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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide
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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This year 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam from the “American War.”  The […]

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“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

10/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

10/31/2025 By Hugh J. Curran

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Top 3 Ways America has been Deeply Wounded by Supporting Israel Lobbyists like Jared Kushner

Top 3 Ways America has been Deeply Wounded by Supporting Israel Lobbyists like Jared Kushner

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jared Kushner is essentially an Israeli squatter on Palestinian land in the West Bank, and so it is little wonder […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The Kushner Plan is a Dramatic Campaign Stunt for Trump and Bibi and Apartheid for Palestinians

The Kushner Plan is a Dramatic Campaign Stunt for Trump and Bibi and Apartheid for Palestinians

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Now comes the most imperial campaign stunt in modern history, just in time for Israel’s third election since […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Crisis
Coalxit?  Germany, 4th Largest Economy, Officially Approves Phase-Out of Coal

Coalxit? Germany, 4th Largest Economy, Officially Approves Phase-Out of Coal

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – The German government has officially approved the end of coal-fired power production in Germany. Chancellor […]

Clean Energy Wire

Colonialism
Juan Cole, "International Liberation and Nonviolent Noncooperation: Martin Luther King and Afro-Asia" (Video)

Juan Cole, “International Liberation and Nonviolent Noncooperation: Martin Luther King and Afro-Asia” (Video)

The nonviolent activism of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. is associated in the minds of many primarily with the Civil Rights Movement against institutionalized […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Coach Trump:  The Superbowl Presidency of Old White Men

Coach Trump: The Superbowl Presidency of Old White Men

By Robert Lipsyte< | - ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Attorney General William Barr’s campaign to expand the powers of the presidency to unprecedented imperial levels […]

Tomdispatch

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As anti-Trump Protests Erupt in Palestinian West Bank, Israeli Occupation forces wound Dozens

As anti-Trump Protests Erupt in Palestinian West Bank, Israeli Occupation forces wound Dozens

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dozens of Palestinians were injured in protests throughout the Palestinian West Bank by Israeli Occupation troops on Wednesday. Gaza was […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
How to Prevent Trump’s Masked Monarchy

How to Prevent Trump’s Masked Monarchy

By Martin Powers | – Ann Arbor (Special to Informed Comment) – Even before impeachment proceedings began, online bloggers recognized a penchant for monarchical or […]

Martin Powers

Donald Trump
Islamophobia in the White House:  Trump’s Tweets Perpetuate a Long History of Equating Muslims with Terrorism

Islamophobia in the White House: Trump’s Tweets Perpetuate a Long History of Equating Muslims with Terrorism

By Evelyn Alsultany | – President Donald Trump retweeted a doctored image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing a hijab and Senator Chuck Schumer wearing […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Buried in Trump-Netanyahu Deal Is Effort to Torpedo Int'l Criminal Court War Crimes Probe of Israel

Buried in Trump-Netanyahu Deal Is Effort to Torpedo Int’l Criminal Court War Crimes Probe of Israel

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – The plan announced Tuesday by the White House demands Palestinians “dismiss all pending actions” before the […]

Common Dreams

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