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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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Fixing Our Eyes on American Poverty: How Christian Nationalism Punishes the Poor

Fixing Our Eyes on American Poverty: How Christian Nationalism Punishes the Poor

( Tomdispatch.com) – On August 26th, during the Republican National Convention, Vice President Mike Pence closed out his acceptance speech with a biblical sleight of […]

Liz Theoharis

Barack Obama
Six Years later, remembering how Socialist Kurds and the US Air Force defeated the ISIS Siege of Kobani

Six Years later, remembering how Socialist Kurds and the US Air Force defeated the ISIS Siege of Kobani

By Brian Glyn Williams and Robert Troy Souza | – Dartmouth, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – Six years ago, in October, 2014, the brutal […]

Brian Glyn Williams

Donald Trump
Why Trump/DeSantis Herd Immunity ('Let's Kill Grandma') Strategy won't Work: Only about 9% of Americans have Covid-19 Antibodies

Why Trump/DeSantis Herd Immunity (‘Let’s Kill Grandma’) Strategy won’t Work: Only about 9% of Americans have Covid-19 Antibodies

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Taking his cue from Trump, Florida governor and grandma-killer Ron DeSantis announced on Friday the complete reopening of Florida, unleashing […]

Juan Cole

Democratic Party
With Barrett on the Court, if Trump is Reelected and goes Full Mussolini, Can he be Stopped?

With Barrett on the Court, if Trump is Reelected and goes Full Mussolini, Can he be Stopped?

Williamsport, PA (Special to Informed Comment) – “A republic, if you can keep it,” Ben Franklin famously described the new Constitution in 1787. Well, can […]

Michael G. Roskin

Cults
What is Amy Coney Barrett's charismatic Catholicism?

What is Amy Coney Barrett’s charismatic Catholicism?

By Mathew Schmalz | – Amy Coney Barrett reportedly will be Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Questions […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Has Trump done Irreparable Damage to US Partnerships Abroad?

Has Trump done Irreparable Damage to US Partnerships Abroad?

Donald Trump used to care what the world outside America thought of him. ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – Before he ran for president, he […]

John Feffer

Democracy
Montesquieu in Najd:  Saudi Arabia, World's Last Absolute Monarchy, Challenged by New Democratic Political Party

Montesquieu in Najd: Saudi Arabia, World’s Last Absolute Monarchy, Challenged by New Democratic Political Party

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A group of expatriate Saudi intellectuals announced this week the formation of the National Assembly Party, which they intend as […]

Juan Cole

Germany
Renewables cover almost half of German electricity use in first 9 months 2020

Renewables cover almost half of German electricity use in first 9 months 2020

(Clean Energy Wire ) – Renewables covered about 48 percent of German power consumption in the first three quarters of 2020, preliminary data from energy […]

Julian Wettengel

Qatar
Qatar:  Significant Reforms for Gulf Labor give Workers new Freedoms

Qatar: Significant Reforms for Gulf Labor give Workers new Freedoms

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – The success of the significant labor reform measures that Qatar introduced on September 8, 2020, will depend […]

Human Rights Watch

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