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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide
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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This year 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam from the “American War.”  The […]

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“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

10/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

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Protesting Notre Dame’s Cancellation of a Palestine Keynote

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | – Letter to the University of Notre Dame expressing concern over the cancellation of a […]

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How News Corps lost the Plot on Covering Trump

How News Corps lost the Plot on Covering Trump

By Nan Levinson It’s not a good time to be an American journalist. Or a consumer of American journalism. Or, for that matter, even a […]

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The Evils of MAGA’s “Moral Distance” — What we Can Learn from Iraq and Sweden

The Evils of MAGA’s “Moral Distance” — What we Can Learn from Iraq and Sweden

(Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Sahar first told me about moral distance one May morning on a beach in Cadiz. Born in Baghdad, Sahar […]

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Iran
Iran Accuses Israel’s Netanyahu Of Trying To Derail Nuclear Talks

Iran Accuses Israel’s Netanyahu Of Trying To Derail Nuclear Talks

By RFE/RL (RFE/ RL ) – Iran’s top diplomat has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to dictate US policy toward Iran after […]

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Condemning the Trump Administration’s Terrorizing Students with Unlawful Visa Cancellations

Condemning the Trump Administration’s Terrorizing Students with Unlawful Visa Cancellations

Middle East Studies Association Board | – The MESA Board of Directors and the MESA Task Force on Civil and Human Rights call on all […]

Middle East Studies Association

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The Serviceberry:  Native American Ecology and the End of Carbon Capitalism

The Serviceberry: Native American Ecology and the End of Carbon Capitalism

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – No one wrote more powerfully about humans’ poisoning the Earth and its consequences than biologist Rachel Carson–with […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Israel/ Palestine
To Stand With Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the US

To Stand With Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the US

( Middle East Monitor ) – “At the very centre of it, settler-colonialism is a zero-sum game. It’s either the coloniser’s account or that of […]

Ramona Wadi

Donald Trump
What’s Preventing a United Front against the Trump Regime?

What’s Preventing a United Front against the Trump Regime?

( Tomdispatch.com) – America desperately needs a united front to restrain the wrecking ball of the Trump regime. While outraged opposition has been visible and […]

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Trump, the Suez Canal, and the end of Eisenhower’s World Order

Trump, the Suez Canal, and the end of Eisenhower’s World Order

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP reports that Trump has said, “American ships, both military and commercial, should be allowed to travel, free of charge, […]

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