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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
Academic Freedom

California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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What does it Mean to ‘Defund’ and Re-imagine Policing?

What does it Mean to ‘Defund’ and Re-imagine Policing?

By Michelle Stewart | – On May 25, social media erupted with the image of a Black man once again whispering “I can’t breathe” while […]

The Conversation

China
The Looming US-Chinese Missile Crisis

The Looming US-Chinese Missile Crisis

( Tomdispatch.com) – America’s pundits and politicians have largely concluded that a new Cold War with China — a period of intense hostility and competition […]

Michael T. Klare

African-Americans
Top 5 Reasons We must, despite Trump, change the name of Fort Bragg, since Braxton Bragg was a horrible Human Being

Top 5 Reasons We must, despite Trump, change the name of Fort Bragg, since Braxton Bragg was a horrible Human Being

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Responding to the Black Lives Matter protests that have sent people to the streets since the killing of George Floyd, […]

Juan Cole

Israel
New Crusades?  Conflict over Jerusalem is Heating up between Turkey and the budding Israeli-Saudi Bloc

New Crusades? Conflict over Jerusalem is Heating up between Turkey and the budding Israeli-Saudi Bloc

( Middle East Monitor) – Back in 2017, two Israeli advisors to the Jerusalem Municipality, David Koren and Ben Avrahami, shared their concerns about Turkey’s […]

Ahmed al-Burai

Donald Trump
As Key GOP Figures and Generals Defect, Emperor Trump’s Clothes are Disappearing

As Key GOP Figures and Generals Defect, Emperor Trump’s Clothes are Disappearing

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – A child exposing the nakedness of the emperor by speaking truth to power? Not these days. More than half of […]

John Feffer

Dissent
What – or who – is Trump's Bogeyman Antifa?

What – or who – is Trump’s Bogeyman Antifa?

By Stanislav Vysotsky | – The movement called “antifa” gets its name from a short form of “anti-fascist,” which is about the only thing its […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Chump: Before Trump fell for Antifa Conspiracy Theory, He Fell for Saudi Blockade of US Ally Qatar

Chump: Before Trump fell for Antifa Conspiracy Theory, He Fell for Saudi Blockade of US Ally Qatar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump produced widespread disgust on Tuesday by accusing a 75-year-old peace activist in Buffalo New York who was put in […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Could America's Covid and Race Crises Weaken the Union the way Chernobyl Broke up the USSR?

Could America’s Covid and Race Crises Weaken the Union the way Chernobyl Broke up the USSR?

Rochester, NY (Special to Informed Comment) – An unforeseen health disaster with rapidly propagating domestic and international consequences strikes a superpower already wallowing in heavy […]

Matthew Lenoe

Libya
Libya:  Is the Russia-Turkey Conflict Heightening over Oil-Rich Sirte?

Libya: Is the Russia-Turkey Conflict Heightening over Oil-Rich Sirte?

Belgrade (Special to Informed Comment) – The Libya’s civil war intensifies as Russia and Turkey are expected to negotiate the fate of strategically important coastal […]

Nikola Mikovic

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