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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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How the Right-Wing Distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial Division within American society

How the Right-Wing Distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial Division within American society

Hajar Yazdiha, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences | – U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to […]

The Conversation

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Saudi Arabia: Government Agents infiltrate Wikipedia, sentence Independent Admins to Prison

Saudi Arabia: Government Agents infiltrate Wikipedia, sentence Independent Admins to Prison

By SMEX | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – The Saudi Arabian government infiltrated Wikipedia by recruiting the organization’s highest ranked administrators in the country to […]

Global Voices

Pentagon
Why does the Pentagon Budget Really Keep Growing? When Democracies Pursue Imperial Dominance it doesn’t End Well

Why does the Pentagon Budget Really Keep Growing? When Democracies Pursue Imperial Dominance it doesn’t End Well

( Tomdispatch.com) – Imagine this scenario for a moment: a “great power” watches another major power fight a war in a nearby nation for 10 […]

William J. Astore

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Israeli Opposition Warns of "Civil War," "End of Democracy" as 80,000 Rally against Netanyahu

Israeli Opposition Warns of “Civil War,” “End of Democracy” as 80,000 Rally against Netanyahu

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian newspaper Amad reports that tens of thousands of Israelis took part on Saturday evening in demonstrations in Tel […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Dual Iranian-British national Alireza Akbari's execution plunges Iranian Relations with the West to a new Low

Dual Iranian-British national Alireza Akbari’s execution plunges Iranian Relations with the West to a new Low

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment) – On Saturday 14 January, the Iranian regime executed a 61-year old dual Iranian-British national and a former deputy defence […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Corruption
Will Birtherism come back to bite Republicans in the Behind?  On top of all his other Lies, is George Santos even a US Citizen?

Will Birtherism come back to bite Republicans in the Behind? On top of all his other Lies, is George Santos even a US Citizen?

Nashville (Special to Informed Comment) – Suspicions grow that not only did new Congressman George Santos (R-NY) fabricate his educational and employment record but that […]

Michael G. Roskin

Climate Crisis
Top 6 Ways 2023 could be a Pivotal Year for Climate Action

Top 6 Ways 2023 could be a Pivotal Year for Climate Action

By Wesley Morgan, Griffith University | – (The Conversation) – Many people think of the annual UN climate talks as talkfests which achieve only incremental […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: Oceans heating up as though we were Constantly Blowing up Atomic Bombs in them

Climate Crisis: Oceans heating up as though we were Constantly Blowing up Atomic Bombs in them

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released talking points for its report on 2022, warning that the oceans are […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Did Netflix Really fulfill its Pledge to Be Carbon Neutral by 2022?

Did Netflix Really fulfill its Pledge to Be Carbon Neutral by 2022?

By Christine Ro | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Netflix styles itself as a climate action leader, but the world’s most popular video […]

Clean Energy Wire

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