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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East
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Juan Cole on Gaza, U.S. Policy, and the Future of the Middle East

Juan Cole

I was welcomed onto David Lin’s Podcast, “The David Lin Report” to talk about Gaza, the Middle East and the US-China rivalry. Embedded video and […]

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Drought, Sand Storms and Evacuations: how Iran’s Climate Crisis gets Ignored

Drought, Sand Storms and Evacuations: how Iran’s Climate Crisis gets Ignored

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Victims Without Victimizers: How Corporate Democrats Led to the Trump Era

Victims Without Victimizers: How Corporate Democrats Led to the Trump Era

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The Biggest Losers in Trump-Iran Crisis?  Gulf States.  Biggest Winner? Vladimir Putin

The Biggest Losers in Trump-Iran Crisis? Gulf States. Biggest Winner? Vladimir Putin

By Marwan Kabalan | – It is in the nature of crises, both long term and temporary, for losers and winners to emerge. It is […]

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More Money, Fewer Jobs: Why Lavishing Billions on the Pentagon won’t Help Employment

More Money, Fewer Jobs: Why Lavishing Billions on the Pentagon won’t Help Employment

By Nia Harris, Cassandra Stimpson, and Ben Freeman | – (Tomdispatch.com ) – A Marilyn has once again seduced a president. This time, though, it’s […]

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Philosopher Slavoj Žižek thinks Trump is in a Perverse Way good For U.S.; Americans Disagree

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White Supremacist Terrorism strikes Again in the Age of Trump and Putin

White Supremacist Terrorism strikes Again in the Age of Trump and Putin

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The slaughter of 20 persons in and around a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, by a virulent white nationalist on […]

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From Boris Johnson to Trump, will Western Conservatives go on Supporting Israeli Colonialism in Palestine to the Hilt?

From Boris Johnson to Trump, will Western Conservatives go on Supporting Israeli Colonialism in Palestine to the Hilt?

By Muhammad Hussein | – When Boris Johnson was voted in as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by […]

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Be Afraid, Very Afraid: Greenland Ice Sheets Cascading into Ocean 50 Years Ahead of Schedule

Be Afraid, Very Afraid: Greenland Ice Sheets Cascading into Ocean 50 Years Ahead of Schedule

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amid the European heat wave, Ruth Mottram of the Danish Meteorological Institute set off a panic this week when she […]

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1917: The Racist, Right Wing Age of Delirium that Trump Resurrected

1917: The Racist, Right Wing Age of Delirium that Trump Resurrected

By Adam Hochschild | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Along rivers prone to overflowing, people sometimes talk of preparing for a 100-year flood — a dangerous surge […]

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Slamming Ilhan Omar, Orientalist Sen. Rand Paul confuses Somalia with Game of Thrones

Slamming Ilhan Omar, Orientalist Sen. Rand Paul confuses Somalia with Game of Thrones

By David Pechefsky | – (Informed Comment) – US Senator Rand Paul’s recent statements regarding Somalia are absurd on many levels. They are perhaps not […]

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Shadowy Pro-Saudi D. C. Think Tank that Defended Crown Prince Suddenly Closes

Shadowy Pro-Saudi D. C. Think Tank that Defended Crown Prince Suddenly Closes

(Al-Bab.com) – The Arabia Foundation, a pro-Saudi think tank established in Washington only two-and-a-half years ago suddenly closed down yesterday, citing “ongoing differences” among its […]

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