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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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Germany marks first ever Quarter with more than 50 pct Renewable Electricity

Germany marks first ever Quarter with more than 50 pct Renewable Electricity

By Rachel Waldholz | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Germany produced more than half of its electricity with renewable power in the first three […]

Clean Energy Wire

Climate Crisis
Pandemics as the Revenge of Mother Earth: Human-Caused Climate Change Impels Mass Migrations of Humans and Animals

Pandemics as the Revenge of Mother Earth: Human-Caused Climate Change Impels Mass Migrations of Humans and Animals

( Tomdispatch.com ) – As the coronavirus sweeps across the planet, leaving death and mayhem in its wake, many theories are being expounded to explain […]

Michael T. Klare

Donald Trump
Threatening Iran: Mired in Incompetence on Covid-19 at Home, Trump Tests Wagging the Dog

Threatening Iran: Mired in Incompetence on Covid-19 at Home, Trump Tests Wagging the Dog

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – AFP quotes Trump as saying at a news conference and then on Twitter: “”We don’t want hostility, but if they […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
The World Can't Afford Washington's Pet Wars and Sanctions in a Time of Plague

The World Can’t Afford Washington’s Pet Wars and Sanctions in a Time of Plague

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – During World War I, soldiers all along the Western front held a series of informal truces in December 1914 to […]

John Feffer

Banking
The US Tax System is a vast Ponzi Scheme that only Benefits the Wealthy

The US Tax System is a vast Ponzi Scheme that only Benefits the Wealthy

( Gainesville Sun ) – There are no easy answers to financing U.S. health insurance, mental health care, social services, public health and other services […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Bashar al-Assad
2 reasons – and 1 disease – that make peace in Syria so difficult

2 reasons – and 1 disease – that make peace in Syria so difficult

By Ora Szekely | – Despite many attempts at negotiations, the Syrian war – a conflict with a complicated and constantly changing cast of characters […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Iran Covid-19 Deaths Rival US as Trump Blockade blocks Medical Supplies; and Europe Defies Washington

Iran Covid-19 Deaths Rival US as Trump Blockade blocks Medical Supplies; and Europe Defies Washington

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The European Union has activated the Instex trading mechanism for the purpose of sending medicine and medical supplies to Iran […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis will also be Killing 250K / year Soon, and Needs same Planetary Swift Action as Covid-19

Climate Crisis will also be Killing 250K / year Soon, and Needs same Planetary Swift Action as Covid-19

By Eric Galbraith and Ross Otto | – In the past few weeks, governments around the world have enacted dramatic measures to mitigate the threat […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How we gave up our Health, Environment and Diplomacy for Wars, Walls and Plutocracy

How we gave up our Health, Environment and Diplomacy for Wars, Walls and Plutocracy

Greenfield, MA (Special to Informed Comment) -Budgets are moral documents (or immoral, depending on priorities). So also is tax policy. Consider Trump’s proposed $1.3 trillion […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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