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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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After the Chauvin Trial, Can Police Culture escape Toxic Masculinity and 'Warrior Cops'?

After the Chauvin Trial, Can Police Culture escape Toxic Masculinity and ‘Warrior Cops’?

By Angela Workman-Stark | – The police officer charged with murder in the death of George Floyd is currently on trial in Minneapolis amid continued […]

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How to understand Indirect US-Iran Nuclear Talks at Vienna:  Iran wants US to get its Knee off Tehran's Neck, Chauvin style, First

How to understand Indirect US-Iran Nuclear Talks at Vienna: Iran wants US to get its Knee off Tehran’s Neck, Chauvin style, First

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The current signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (Joint Plan of Comprehensive Action or JCPOA) met in Vienna Tuesday […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Republican Apoplexy – Play Ball and Pass the Popcorn

Republican Apoplexy – Play Ball and Pass the Popcorn

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – This Republican apoplexy over Major League Baseball (MLB) taking the All-Star game out of Atlanta is hilarious on […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
The Biden administration talks Equality and 2 States, but are Occupied Palestinians any Less Oppressed?

The Biden administration talks Equality and 2 States, but are Occupied Palestinians any Less Oppressed?

( Middle East Monitor ) – US President Joe Biden may be returning the country to the two-state paradigm, but the inequalities between Israelis and […]

Ramona Wadi

Far Right
Has the Far Right infiltrated the US Armed Forces?

Has the Far Right infiltrated the US Armed Forces?

By Nan Levinson | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was around noon and I was texting a friend about who-knows-what when I added, almost […]

Tomdispatch

Agriculture
Middle East, Africa, in Special Trouble as Human-Caused Climate Emergency causes 30% drop in Agricultural Productivity Growth

Middle East, Africa, in Special Trouble as Human-Caused Climate Emergency causes 30% drop in Agricultural Productivity Growth

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change has found that the human-caused climate emergency is responsible for a […]

Juan Cole

Books
Winning the War for Earth: Kim Stanley Robinson’s subversive new Novel Rejects Doomism and Imagines a Hopeful Solution to the Climate Emergency

Winning the War for Earth: Kim Stanley Robinson’s subversive new Novel Rejects Doomism and Imagines a Hopeful Solution to the Climate Emergency

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – In the wake of a killer heat wave that slaughters millions, eco-terrorism spreads across the globe and capitalism ruptures […]

Dan Dinello

China
With Huge Iran Deal, China Hopes Deep Pockets Further Boost Influence In Middle East

With Huge Iran Deal, China Hopes Deep Pockets Further Boost Influence In Middle East

By Reid Standish | – Beijing has inked a sweeping 25-year investment deal with Iran that could see China’s economic, political, and military influence there […]

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Joe Biden
Remaking America: Biden to put $100 bn. into High Capacity Grid to Move Electricity from Wind and Solar Farms to Cities

Remaking America: Biden to put $100 bn. into High Capacity Grid to Move Electricity from Wind and Solar Farms to Cities

By James D. McCalley | – Many kinds of extreme events can disrupt electricity service, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, extreme cold and […]

The Conversation

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