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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Israel/ Palestine
The Great March of Hope: Gaza’s Defiance against Erasure

The Great March of Hope: Gaza’s Defiance against Erasure

( Middle East Monitor ) – The return of one million Palestinians from southern Gaza to the north on 27 January felt as if history […]

Ramzy Baroud

Syria
Syrian Regime Change: How rebel Victories often lead to unstable, non-inclusive Governments

Syrian Regime Change: How rebel Victories often lead to unstable, non-inclusive Governments

By Sally Sharif, University of British Columbia (The Conversation) – Syria’s rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has defended his decision to fill his cabinet with wartime […]

The Conversation

Bill of Rights
Are we All Hungarians now, or Palestinians?  Trump’s Onslaught on the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties

Are we All Hungarians now, or Palestinians? Trump’s Onslaught on the Rule of Law and Civil Liberties

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Most of (convicted felon) Donald Trump’s Executive Orders are brazenly unconstitutional, and stand to be reversed in […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Cognitive Strength and Community: Psychological coping Mechanisms of displaced Palestinians

Cognitive Strength and Community: Psychological coping Mechanisms of displaced Palestinians

In the face of relentless war and displacement, Palestinians find strength in solidarity, transforming loss into resilience By Omar Shahin ( Globalvoices.org ) – In […]

Global Voices

Displaced and Refugees
“The Lion has Fallen:” The End of Syria’s Brutal Regime and the Fate of the Refugees

“The Lion has Fallen:” The End of Syria’s Brutal Regime and the Fate of the Refugees

By Helen Benedict ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Six years ago, at the time of the first Trump administration’s Muslim ban and its initial round of […]

Tomdispatch

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On the 46th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution:  An Interview with Amb. John Limbert

On the 46th Anniversary of Iranian Revolution: An Interview with Amb. John Limbert

“No one should be surprised that the Iranian Revolution took a religious form.   The fact that God appears on almost every page does not reflect […]

Fariba Amini

Donald Trump
Making America great again by ethnically Cleansing the Palestinian People

Making America great again by ethnically Cleansing the Palestinian People

By Mohammad Makram Balawi | – US President Donald Trump’s remarks about his call with the king of Jordan and his suggestion that Amman should […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid in Sudan, Yemen, etc. That’s Not True

“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid in Sudan, Yemen, etc. That’s Not True

By Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester | – ( ProPublica ) – On Friday morning, the staffers at a half dozen U.S.-funded medical facilities […]

ProPublica

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Global South “Hague Group” Pledges Israel Arms Boycott and Backing for Palestinian State and Int’l Law

Global South “Hague Group” Pledges Israel Arms Boycott and Backing for Palestinian State and Int’l Law

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The governments of “Belize, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Republic of Colombia, Republic of Cuba, Republic of Honduras, Malaysia, Republic of […]

Juan Cole

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Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

The Conversation

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Juan Cole

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