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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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Democracy for the Arab World Now!   Khashoggi's Legacy is Launched

Democracy for the Arab World Now! Khashoggi’s Legacy is Launched

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by the Saudi government for working for democracy in the Middle East. […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Will a Woman's right to Choose end with Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court?

Will a Woman’s right to Choose end with Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court?

By Prudence Flowers | – Last week, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg’s “most fervent wish”, revealed by […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
The Mobster-in-Chief:  Will the November Election Be Decided in the Streets?

The Mobster-in-Chief: Will the November Election Be Decided in the Streets?

( Tomdispatch.com ) – The white mobs didn’t care whom they killed as long as the victims were Black. They murdered people in public with […]

John Feffer

Corruption
Did Trump Throw Kurds under the Bus for Turkey because of his Istanbul Revenue Stream?

Did Trump Throw Kurds under the Bus for Turkey because of his Istanbul Revenue Stream?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The New York Times reported, in the scoop of the decade, that Trump has $420 million in loans and other […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Ginsburg Would Want Women to Fight, Not Despair

Ginsburg Would Want Women to Fight, Not Despair

By Sophia Paslaski | – (Otherwords.org ) – The late justice dedicated her career to women and other marginalized Americans, and we owe her the […]

OtherWords

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When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

When politicians use hate speech, political violence increases

By James Piazza | – Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
10 things you need to know to stop a coup

10 things you need to know to stop a coup

(Waging Nonviolence) – We have a president who has openly said he might not respect the outcome of our election. We have to be ready […]

Waging Nonviolence

Donald Trump
Talk of Baghdad Embassy Closing: Will Erratic Trump's whacking of Gen. Soleimani End US Presence in Iraq?

Talk of Baghdad Embassy Closing: Will Erratic Trump’s whacking of Gen. Soleimani End US Presence in Iraq?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amid ongoing katyusha attacks by Shiite militias on the Green Zone, the site of the US Embassy in Iraq, Secretary […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
In the Age of Trump, the the Nuclear Threat is only Growing

In the Age of Trump, the the Nuclear Threat is only Growing

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Perhaps because last Saturday was devoted to the future makeup and judicial course of the US Supreme […]

John Buell

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