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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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What a truly Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan would Look Like

What a truly Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan would Look Like

By Eli S. McCarthy | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – As we reflect on what has transpired in Afghanistan with the Taliban returning to […]

Waging Nonviolence

Afghanistan
So Long, Afghanistan War: Top 6 Things we Won't miss about our Longest Military Engagement

So Long, Afghanistan War: Top 6 Things we Won’t miss about our Longest Military Engagement

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Tom Bowman and Audie Cornish at NPR report that all U.S. troops are out of Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war. […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The Republican Party's flirtation with Fascism is becoming a Marriage

The Republican Party’s flirtation with Fascism is becoming a Marriage

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Republicans love to hijack democratic and progressive concepts, such as “free speech,” and apply them in a hyperbolic […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Afghanistan
Afghanistan should be Last U.S. War of Empire, Corruption and Poverty

Afghanistan should be Last U.S. War of Empire, Corruption and Poverty

( Code Pink) – Americans have been shocked by videos of thousands of Afghans risking their lives to flee the Taliban’s return to power in […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Afghanistan
The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy

The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy

By Margaret Hu | In the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government, alarming reports indicate that […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Ida: The Climate Emergency and Fossil Fuels, not Afghan terrorists, just Knocked out Power to America's 4th-Largest Port

Ida: The Climate Emergency and Fossil Fuels, not Afghan terrorists, just Knocked out Power to America’s 4th-Largest Port

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The two big stories on Sunday, of the continued evacuation effort at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The same MAGA mob Who supported Insurrection are Smearing pro-American Afghan Refugees as Dangerous

The same MAGA mob Who supported Insurrection are Smearing pro-American Afghan Refugees as Dangerous

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – Stoking fear of Afghan refugees, Stephen Miller — architect of Trump’s ethno-nationalist agenda — used the Afghanistan withdrawal and […]

Dan Dinello

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Who’s Who in the Taliban’s ‘inclusive’ new Administration

Afghanistan: Who’s Who in the Taliban’s ‘inclusive’ new Administration

By Amalendu Misra | – ( The Conversation) – As western powers frantically scramble to evacuate their citizens and the Afghan nationals who worked for […]

The Conversation

Arms Sales
Let’s Take the Profit Out of War

Let’s Take the Profit Out of War

By Sam Pizzigati | – ( Otherwords.org) – After all, we grew up living it or hearing about it. The 20th century rates as the […]

Sam Pizzigati

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