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Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
Donald Trump

Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

Syria faces renewed Sectarian Violence as Government Fails to deliver Inclusivity

05/14/2025 By The Conversation

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

Can we Even Remember it? How America was Disappeared before our Eyes

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A Republican Tried to Introduce a Commonsense Gun Law. Then the Gun Lobby Got Involved

A Republican Tried to Introduce a Commonsense Gun Law. Then the Gun Lobby Got Involved

By Megan O’Matz | – ( ProPublica ) – Cole Wist was a Republican state House member in Colorado with an A grade from the […]

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Guns
6 Charts show key role Firearms Corporations play in America’s Gun Culture

6 Charts show key role Firearms Corporations play in America’s Gun Culture

By Michael Siegel, Tufts University | – Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass shootings that are […]

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In Final Slap to Bush-Era Neoconservatives, Iraq Criminalizes Contacts with Israel

In Final Slap to Bush-Era Neoconservatives, Iraq Criminalizes Contacts with Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Neoconservatives who pushed for the Bush-Cheney war on Iraq in 2003 hoped that by toppling the Arab nationalist dictator […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Jerusalem is not an internal Israel Affair to be Discussed before its Judiciary

Jerusalem is not an internal Israel Affair to be Discussed before its Judiciary

By Fayez Abu Shamaleh | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli government took note of the statement issued by the Jordanian Ministry […]

Middle East Monitor

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Turkey sees chance to Strengthen its hand at home and abroad in Ukraine War

Turkey sees chance to Strengthen its hand at home and abroad in Ukraine War

By Ali Bilgic, Loughborough University | – The longstanding neutrality of Sweden and Finland was abandoned when both states submitted formal applications to Nato. But […]

The Conversation

Inequality
One-Off Demonstrations are not Enough: Progressives need Standing Mass Organizations

One-Off Demonstrations are not Enough: Progressives need Standing Mass Organizations

By Beverly Gologorsky | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – To begin, an anecdote. This past summer, a pigeon walked through my open balcony door while […]

Tomdispatch

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Turkey wants Anti-Kurdish Pledges in Writing from Finland and Sweden before they can Join NATO

Turkey wants Anti-Kurdish Pledges in Writing from Finland and Sweden before they can Join NATO

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkey is still holding up the application of Finland and Sweden to join NATO over what President Tayyip Erdogan says […]

Juan Cole

Guns
People Die as Weapons Industry Profits

People Die as Weapons Industry Profits

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – Citizens are waking up to the fact that so many politicians can be so easily bought by the […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Iran
Iran: The Killing Of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Could Complicate Rapprochement With the West

Iran: The Killing Of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Could Complicate Rapprochement With the West

By Hannah Kaviani | – ( RFE/RL ) – I’m Hannah Kaviani, a senior broadcaster and editor at RFE/RL’s Radio Farda, filling in this week […]

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