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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
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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

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Get Your Very Own Donnie Bunker Doll: “Melania, is it Safe Yet?”

Get Your Very Own Donnie Bunker Doll: “Melania, is it Safe Yet?”

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Paul Jamiol

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Palestinian Lives Matter: Huge Jewish-Arab Rally in Tel Aviv Decries Netanyahu's plan to Annex 1/3 of West Bank

Palestinian Lives Matter: Huge Jewish-Arab Rally in Tel Aviv Decries Netanyahu’s plan to Annex 1/3 of West Bank

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Arab48 reports that some 6,000 Israelis gathered in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest the Netanyahu government’s […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
How Trump's US and the International Community are Complicit in Israeli Apartheid

How Trump’s US and the International Community are Complicit in Israeli Apartheid

By Ramona Wadi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – For several years, the call for a one-state solution has been part of the […]

Ramona Wadi

African-Americans
Are White Supremacists Coming out for the Protests in Hopes of Provoking a Race War?

Are White Supremacists Coming out for the Protests in Hopes of Provoking a Race War?

By Matthew Valasik and Shannon Reid | – As protests about police violence among black people continue and become more widespread across the U.S., certain […]

The Conversation

Christianity
I’m Outraged By Trump’s Church Photo-Op: A Nun Speaks Out

I’m Outraged By Trump’s Church Photo-Op: A Nun Speaks Out

By Sister Karen M. Donahue | – (Otherwords.org) – As a Catholic sister, I think Trump should read his Bible, not pose with it. By […]

OtherWords

Democracy
George Floyd and Mohamed Bouazizi:  What Americans can Learn from Tunisia's Arab Spring

George Floyd and Mohamed Bouazizi: What Americans can Learn from Tunisia’s Arab Spring

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In mid-December, 2010 in the small Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, a small drama unfolded that would change the world, […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The rest of the world sees uprisings, not riots, in Trump’s US

The rest of the world sees uprisings, not riots, in Trump’s US

(48hills.org) – One of Germany’s largest dailies ran the headline “This killer cop set America ablaze,” with a photo of the Minneapolis police officer who […]

Reese Erlich

Authoritarianism
Trump's use of religion follows playbook of authoritarian-leaning leaders the world over

Trump’s use of religion follows playbook of authoritarian-leaning leaders the world over

By Laura R. Olson | – It was a striking moment: Donald Trump, Bible in hand, posing for photos in an apparent moment of political […]

The Conversation

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Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On — Especially During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On — Especially During the Coronavirus Pandemic

by Lisa Song (ProPublica) – When Amira Chowdhury joined a protest in Philadelphia against police violence on Monday, she wore a mask to protect herself […]

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Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

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Scientists prove Extensive Viking Silver Trade with Abbasid Empire from British Silver Hoard

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