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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 […]

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

Palestinian Subordination: Donald Trump’s Gaza “Peace” Plan

10/03/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

How Donald Trump Surrendered on Greentech to China Abroad and to Big Oil at Home

10/03/2025 By Tom Engelhardt

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We did Trump to Ourselves and Should Own up to It; Mueller and Putin can't Save US

We did Trump to Ourselves and Should Own up to It; Mueller and Putin can’t Save US

All this is not to say that Putin did not try to put Trump in. He did.

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Golan: Trump Shift Denies Syrians' Rights under International Law (HRW)

Golan: Trump Shift Denies Syrians’ Rights under International Law (HRW)

Syrians in Occupied Territory Protected Under International Humanitarian Law

Human Rights Watch

Immigration
12 Ways to Make Sense of the Border Mess

12 Ways to Make Sense of the Border Mess

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calculates that planned wall segments will negatively affect 60%-75% of the LRGV’s lands

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Yemen
After School, Yemen’s Children seek Work at the Cemetery

After School, Yemen’s Children seek Work at the Cemetery

The UN estimates two million Yemeni children, out of an eligible seven million, are out of school.

AFP

Islam
Building Bridges: Juan Cole Interview on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires

Building Bridges: Juan Cole Interview on Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires

Andrew C Condon interviewed me in this podcast on my new book abut peace themes in the Qur’an and the life of the Prophet Muhammad. […]

Juan Cole

Featured
No, Trump did not Defeat ISIL: He Executed Obama's Plan

No, Trump did not Defeat ISIL: He Executed Obama’s Plan

American, Lefist-Kurdish Flags raised Over ISIL’s last Sliver of Territory in E. Syria

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Conspiracy, collusion: What Mueller’s probe has told us so far

Conspiracy, collusion: What Mueller’s probe has told us so far

In two conspiracy indictments Mueller described a cohesive effort under the auspices of Russian President Vladimir Putin to interfere in the 2016 presidential election

AFP

Donald Trump
Leaked Audio Exposes Oil & Gas Execs Laughing With Joy Over Cozy Access to Trump Officials

Leaked Audio Exposes Oil & Gas Execs Laughing With Joy Over Cozy Access to Trump Officials

By Jon Queally, staff writer |- (Commondreams.org) – “It’s really a new world for us and very, very helpful,” said powerful fossil fuel lobby group’s […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
As Netanyahu’s Israel becomes Associated with Trump, Democrats Flee its Lobbies

As Netanyahu’s Israel becomes Associated with Trump, Democrats Flee its Lobbies

Some analysts say Trump’s staunch support for Netanyahu has to do with evangelical Christians, a loyal constituency

AFP

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