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Albanese Sanctions: Marco Rubio now Acting just Like Putin, Charging Human Rights Officials
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Albanese Sanctions: Marco Rubio now Acting just Like Putin, Charging Human Rights Officials

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday slapped personal sanctions on United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, Francesca […]

Plans to Concentrate Gaza Palestinians in Rafah Camp a Crime against Humanity

Plans to Concentrate Gaza Palestinians in Rafah Camp a Crime against Humanity

07/11/2025 By The Conversation

I Love America: And now it is Bombing my Family in Iran

I Love America: And now it is Bombing my Family in Iran

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The End of the "Global War on Terror":  Biden takes out Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951-2022)

The End of the “Global War on Terror”: Biden takes out Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951-2022)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden announced on Monday evening that a CIA-operated drone had killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the second leader of al-Qaeda […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
New Documents: The Israeli Massacre of Palestinians at Kafr Qasem in 1956 was Part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign

New Documents: The Israeli Massacre of Palestinians at Kafr Qasem in 1956 was Part of an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – On Friday, archives of the Israeli forces released court documents related to the […]

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Books
‘Summer with the Enemy’ by Syrian novelist Shahla Ujayli is a searing summer read

‘Summer with the Enemy’ by Syrian novelist Shahla Ujayli is a searing summer read

By Michelle Hartman, McGill University | – Wherever you spend your summer, allow yourself to be transported to Syria and immerse yourself in the world […]

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Authoritarianism
How Tunisians can instill Democracy in the Face of growing Authoritarianism

How Tunisians can instill Democracy in the Face of growing Authoritarianism

By Craig Brown | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – As Tunisia’s president Kais Saied takes the country down the path of authoritarianism, opponents faced […]

Waging Nonviolence

African-Americans
How Samuel Alito's Attack on Privacy Rights could Make that famous Star Trek Kiss between Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner Illegal Again

How Samuel Alito’s Attack on Privacy Rights could Make that famous Star Trek Kiss between Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner Illegal Again

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Steve Chawkins writes in the LA Times that actress Nichelle Nichols died of a heart attack on Saturday at 89 […]

Juan Cole

Celtic Religion
In Celtic Culture, August 1 is a Harvest Feast for the Sun-God, Lugh, and its Traces are All Around Us

In Celtic Culture, August 1 is a Harvest Feast for the Sun-God, Lugh, and its Traces are All Around Us

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – We are approaching August 1 which, in Scottish and Irish tradition, is the Feast of Lughnasadh (La Lunasa), […]

Hugh J. Curran

Feminism
Iran's Hijab Law Exposes Divisions In The Islamic Republic

Iran’s Hijab Law Exposes Divisions In The Islamic Republic

Mehrdad Mirdamadi | RFE/RL Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. […]

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Season of Sadism: With right wing Republicans running on the New Misogyny, can Dems Riposte Effectively?

Season of Sadism: With right wing Republicans running on the New Misogyny, can Dems Riposte Effectively?

By Nina Burleigh | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Ever since the early morning hours of November 9, 2016, standing in a ballroom with red-hatted Trump […]

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Despite Biden's Rejection of Israeli 'Apartheid' Characterization, 60% of Israeli Jews support Segregation of Palestinian-Israelis

Despite Biden’s Rejection of Israeli ‘Apartheid’ Characterization, 60% of Israeli Jews support Segregation of Palestinian-Israelis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When President Biden met with caretaker Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid, the two issued a joint statement that rejected ‘Apartheid’ […]

Juan Cole

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