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Psychopathocracy 3.0
Donald Trump

Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Corruption
The Moment Trump Won the 2024 election, the 8 Richest Men in the World gained another $64 billion

The Moment Trump Won the 2024 election, the 8 Richest Men in the World gained another $64 billion

By Liz Theoharis and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, advocates for peace, social […]

Tomdispatch

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Trump’s Envoy Witkoff on Gaza Deal:  “Now We Have to Implement it”

Trump’s Envoy Witkoff on Gaza Deal: “Now We Have to Implement it”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, gave an interview with Fox Cable News. Below I will […]

Juan Cole

Nonviolence
Can nonviolent Struggle defeat a Dictator? This Database emphatically says Yes

Can nonviolent Struggle defeat a Dictator? This Database emphatically says Yes

The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns. ( Waging Nonviolence ) – With Donald […]

George Lakey

Salafis
Syria’s New Government is already Oppressing Women, Posing a dire Threat to their Future

Syria’s New Government is already Oppressing Women, Posing a dire Threat to their Future

By Vrinda Narain, McGill University and Fatemeh Sadeghi, UCL (The Conversation) – As the international community celebrates the fall of another dictatorship following the collapse […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Trumpocalypse:  What Turbocharged Carbon Will Do to Our Children

Trumpocalypse: What Turbocharged Carbon Will Do to Our Children

I am reprinting my column this week from Tomdispatch.com . Check in over there for the essential introduction of the invaluable Tom Engelhardt. My name […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The long-term Impact of Israel’s Gaza Genocide will only become Clear as the Toxic Dust Settles

The long-term Impact of Israel’s Gaza Genocide will only become Clear as the Toxic Dust Settles

by Dr Emma Keelan   by Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne ( Middle East Monitor ) – As the toxic dust begins to settle, it is […]

Middle East Monitor

Plutocracy
The Far Right, the Tech Bro Oligarchy, and Zionism

The Far Right, the Tech Bro Oligarchy, and Zionism

Musk serves as Trump’s ideal dancing partner in the chaotic spectacle of the dismantlement of the last fragile remnants of public welfare, writes Yoav Litvin. […]

Yoav Litvin

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The Qur’an’s Celebration of Diverse Skin Colors: Forms of Equality in the Muslim Scripture

The Qur’an’s Celebration of Diverse Skin Colors: Forms of Equality in the Muslim Scripture

I am reprinting part of this essay that appeared in Renovatio, the literary magazine of a small Muslim liberal arts college — Zaytuna — in […]

Juan Cole

Antisemitism
Death shaded the Life of this Holocaust historian. The cancer Memoir he began in Hospital was a final ‘Act of Love’

Death shaded the Life of this Holocaust historian. The cancer Memoir he began in Hospital was a final ‘Act of Love’

By Tess Scholfield-Peters, University of Technology Sydney (The Conversation) – Mark Raphael Baker began writing his final book, A Season of Death, from his hospital […]

The Conversation

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