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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East
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Why Trump Bombed Iran: Preserving US and Israeli Nuclear Supremacy in the Middle East

Dan Steinbock

As President Trump ordered the US to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s national security morphed into an even more […]

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

Protesting to San Jose State U. for Firing Tenured Professor Sang Hea Kil for Palestine Protest

06/22/2025 By Committee on Academic Freedom

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

06/22/2025 By Common Dreams

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Israel/ Palestine
Jewish Liberalism v. Jewish Nationalism:  How Trump's tweets on Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Pitched an Old Divide

Jewish Liberalism v. Jewish Nationalism: How Trump’s tweets on Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Pitched an Old Divide

By Noam Pianko |- President Trump recently asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deny entry to two Democratic congresswomen planning to visit Israel. Representatives […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Climate Fail: Big Oil is corrupting both Parties in Desperate Bid to Burn more Petroleum

Climate Fail: Big Oil is corrupting both Parties in Desperate Bid to Burn more Petroleum

By Daphne Wysham | – ( Otherwords.org) – Burning fossil fuels boils our planet — that much is generally well known. But often these fuels […]

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Israel/ Palestine
The Democracy in Europe Movement Should Demand of Israel the international rule of law for Palestinians

The Democracy in Europe Movement Should Demand of Israel the international rule of law for Palestinians

By Arturo Desimone | – An appeal to The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, a pan-European political movement launched in 2015 by former […]

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Climate Change
Horrific Amazon Wildfires: How do they Threaten Us, and how can we stop them?

Horrific Amazon Wildfires: How do they Threaten Us, and how can we stop them?

By Jos Barlow and Alexander C. Lees | – Imagine a rainforest at dawn – the tall canopy laden with dripping ferns and orchids, tree […]

Juan Cole

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France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal

France Upstages Trump at G7 by Inviting Iran to Salvage Nuclear Deal

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a surprise development, Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif suddenly flew to Biarritz on Sunday for meetings on the sidelines […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Iran: The 14 Defiant Women Who Want To end Gender Apartheid in The Islamic Republic

Iran: The 14 Defiant Women Who Want To end Gender Apartheid in The Islamic Republic

(RFE/RL) – Iranian human rights lawyer Guity Pourfazel wants to see change in her country and believes Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should step down […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Climate Change
Plants Provide our Food, Medicine & Oxygen: We're Driving them Extinct 350x Faster than Normal

Plants Provide our Food, Medicine & Oxygen: We’re Driving them Extinct 350x Faster than Normal

Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm By Jaco Le Roux, Florencia Yanelli, Heidi Hirsch, José María Iriondo Alegria, […]

The Conversation

China
China: How the Republican Imperial Presidency Led to Trump's Trade National Socialism

China: How the Republican Imperial Presidency Led to Trump’s Trade National Socialism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has put US companies on alert that he might force them to withdraw from China, where they have $256 […]

Juan Cole

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Former Iraqi PM Threatens Military action against Israel after Tel Aviv Bombed Shiite Militia Base

Former Iraqi PM Threatens Military action against Israel after Tel Aviv Bombed Shiite Militia Base

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Former prime minister of Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki, responded to news that Israel had bombed Shiite militia bases in Iraq with […]

Juan Cole

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