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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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How Defeating the Planet-Killing Keystone XL Oil Pipeline built a Bolder, Savvier Climate Movement

How Defeating the Planet-Killing Keystone XL Oil Pipeline built a Bolder, Savvier Climate Movement

By Nick Engelfried | ( Waging Nonviolence) – When President Biden rescinded a crucial permit for the Keystone XL pipeline last week, it marked the […]

Waging Nonviolence

Donald Trump
Can the Super Bowl end the Toxic season of Trumpism in Sports?

Can the Super Bowl end the Toxic season of Trumpism in Sports?

By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Overwhelmed by the intertwined plagues of Covid-19 and Trumpism, sports didn’t stand a chance in 2020. […]

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In Game Changer, Int'l Criminal Court will take up Israeli War Crimes and Apartheid in Palestine

In Game Changer, Int’l Criminal Court will take up Israeli War Crimes and Apartheid in Palestine

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Friday, the International Criminal Court found that it had jurisdiction to consider war crimes and crimes against humanity and […]

Juan Cole

Bill of Rights
Yes, Speech can Incite Violence: What Decades of Research Show about Trump's Impeachment Trial

Yes, Speech can Incite Violence: What Decades of Research Show about Trump’s Impeachment Trial

By Kurt Braddock | – Senators, acting in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump that begins on Feb. 9, will soon have to […]

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Authoritarianism
Trump's Coup and Burma's Coup:  What they have in Common

Trump’s Coup and Burma’s Coup: What they have in Common

The Asian country’s military overthrew its government over baseless claims of voter fraud. Sound familiar? ( 48hills.org) – This week, military officers in Myanmar (formerly […]

Reese Erlich

National Security State
America's Global Empire is now Costing us our own Well-Being

America’s Global Empire is now Costing us our own Well-Being

( Code Pink) – In 2004, journalist Ron Susskind quoted a Bush White House advisor, reportedly Karl Rove, as boasting, “We’re an empire now, and […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Republicans in Congress engage in hateful Islamophobia to defend their Islamophobe, Greene

Republicans in Congress engage in hateful Islamophobia to defend their Islamophobe, Greene

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In attempting to defend Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Far Right (a.k.a. the Republican Party) has actually just taken her […]

Juan Cole

China
Biden’s Top Foreign Policy Challenge: Avoiding a Cold War with China

Biden’s Top Foreign Policy Challenge: Avoiding a Cold War with China

Taiwan and the South China Sea are the likeliest points of conflict — but conflict is not an option. ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – […]

Conn M. Hallinan

Climate Crisis
Greta Thunberg effect: people familiar with young climate activist may be more likely to act

Greta Thunberg effect: people familiar with young climate activist may be more likely to act

By Anandita Sabherwal and Sander van der Linden | – She was declared Time magazine’s person of the year in the same month that Donald […]

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