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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 5 ways Trump plan for Palestinians is a Crime against Humanity

Top 5 ways Trump plan for Palestinians is a Crime against Humanity

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, an American president being impeached for abuse of power announced a historic plan for Israel-Palestine alongside an Israeli […]

Juan Cole

Environment
The Other Crisis: How the Microplastics we’ve Sown Everywhere are Harming Wildlife

The Other Crisis: How the Microplastics we’ve Sown Everywhere are Harming Wildlife

By Kennedy Bucci and Chelsea Rochman | – Plastic pollution is a growing global concern. Large pieces of plastic have been found almost everywhere on […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Trump didn't Consult Us Palestinians about his Plan, but here's What one Palestinian Thinks of it

Trump didn’t Consult Us Palestinians about his Plan, but here’s What one Palestinian Thinks of it

By Motasem A Dalloul | @abujomaaGaza | – Israeli President Donald Trump has revealed his long-awaited peace plan aiming, as he claims, to bring a […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Being our own Hope:  Running for Office in the Age of Trump and Climate Crisis

Being our own Hope: Running for Office in the Age of Trump and Climate Crisis

(Tomdispatch.com) – “YES!” he yelled, thrusting his fist in the air. “We get to live in the mayor’s house!” My son’s reaction when I told […]

Frida Berrigan

Constitution
A Pence Presidency and an Iran War?  Why does John Bolton really want Trump Out?

A Pence Presidency and an Iran War? Why does John Bolton really want Trump Out?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former National Security Adviser John Bolton may have singlehandedly stopped Senate majority Mitch McConnell from simply acquitting Trump in the […]

Juan Cole

Bernie Sanders
Now that Bernie Sanders is a Front-runner, the Corporate Attack Machine is Smearing him as a Trump

Now that Bernie Sanders is a Front-runner, the Corporate Attack Machine is Smearing him as a Trump

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – The corporate media and the political establishment have always loathed Sanders, but this distaste has taken different […]

John Buell

Israel/ Palestine
Is Israel Sidelining Palestinians and Turkey to became Natural Gas Superpower in Mediterranean?

Is Israel Sidelining Palestinians and Turkey to became Natural Gas Superpower in Mediterranean?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a […]

Ramzy Baroud

Congress
Does Impeachment Need a Crime? Not According to the Framers of the Constitution

Does Impeachment Need a Crime? Not According to the Framers of the Constitution

By Stefanie Lindquist | – Donald Trump’s legal and political defenders are all singing the same refrain: The president can’t be impeached; he hasn’t committed […]

The Conversation

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Price of Trolling Impeachment: End of Oslo Peace Process and Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid “Steal of the Century”

Price of Trolling Impeachment: End of Oslo Peace Process and Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid “Steal of the Century”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian leadership has entirely rejected what is known of the Trump plan for Israel and Palestine, and warned that […]

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