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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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People are Dying:  Why are We Waiting for Medicare for All?

People are Dying: Why are We Waiting for Medicare for All?

By F. Douglas Stephenson (The Gainesville Sun)- An old social justice chant, “Why are We Waiting,” is sung to the tune of the beautiful and […]

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Democratic Socialism
The Novel Coronavirus has a Well-Known Left-Wing Bias

The Novel Coronavirus has a Well-Known Left-Wing Bias

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The character played by comedian Stephen Colbert, back when he was parodying Fox “News” anchors, lamented that “Reality has a […]

Juan Cole

Epidemics
Coronavirus Proves It: We Need Medicare for All

Coronavirus Proves It: We Need Medicare for All

By Ashar Foley | (Otherwords.org) – For decades, critics of single-payer health care have raised the menace of rationed care, long waits, and “death panels.” […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
US Nat'l Security State Tilted at War on Terror Windmills when Real Threats --  Climate and Pandemic -- were at Home

US Nat’l Security State Tilted at War on Terror Windmills when Real Threats — Climate and Pandemic — were at Home

( Tomdispatch.com) – Americans are facing “A Spring Unlike Any Before.” So warned a front-page headline in the March 13th New York Times. That headline, […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
In a Plague Year, Trump Ratchets up Tensions with Iran and Iraq

In a Plague Year, Trump Ratchets up Tensions with Iran and Iraq

San Francisco (Foreign Correspondent) – While the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic, tensions between the US and Iran are heating up. The two countries […]

Reese Erlich

Afghanistan
Trump boasted he “Obliterated” ISIS in Afghanistan; Then ISIS Massacred a Shiite Wedding Party

Trump boasted he “Obliterated” ISIS in Afghanistan; Then ISIS Massacred a Shiite Wedding Party

By Brian Glyn Williams and Javed Rezayee | – Williams, Boston/Bamiyan. On November 13th yet another suicide bombing shredded the lives of people across the […]

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Corruption
The Contango Tango: SecState Pompeo Pressures Saudis to Raise Gasoline Prices, Harming US Consumers

The Contango Tango: SecState Pompeo Pressures Saudis to Raise Gasoline Prices, Harming US Consumers

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a phone call with Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman on Tuesday. So reports […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump trying to Bolster his Far Right Agenda with the Pandemic, but will it Expose his Utter Incompetence?

Trump trying to Bolster his Far Right Agenda with the Pandemic, but will it Expose his Utter Incompetence?

The Politics of the Coronavirus

John Feffer

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians in Gaza Face Coronavirus alone after 14-Year Israeli Lockdown

Palestinians in Gaza Face Coronavirus alone after 14-Year Israeli Lockdown

By Ahmet Alioglu | – Humans never thinks of the blessings they have unless they’re lost or about to vanish. Freedom to move is an […]

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