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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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Trump has Conducted a War on Iran for 19 Months; Iran finally Hit Back

Trump has Conducted a War on Iran for 19 Months; Iran finally Hit Back

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iranian government replied to Trump’s assassination of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani on Tuesday by firing some 15 ballistic […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Why Conflict with Iran also works for Israel's Netanyahu: Wagging Two Dogs

Why Conflict with Iran also works for Israel’s Netanyahu: Wagging Two Dogs

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Even though he has lost two general elections and been indicted for corruption, bribery and breach of trust; […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Christians
The Other Theocracy Threatening the United States: Far Right Fundamentalists weigh down the GOP

The Other Theocracy Threatening the United States: Far Right Fundamentalists weigh down the GOP

By James A. Haught (Daylight Atheism) – Every schoolchild knows that the Ancient Mariner was forced to wear a dead albatross around his neck. I […]

James A. Haught

US Foreign Policy
The Miseries of being a Hyper-Power: How America Squandered its Cold War Victory

The Miseries of being a Hyper-Power: How America Squandered its Cold War Victory

(Tomdispatch.com – Thirty years ago this month, President George H.W. Bush appeared before a joint session of Congress to deliver his first State of the […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump
Millions Come into Streets for Slain Gen. Soleimani in Biggest Rallies in Iran's History (And no, They weren't Coerced)

Millions Come into Streets for Slain Gen. Soleimani in Biggest Rallies in Iran’s History (And no, They weren’t Coerced)

Trump and Pompeo have managed to Shore up the Iranian Regime

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
In Iran showdown, conflict could explode quickly – and disastrously

In Iran showdown, conflict could explode quickly – and disastrously

By Bear F. Braumoeller | Despite the claims of optimists, the odds that an international conflict will snowball into a bloody war haven’t gone down […]

Middle East Monitor

Arms Sales
The Real Winners of Iran Conflict: Threat of War Inflates Stock Holdings of Military Contractor CEOs

The Real Winners of Iran Conflict: Threat of War Inflates Stock Holdings of Military Contractor CEOs

By Sarah Anderson | – (Inequality.org) – As long as the top executives of our privatized war economy can reap unlimited rewards, the profit motive […]

Inequality.org

Antisemitism
Violence against Jews a sign of increasing hate in the U.S.

Violence against Jews a sign of increasing hate in the U.S.

(The Baltimore Sun) – What could cause such hate in a person that would drive them to kill and injure innocent members of a minority […]

Abigail Leibowitz

Donald Trump
Iraqi Parliament Resolves to Kick Out US Troops, and Trump Threatens Mother of All Sanctions

Iraqi Parliament Resolves to Kick Out US Troops, and Trump Threatens Mother of All Sanctions

Some Iraqi Leaders suggest Replacing the US with Russia or China

Juan Cole

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