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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

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An Admiring Review of Cole, ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace,’ in Algeria’s Echorouq

An Admiring Review of Cole, ‘Muhammad: Prophet of Peace,’ in Algeria’s Echorouq

The Algerian newspaper Echorouq [al-Shuruq] has published a positive review of the Arabic translation of my book, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of […]

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
The Rubble of Empire: Doctrines of Disaster and Dreams of Security as the Biden Years Begin

The Rubble of Empire: Doctrines of Disaster and Dreams of Security as the Biden Years Begin

( Tomdispatch.com ) – How can you tell when your empire is crumbling? Some signs are actually visible from my own front window here in […]

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Donald Trump
“The Horror, the Horror.” An epitaph for Trump’s Nazi Presidency

“The Horror, the Horror.” An epitaph for Trump’s Nazi Presidency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Joseph Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness, the imperial commercial agent Kurtz, who has committed horrible atrocities against Black Congolese […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Can Biden's $15/ hr Minimum Wage begin restoring Working Class trust?

Can Biden’s $15/ hr Minimum Wage begin restoring Working Class trust?

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Watch CNN almost any time lately and one is inundated with scenes of the lethal riots in […]

John Buell

Democratic Party
The Mall was 1/2 empty for Trump’s Inauguration, but the threat of his armed Militias Completely Emptied it for Biden’s

The Mall was 1/2 empty for Trump’s Inauguration, but the threat of his armed Militias Completely Emptied it for Biden’s

By Ryan Knappenberger | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – Four years ago, President Donald Trump claimed the crowd attending his inauguration was […]

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Constitution
How Trump's language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot: Linguists can Tell

How Trump’s language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot: Linguists can Tell

By Roger J. Kreuz and Leah Cathryn Windsor | – On Jan. 6, the world witnessed how language can incite violence. One after another, a […]

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African-Americans
Israel is increasingly an Apartheid State: What Martin Luther King Jr. Would have thought of that

Israel is increasingly an Apartheid State: What Martin Luther King Jr. Would have thought of that

Revised Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose activism we honor today, took stands far beyond Selma and Montgomery, and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel must Provide Vaccines to Occupied Palestinians: HRW says Over 4.5 Million in West Bank, Gaza Excluded From Vaccination Push

Israel must Provide Vaccines to Occupied Palestinians: HRW says Over 4.5 Million in West Bank, Gaza Excluded From Vaccination Push

( Human Rights Watch) – (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities should provide Covid-19 vaccines to the more than 4.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank […]

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Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: what would 7.1° F. ( 4°C) of global warming feel like?

Climate Crisis: what would 7.1° F. ( 4°C) of global warming feel like?

By Robert Wilby | – Another year, another climate record broken. Globally, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year ever recorded. This was all […]

The Conversation

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