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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

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 […]

Dan Steinbock

Omar Khayyam
“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

Quatrain 16 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám underlines that life is fleeting for everyone, even the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
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

  by Alaa Said ( Middle East Monitor ) – While the genocide and destruction in Gaza have reached unprecedented levels, Israel now appears to […]

Middle East Monitor

Islamophobia
Muslim-Led Story-Telling is Changing the TV Narrative of Irrational Violence

Muslim-Led Story-Telling is Changing the TV Narrative of Irrational Violence

By Tazeen M. Ali, Washington University in St. Louis (The Conversation) – For over a century, Hollywood has tended to portray Muslim men through a […]

The Conversation

Colonialism
76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

76 Years after Colonial Britain Scheduled a Palestinian State, UK to Recognize Palestine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nadeem Badshah at The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to recognize a Palestinian state today, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

Clear Conclusions: A UN Commission finds Israel Responsible for Genocide in Gaza

( Middle East Monitor ) – Yet another blistering addition to the ghoulish accounts of cruelty regarding the ongoing actions of Israel in Gaza made […]

Binoy Kampmark

Corporate Surveillance
Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Ghosts of E. Germany’s Stasi: How technology is used to supercharge Monitoring and Control

Written byTactical Tech Written bySafa This article was written by Safa for the series “Digitized Divides” and originally published on tacticaltech.org. An edited version is […]

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Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Turkiye hosts Largest Solar Power Plant of any European Country, as its Solar Installations Surge to 3.1 GW in H1

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Turkiye [Turkey] is a European country, since part of its territory lies in Europe. So the following sentence is true: […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

Palestinian Statehood is winning major new Supporters at UN – but symbolic Action won’t make it happen

By Maha Nassar, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23. […]

The Conversation

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