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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

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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How the New 'Aladdin' stacks up against a Century of Orientalist Hollywood Stereotyping

How the New ‘Aladdin’ stacks up against a Century of Orientalist Hollywood Stereotyping

By Evelyn Alsultany |- Though critically acclaimed and widely beloved, the 1992 animated “Aladdin” feature had some serious issues with stereotyping. In the live-action ‘Aladdin,’ […]

The Conversation

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Yemen: On Memorial Day, Remember the 233,000 Dead in US-Backed Saudi War

Yemen: On Memorial Day, Remember the 233,000 Dead in US-Backed Saudi War

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Memorial Day should be rethought, as a day to mourn the death and destruction caused by war. Trump is using […]

Juan Cole

War
US Army Tweeted 'How has Serving Impacted You?'  It didn't Go Well.

US Army Tweeted ‘How has Serving Impacted You?’ It didn’t Go Well.

Tweet Inadvertently Triggers Responses Revealing ‘Real, Painful, and Horrifying Human Costs of War’

Common Dreams

Iran
Would Israelis & Saudis be Targets in any Trump-Iran Conflict?

Would Israelis & Saudis be Targets in any Trump-Iran Conflict?

By Maysam Behravesh | @behmash | – Although neither the United States nor Iran want war, tensions and along with them the likelihood of conflict-triggering […]

Middle East Monitor

Pentagon
Bad for Memorial Day, Bad for America: Trump Must not Pardon War Criminals

Bad for Memorial Day, Bad for America: Trump Must not Pardon War Criminals

By Andrew Bell | – As a veteran, I was astonished by the recent news that President Trump may be considering pardons for U.S. military […]

The Conversation

astronomy and outer space
No, Ben Shapiro, Science isn’t White

No, Ben Shapiro, Science isn’t White

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In this clip via Twitter, Ben Shapiro, who is somehow touted as a serious thinker on the Right, alleges that […]

Juan Cole

Poverty
Race and Inequality: Black college graduate Families have 33 percent less wealth than White High School Dropouts

Race and Inequality: Black college graduate Families have 33 percent less wealth than White High School Dropouts

By Josh Hoxie | – ( Inequality.org) – It’s not individual behavior that drives the racial wealth divide — it’s a system that many folks […]

Inequality.org

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What do they have to Hide?  Syria Refuses Visa for Chemical Weapons Investigation Chief

What do they have to Hide? Syria Refuses Visa for Chemical Weapons Investigation Chief

(Al-Bab.com ) – Syria is resisting efforts by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to identify the perpetrators of chemical attacks and […]

Brian Whitaker

Israel/ Palestine
A New Coalition of Diaspora, Israeli Jews and Palestinians is Confronting Israeli Military Violence

A New Coalition of Diaspora, Israeli Jews and Palestinians is Confronting Israeli Military Violence

By Rafi Ellenson |- ( Waging Nonviolence ) – When diaspora Jews and those living in Israel join with Palestinians, they forge a more powerful […]

Waging Nonviolence

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