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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

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The European Union must Stop Mimicking Trump on Iran: DiEM25 should call on Brussels to live up to its own Responsibilities

The European Union must Stop Mimicking Trump on Iran: DiEM25 should call on Brussels to live up to its own Responsibilities

Amsterdam (Special to Informed Comment) – In the spirit of what the EU calls “de-escalation’’ German government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer recently asserted an official belief […]

Arturo Desimone

Donald Trump
How the President Became a Drone Bomber: From Obama to Trump, from Afghanistani to Soleimani

How the President Became a Drone Bomber: From Obama to Trump, from Afghanistani to Soleimani

By Allegra Harpootlian | – (Tomdispatch.com) – We’re only a few days into the new decade and it’s somehow already a bigger dumpster fire than […]

Tomdispatch

Donald Trump
Trump Admin. declares US an Occupying  Power in Iraq, Puts US Troops in Jeopardy by Refusing to Leave

Trump Admin. declares US an Occupying Power in Iraq, Puts US Troops in Jeopardy by Refusing to Leave

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdulmahdi late last week requested a meeting with the US government to plan out the […]

Juan Cole

Arms Sales
Is Iran Conflict a War for the Arms Corporations?  Congress Needs to End Profiteering

Is Iran Conflict a War for the Arms Corporations? Congress Needs to End Profiteering

By Sarah Anderson | – (Otherwords.org) – Surging stock prices for military contractors gave several CEOs an early payday after Trump’s Iran aggression. The prospect […]

OtherWords

Donald Trump
Top 10 Ways Trump's Actions against Iran Hurt the US, the Mideast, and the World

Top 10 Ways Trump’s Actions against Iran Hurt the US, the Mideast, and the World

By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies | – Revised. (Commondreams.org) – The U.S. assassination of General Qassem Soleimani has not yet plunged us […]

Common Dreams

Donald Trump
All the Ways Trump's Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law

All the Ways Trump’s Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law

By David Mednicoff | – Editor’s note: Iran’s missile attack on a U.S. base in Iraq in retaliation for the Trump administration’s killing of Iranian […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit

All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the US political establishment and press has been demonizing Gen. Qasem Soleimani since he was rubbed out by Trump, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine

Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine

( 48hills.org) – Trump blinked. After threatening to bomb military and cultural sites in Iran, President Donald Trump has apparently backed down on further escalation […]

Reese Erlich

Russia
Is Russian Imperialism in Syria, with its Vast Human Toll, a Vanity Project for Vladimir Putin?

Is Russian Imperialism in Syria, with its Vast Human Toll, a Vanity Project for Vladimir Putin?

Radwan Zyada | – (Middle East Monitor) – Russian President Putin made a surprise visit to Damascus [on January 7], during which he met Bashar […]

Middle East Monitor

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