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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East
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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After thirty years of agitation, incitement, lies and provocation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally succeeded in […]

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

06/24/2025 By The Conversation

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

06/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Leader of Free World Angela Merkel Rips Bark off Trump for humiliating German Auto Industry

Leader of Free World Angela Merkel Rips Bark off Trump for humiliating German Auto Industry

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a major speech on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed anxiety that the world’s […]

Juan Cole

nationalism
The Geopolitics of Walls: The Sense of Security is an Illusion

The Geopolitics of Walls: The Sense of Security is an Illusion

The wall addresses a core psychological insecurity. Trump supporters — and many others — feel as if their own privileges are evaporating.

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Capitalism vs. Socialism Is a False Choice:  We need true democracy  to Avoid self-extinction.

Capitalism vs. Socialism Is a False Choice: We need true democracy to Avoid self-extinction.

( Yes! Magazine) – Economic power is—and always has been—the foundation of political power. Those who control the peoples’ means of living rule. In a […]

David Korten

Iran
40 Years after the Iranian Revolution, Can the Opposition Still Hope for Change?

40 Years after the Iranian Revolution, Can the Opposition Still Hope for Change?

All opposition groups overuse the abstract notion of “secular democracy” without clearly explaining what exactly they have in mind

The Conversation

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Trump's Attempt to Strongarm Europe on Iran Crashes and Burns

Trump’s Attempt to Strongarm Europe on Iran Crashes and Burns

The agreement “is a basic pillar of the architecture of nuclear non-proliferation at the global level”

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
European Union has Documented Israeli War Crimes, but When Will it Punish Them?

European Union has Documented Israeli War Crimes, but When Will it Punish Them?

By Kamel Hawwash | – The lack of action to bring Israel to account for more than seven decades’ worth of crimes against the Palestinian […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich

Democracy and the Green New Deal Demand higher Taxes on Rich

Tie the U.S. corporate tax rate to the ratio between CEO and worker pay

Sam Pizzigati

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Troops in Palestine Detained over 500 Palestinians, including 89 Children

Israeli Troops in Palestine Detained over 500 Palestinians, including 89 Children

This brings the number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons to around 5,700 including 48 women and 230 children under 18.

Maan News Agency

Environment
Trump's Wall an Ugly Scar Across Hot Zone of Biological Diversity, Threatening Endangered Species

Trump’s Wall an Ugly Scar Across Hot Zone of Biological Diversity, Threatening Endangered Species

Prevents migration of ringtail cats, bighorn sheep, kit foxes, and Mexican gray wolves

Juan Cole

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