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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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Climate Crisis
“That night, I became a climate Refugee:”  The Dixie Fire and our Hot Future

“That night, I became a climate Refugee:” The Dixie Fire and our Hot Future

ByJane Braxton Little | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – GREENVILLE, CA — At 10 a.m. on July 22nd, I interviewed a New York University professor about […]

Tomdispatch

Afghanistan
How Can America Wake Up From Its Post-9/11 Nightmare?

How Can America Wake Up From Its Post-9/11 Nightmare?

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies | – ( Code Pink | – Looking back on it now, the 1990s were an age […]

Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold

Afghanistan
No, WSJ, Taliban are not important to the Muslim battle of ideas  -- as Moroccan elections bring crushing defeat of religious party

No, WSJ, Taliban are not important to the Muslim battle of ideas — as Moroccan elections bring crushing defeat of religious party

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The return to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan has provoked a tidal wave of punditry about what it says […]

Juan Cole

Flooding
After Hurricane Ida, mutual aid provides safety and survival in New Orleans

After Hurricane Ida, mutual aid provides safety and survival in New Orleans

By Jordan Flaherty | – ( Waging Nonviolence) | – In the aftermath of disasters, those most in need are also who the state often […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban Severely Beat Journalists:  New Restrictions Indicate Crackdown on Free Speech (HRW)

Afghanistan: Taliban Severely Beat Journalists: New Restrictions Indicate Crackdown on Free Speech (HRW)

Human Rights Watch | -(New York) – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have been detaining and assaulting journalists and imposing new restrictions on media work, Human […]

Human Rights Watch

Epidemics
Israel was a leader in the COVID vaccination race – so why are cases spiralling there?

Israel was a leader in the COVID vaccination race – so why are cases spiralling there?

By Michael Head | – Israel has been one of the focal points of the pandemic in 2021 owing to its rapid rollout of COVID-19 […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
America's Lost Causes:  Misty-eyed Nostalgia for Bounty Hunters, Slave-Holding and Wife-beating

America’s Lost Causes: Misty-eyed Nostalgia for Bounty Hunters, Slave-Holding and Wife-beating

We have a conflagration of “Lost Causes” in America. Some people in the South still revere the Confederate leaders who betrayed the United States during […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Crisis
After Ida, Joe Biden calls Code Red on Climate Emergency, Ridicules 'Free Enterprise' argument for Living under Flood Waters

After Ida, Joe Biden calls Code Red on Climate Emergency, Ridicules ‘Free Enterprise’ argument for Living under Flood Waters

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden is a late and incomplete convert to the immediate and extreme dangers of the climate emergency. Originally […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Who is Mullah Hasan Akhund? What does the Taliban’s choice of interim prime minister mean for Afghanistan?

Who is Mullah Hasan Akhund? What does the Taliban’s choice of interim prime minister mean for Afghanistan?

By Ali A. Olomi | – The Taliban announced on Sept. 7, 2021, that Mullah Hasan Akhund has been appointed interim prime minister of Afghanistan. […]

The Conversation

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