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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the “E3”) on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council asking […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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Anti-Vaccination
As 6x as Many die of COVID in Deep Red Counties as in Deep Blue, Sen. Ron Johnson touts . . . Mouthwash as Cure

As 6x as Many die of COVID in Deep Red Counties as in Deep Blue, Sen. Ron Johnson touts . . . Mouthwash as Cure

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is now alleging that mouthwashes are the way to avoid getting COVID-19. Johnson, a powerful figure […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
South Africa did the Right thing on Omicron:  Why are Europe and the US Punishing it?

South Africa did the Right thing on Omicron: Why are Europe and the US Punishing it?

( Middle East Monitor) – The decision by several governments across the globe to institute travel bans on seven African countries, starting on 27 November, […]

Ramzy Baroud

Iran
To Succeed in US Foreign Policy, Biden needs a clean Break with Trump

To Succeed in US Foreign Policy, Biden needs a clean Break with Trump

( Code Pink) – The Biden presidency is still in its early days, but it’s not too early to point to areas in the foreign […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Militarization
How to End America’s Forever Wars for Once and for All

How to End America’s Forever Wars for Once and for All

( Tomdispatch.com) – As August ended, American troops completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan almost 20 years after they first arrived. On the formal date of […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Climate Crisis
"Given me a Lever and I will Move the Earth:" Biden orders greening of Federal Gov't, buying of EVs and Solar Panels

“Given me a Lever and I will Move the Earth:” Biden orders greening of Federal Gov’t, buying of EVs and Solar Panels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse (d. 212 BC), speaking of the power of the lever, said, “Give me […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
Immigrant Rights:  US Senate Should Reinstate Pathway to Citizenship in Build Back Better Act

Immigrant Rights: US Senate Should Reinstate Pathway to Citizenship in Build Back Better Act

By Hina Naveed | Aryeh Neier Fellow | – ( Human Rights Watch) – All people, including immigrants like me, have a basic need for […]

Human Rights Watch

Iran
It was Israel, not Iran, that Derailed the 2015 Nuclear Agreement, and Bennett is still working against it

It was Israel, not Iran, that Derailed the 2015 Nuclear Agreement, and Bennett is still working against it

By Nasim Ahmed | – World leaders have been trying desperately to salvage the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal between Iran […]

Middle East Monitor

Natural Gas
A century of Criminality: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway

A century of Criminality: How the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway

By Bill Kovarik | – On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new […]

The Conversation

censorship
Justice: French arrest Man they believe to be Top Saudi Assassin of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Justice: French arrest Man they believe to be Top Saudi Assassin of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Update: French authorities have released the individual they apprehended on Tuesday. Read on for the significance of this attempted arrest of al-Otaibi. Ann Arbor (Informed […]

Juan Cole

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Israel’s killing of Journalists follows a Pattern of silencing Palestinian Media that stretches back to 1967

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