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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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China
By 2030, 60% of New Cars in China will be Electric, and by 2040 all New Cars in the World will be: USB Bank; Will Mideast Oil States Survive?

By 2030, 60% of New Cars in China will be Electric, and by 2040 all New Cars in the World will be: USB Bank; Will Mideast Oil States Survive?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 60 percent of new cars sold in China in 2030 will be electric, according to Switzerland’s UBS bank. And by […]

Juan Cole

European Union
European Union backs Int’l Criminal Court Probe of War Crimes in Veiled rebuke of Israel, US

European Union backs Int’l Criminal Court Probe of War Crimes in Veiled rebuke of Israel, US

( Middle East Monitor) – The European Union has backed the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its decision to open a formal investigation into war […]

Middle East Monitor

Feminism
How a 'feminist' foreign policy would change the world

How a ‘feminist’ foreign policy would change the world

By Rollie Lal and Shirley Graham | – The Biden administration has a woman, Vice President Kamala Harris, in its second-highest position, and 61% of […]

The Conversation

Employment
Can Biden-Harris make a Counter-Revolution against Reaganism and Restore Dignity to Work?

Can Biden-Harris make a Counter-Revolution against Reaganism and Restore Dignity to Work?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – A year ago, just a few weeks before San Francisco locked itself down for the pandemic, I fell deeply in love […]

Rebecca Gordon

Climate Crisis
Biden overturns Trump Policy, Pushes Massive 84-Turbine Offshore Wind Farm to power all southern Massachusetts

Biden overturns Trump Policy, Pushes Massive 84-Turbine Offshore Wind Farm to power all southern Massachusetts

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is finished its environmental impact review of a wind farm in federal waters […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Biden's Neoliberal American Rescue Health Plan: Covid-19 Showed us Why we Need Single Payer

Biden’s Neoliberal American Rescue Health Plan: Covid-19 Showed us Why we Need Single Payer

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — President Biden, the Democratic Party and America’s neoliberal vision of world order is rooted in an economic philosophy […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Iran
Iran's leaders signal interest in new nuclear deal, but U.S. must act soon

Iran’s leaders signal interest in new nuclear deal, but U.S. must act soon

By James Devine | – On the campaign trail, Joe Biden pledged that if elected he would quickly return the United States to the Joint […]

The Conversation

Employment
The Decades-Long Struggle Over Big Corporations and Poverty Wages

The Decades-Long Struggle Over Big Corporations and Poverty Wages

By Phil Mattera | – ( Inequality.org ) – The Senate Parliamentarian dealt a strong blow to the Fight for $15 movement by ruling that […]

Inequality.org

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Oil Spikes on Yemeni Houthi droning of Saudi Petroleum Cities, in Argument for Wind and Solar Power

Oil Spikes on Yemeni Houthi droning of Saudi Petroleum Cities, in Argument for Wind and Solar Power

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Al Jazeera, the Saudi military acknowledged that the Helpers of God or Houthis [pronounced like Ruthie] of Yemen […]

Juan Cole

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