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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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DeSantis and Abbot are Traffickers in Human Misery, Pranking Asylum-Seekers

DeSantis and Abbot are Traffickers in Human Misery, Pranking Asylum-Seekers

Oakland (Special to Informed Comment) – Republican Governors Ron DeSantis of Florida and Greg Abbot of Texas have pulled some repugnant, grandstanding stunts in their […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Displaced and Refugees
Endless Tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea:  Europe’s Commitment to Rescue Would Save Lives

Endless Tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea: Europe’s Commitment to Rescue Would Save Lives

By Judith Sunderland, Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division |- ( Human Rights Watch ) – Last week, a four-year-old Syrian girl named Loujin […]

Human Rights Watch

Europe
As Falls Russia, So Falls the World: Exceptionalism Goes Global

As Falls Russia, So Falls the World: Exceptionalism Goes Global

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Here’s a nightmare scenario: Unable to recruit enough soldiers from the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin takes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un […]

John Feffer

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Iran Security Fires on Crowd Protesting Death in Custody of Kurdish Woman for "Bad Veiling", Wounds 13

Iran Security Fires on Crowd Protesting Death in Custody of Kurdish Woman for “Bad Veiling”, Wounds 13

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, 13 protesters were wounded when security forces opened fire on them outside the house of the governor in […]

Juan Cole

Cold War
When Politicians get involved in Science:  The marble statue of Gregor Mendel

When Politicians get involved in Science: The marble statue of Gregor Mendel

It is 2022, the bicentenary of the birth of the Augustinian friar Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics, and this is being celebrated in all […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

Climate Crisis
‘It’s getting close’: As the megadrought grinds on, Southwest Water in Doubt

‘It’s getting close’: As the megadrought grinds on, Southwest Water in Doubt

By Sydnee Wilson | – ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – NASA satellite photos show how drastically the water levels in Lake Powell and Lake […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

infrastructure
After oil: what Malaysia and Iran may look like in a post-Fossil Fuel Future

After oil: what Malaysia and Iran may look like in a post-Fossil Fuel Future

By Rowena Abdul Razak, London School of Economics and Political Science and Asma Mehan, Texas Tech University | – As the devastation of climate change […]

The Conversation

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Top 6 things wrong with DeSantis's Stunt of Flying Asylum-Seekers to Martha's Vineyard

Top 6 things wrong with DeSantis’s Stunt of Flying Asylum-Seekers to Martha’s Vineyard

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Stunts like Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’s program of rounding up and flying to Martha’s Vineyard Venezuelan and Colombian asylum-seekers, who […]

Juan Cole

Banking
In Turkey’s plunging Economy, Conspiracy and Corruption allegations Abound

In Turkey’s plunging Economy, Conspiracy and Corruption allegations Abound

By Civic Media Observatory | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – Whether on a date or at a family gathering, one topic of conversation is on […]

Global Voices

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