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Iran: A Visionary Life to Remember
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Iran: A Visionary Life to Remember

Fariba Amini

then he got involved in the student movement. It was the height of the Vietnam war.

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Israel’s Desperate Quest to Erase the History of the Gaza Genocide

Israel’s Desperate Quest to Erase the History of the Gaza Genocide

11/13/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Protesting Cancellation of Conference on “Palestine and Europe” at the Collège de France

Protesting Cancellation of Conference on “Palestine and Europe” at the Collège de France

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Why Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan

Why Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan

Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention

Peter Certo

Afghanistan
Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender

Afghan troops sought safety in numbers – igniting a cascade of surrender

By Todd Lehmann | – The swift collapse of the Afghan military in recent days caught many in the U.S. by surprise, including the chairman […]

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Nonviolence
As the US empire declines, what openings exist for progressive movements?

As the US empire declines, what openings exist for progressive movements?

By George Lakey | – Hard as it may be to see beyond the chaos and suffering in Afghanistan, the larger picture reveals real opportunities […]

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Afghanistan
Taliban Consider Iran-Style Supreme Leader as they Kill Three Protesters demanding Restoration of National Flag

Taliban Consider Iran-Style Supreme Leader as they Kill Three Protesters demanding Restoration of National Flag

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Taliban announced Thursday that they are considering a “leadership council” government for the country. But it sounds to me […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
The Taliban’s conquest of Kabul threatens the lives and safety of girls, women and sexual minorities

The Taliban’s conquest of Kabul threatens the lives and safety of girls, women and sexual minorities

By Deeplina Banerjee< | - The world watched in shock as Ashraf Ghani, the president of Afghanistan, fled the country on Aug. 15. The Taliban […]

The Conversation

Japan
The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Near-Meltdown is a Lasting Tragedy

The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Near-Meltdown is a Lasting Tragedy

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – In 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeast Japan, taking the lives of more […]

H. Patricia Hynes

National Security State
Despite Departure from Afghanistan, America still Has an Archipelago of 750 Military Bases around the World

Despite Departure from Afghanistan, America still Has an Archipelago of 750 Military Bases around the World

By Patterson Deppen | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was the spring of 2003 during the American-led invasion of Iraq. I was in second […]

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Afghanistan
Public Opinion largely Supportive of Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal, despite Angst over Chaotic Process

Public Opinion largely Supportive of Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal, despite Angst over Chaotic Process

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The abrupt collapse of the government of President Ashraf Ghani and his supposed 300,000 security forces in the past two […]

Juan Cole

Immigration
From farm to table, immigrants feed America

From farm to table, immigrants feed America

By Lauren Irwin, Natalie Saenz and Priya Bhat/News21 ( Cronkite News ) – As the sun beats down on a family farm in McFarland, California, […]

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