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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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Democratic Party
How will Biden react to Putin arresting Navalny in Russia?

How will Biden react to Putin arresting Navalny in Russia?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – While the US remains preoccupied with the upcoming Joe Biden inauguration, Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was detained at […]

Nikola Mikovic

Books
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 […]

Rebecca Gordon

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 […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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 […]

The Conversation

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 […]

Human Rights Watch

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