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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”
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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

Juan Cole

Dick Cheney and the Iraq War – was it about Oil? How Cheney coarsened American politics

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Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

11/05/2025 By Common Dreams

The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

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Solar Power doubling every 3 Years; 41% of world Electricity now Low-Carbon

Solar Power doubling every 3 Years; 41% of world Electricity now Low-Carbon

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – It may be that Trump can slow the advance of renewables, including solar energy, in the United States. That would […]

Juan Cole

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Iran must Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Iran must Unconditionally Release Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi

Release All other Arbitrarily Detained Rights Activists Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian authorities are threatening to return the human rights defender and Nobel […]

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With US Bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a Deal with Iran and avoid a War?

With US Bombers at the ready, can Trump cut a Deal with Iran and avoid a War?

By Amin Saikal, Victoria University (The Conversation) – The United States and Iran are once again on a collision course over the Iranian nuclear program. […]

The Conversation

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Is Trump a Bigger Threat to America than Usama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda?

Is Trump a Bigger Threat to America than Usama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump has inflicted more damage on the United States’s markets than did Usam Bin Laden and al-Qaeda on 9/11. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
No, Even the Super-Rich Can’t Dodge the Climate-Change Bullet

No, Even the Super-Rich Can’t Dodge the Climate-Change Bullet

They think they can — and that thinking just may doom the rest of us. ( Inequality.org) – So where do you see yourself living […]

Sam Pizzigati

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The USAID that Elon Musk Never Knew

The USAID that Elon Musk Never Knew

( Tomdispatch.com ) – What put the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with an annual budget hovering at just about 1% of federal spending, […]

Arnold R. Isaacs

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“The American Spring:”  Trump is increasingly Like Middle East Rulers who were Overthrown

“The American Spring:” Trump is increasingly Like Middle East Rulers who were Overthrown

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nationwide “Hands Off!” rallies were held in over 1,200 towns and cities, in every single state of the Union on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Inside the Resurgence of Jewish-led Palestine Solidarity

Inside the Resurgence of Jewish-led Palestine Solidarity

Jewish Studies scholar Oren Kroll-Zeldin discusses his new book “Unsettled,” which documents the new generation of American Jews resisting Israeli violence. Shane Burley  ( Waging […]

Waging Nonviolence

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“Competition Racism,” spurred by Envy, is a Growing Threat to the World

“Competition Racism,” spurred by Envy, is a Growing Threat to the World

Translation of an interview with Ewoud Butter for the Dutch opinion website and monthly journal De Kanttekening, dated 12 March 2025 How did you get […]

Anne-Ruth Wertheim

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