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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“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 US Sanctions have Contributed to the 50K Dead of Coronavirus In Iran

How US Sanctions have Contributed to the 50K Dead of Coronavirus In Iran

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The US financial and trade blockade of Iran, which has strangled its economy, has also taken a heavy toll on […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
A Well-Timed Atrocity:  How Trump could yet try to Make a Coup and how to stop it

A Well-Timed Atrocity: How Trump could yet try to Make a Coup and how to stop it

Quincy, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – During the Presidential campaign, some very respectable voices expressed concern that the current administration might be planning a […]

Scott Corey

Climate Crisis
A Tipping Point for the Defeat of Fossil Fuels?   How to Stop Big Energy in Its Tracks (Quite Literally)

A Tipping Point for the Defeat of Fossil Fuels? How to Stop Big Energy in Its Tracks (Quite Literally)

By Richard Lachmann, Michael Schwartz and Kevin A. Young | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – As Donald Trump gave in to the demand that the […]

Tomdispatch

Inequality
McConnell was holding up Stimulus over Shielding Businesses from Coronavirus Liability -- A Very Bad Idea

McConnell was holding up Stimulus over Shielding Businesses from Coronavirus Liability — A Very Bad Idea

By Timothy D. Lytton | – Congress may be close to a deal on another coronavirus bailout, but Senate Republican demands for liability protections for […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Ritual Coup:  Republicans hope that by Performing a One-Party State, they will one Day Achieve it

Ritual Coup: Republicans hope that by Performing a One-Party State, they will one Day Achieve it

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Today’s Republican Party is one big denial of reality. If it were only that, however, it would merely be madness. […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How One Palestinian Woman with a Disability Builds a Life in Israel-Besieged Gaza

How One Palestinian Woman with a Disability Builds a Life in Israel-Besieged Gaza

People with Disabilities Find Strength Despite Discrimination

Human Rights Watch

Democracy
Blue Arizona: Pandemic, Trump and racism drove Decisive voter turnout in some American-Indian tribal communities

Blue Arizona: Pandemic, Trump and racism drove Decisive voter turnout in some American-Indian tribal communities

By Anthony J. Wallace ( Cronkite News) – PHOENIX – Enthusiasm across Arizona was higher this election than in the 2016 presidential contest, and final […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

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How COVID-19 led to Donald Trump’s defeat

How COVID-19 led to Donald Trump’s defeat

By Abel Brodeur, Leonardo Baccini, and Stephen Weymouth | – Did the COVID-19 pandemic doom Donald Trump’s re-election? Our study examining the effect of COVID-19 […]

The Conversation

Far Right
NZ's Ardern: Mosque Massacre was Enabled by ignoring White Supremacist Terror Threat and by YouTube Radicalization

NZ’s Ardern: Mosque Massacre was Enabled by ignoring White Supremacist Terror Threat and by YouTube Radicalization

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019 looked into the background […]

Juan Cole

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