Middle East Monitor ) – Seventy-seven Palestinian-owned buildings have been destroyed since the extreme far-right government led by Benjamin Netanyahu took office, according to […]

Middle East Monitor

Bush
20 Years On, What Did the Iraq War Truly Cost?

20 Years On, What Did the Iraq War Truly Cost?

By Peter Certo | – ( Otherwords.org) – The war claimed more than lives and treasure — it claimed a future’s worth of lost opportunities. […]

Peter Certo

Authoritarianism
Iranians are done with Kings and Ayatollahs, and look back to Mosaddegh for a Way forward

Iranians are done with Kings and Ayatollahs, and look back to Mosaddegh for a Way forward

Newark, Delaware (Feature — Special to Informed Comment) – The debate over the coup 1953 still lingers on especially now that there are discussions whether […]

Fariba Amini

Neoliberalism
The End of Renting?  In Some Cities Affordable Housing is a Thing of the Past

The End of Renting? In Some Cities Affordable Housing is a Thing of the Past

( Tomdispatch.com) – In 1937, the American folklorist Alan Lomax invited Louisiana folksinger Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly) to record some of his […]

Rebecca Gordon

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