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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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Iran goes from Bad to Worse:  Hardliners win elections, thanks in part to Trump’s treaty withdrawal

Iran goes from Bad to Worse: Hardliners win elections, thanks in part to Trump’s treaty withdrawal

(Progressive.org) – ‘TEHRAN—The parliamentary candidates had rented a large hall for a campaign rally, but only a few hundred supporters showed up. They came to […]

Reese Erlich

Israel/ Palestine
Listing companies to boycott over Israeli war crimes is a start . . .

Listing companies to boycott over Israeli war crimes is a start . . .

(Middle East Monitor) – The UN finally published its database this month listing companies which profit from Israel’s brutal military occupation of the West Bank. […]

Asa Winstanley

Displaced and Refugees
Targeting Muslims, India is Abolishing Birthright Citizenship

Targeting Muslims, India is Abolishing Birthright Citizenship

By Rahul Sambaraju and Suryapratim Roy | – The fallout from two controversial changes to citizenship laws continues to rock India. At least 35 people […]

The Conversation

Bashar al-Assad
Turkey mobilizes for war with Syria and Russia as Nearly 3 Dozen Turkish Troops Killed

Turkey mobilizes for war with Syria and Russia as Nearly 3 Dozen Turkish Troops Killed

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera reports that nearly three dozen Turkish soldiers in a barracks in Syria were killed Friday by an air […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Iran: No Justice for Bloody Crackdown (HRW)

Iran: No Justice for Bloody Crackdown (HRW)

Unlawful Lethal Force, Families Threatened, Cover-Ups

Human Rights Watch

Democratic Socialism
How Cold War US Corporations Smeared Democratic Socialism

How Cold War US Corporations Smeared Democratic Socialism

By Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy | – Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Democratic front-runner in the race for the presidential nomination. Yet even some left-leaning pundits […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
How Democracy Ends:  Not With a Bang But With a Whimper

How Democracy Ends: Not With a Bang But With a Whimper

By Karen J. Greenberg | – (Tomdispatch.com) – In this fast-paced century, rife with technological innovation, we’ve grown accustomed to the impermanence of things. Whatever […]

Karen J. Greenberg

Donald Trump
Anti-Science and Opportunistic: Trump and Iran's Ayatollahs both Play down Coronavirus

Anti-Science and Opportunistic: Trump and Iran’s Ayatollahs both Play down Coronavirus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Christine Romans at CNN wonders if Trump’s news conference on Wednesday evening on the Covid-19 coronavirus was his “Mission Accomplished” […]

Juan Cole

Banking
Bernie Sanders and the Poor Little Rich Boys:  Why Billionaire Financiers are Bullying the Democratic Party

Bernie Sanders and the Poor Little Rich Boys: Why Billionaire Financiers are Bullying the Democratic Party

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Quiet concerns about a possible Sanders victory became a loud and agitated freakout after the Senator’s resounding […]

John Buell

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