By Amin Saikal, Victoria University (The Conversation) – The United States and Iran are once again on a collision course over the Iranian nuclear program. In a letter dated early March, US President Donald Trump urged Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to negotiate a new deal. The new deal would replace the defunct nuclear […]
Archives for April 2025
Is Trump a Bigger Threat to America than Usama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump has inflicted more damage on the United States’s markets than did Usam Bin Laden and al-Qaeda on 9/11. The attacks of that date caused the US financial authorities to to close down the NYSE and the Nasdaq for a week, until September 17. This was unprecedented. When trading […]
No, Even the Super-Rich Can’t Dodge the Climate-Change Bullet
They think they can — and that thinking just may doom the rest of us. ( Inequality.org) – So where do you see yourself living the rest of your life? The richest among us are keeping their options all open. On the one hand, our deepest pockets are buying up new super-luxury abodes as if the […]
The USAID that Elon Musk Never Knew
( Tomdispatch.com ) – What put the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with an annual budget hovering at just about 1% of federal spending, at the top of Elon Musk’s budget-cutting target list? Was it just a political calculation that foreign aid is a safe target because it’s unpopular with so many Americans and […]
“The American Spring:” Trump is increasingly Like Middle East Rulers who were Overthrown
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nationwide “Hands Off!” rallies were held in over 1,200 towns and cities, in every single state of the Union on Saturday, staged by over 150 organizations, including workers’ unions, democracy advocates, veterans and human rights groups, according to David Collins at AP. Some of the urban demonstrations were significant, with […]
Inside the Resurgence of Jewish-led Palestine Solidarity
Jewish Studies scholar Oren Kroll-Zeldin discusses his new book “Unsettled,” which documents the new generation of American Jews resisting Israeli violence. Shane Burley ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Over the last year and a half, the movement for Palestinian liberation has become one of the largest American social movements of the decade. Not only that, […]
“Competition Racism,” spurred by Envy, is a Growing Threat to the World
Translation of an interview with Ewoud Butter for the Dutch opinion website and monthly journal De Kanttekening, dated 12 March 2025 How did you get involved with racism? My childhood in the Dutch East Indies had a fundamental impact on my thinking about racism. I grew up in a colonial society in which white Dutch […]
Israel Killed Both Parents: 17,000 Gaza Children are worst Orphan Crisis in Modern History
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The renewed total war against Palestinian civilians in Gaza waged by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recreated the worst headlines of 2024, but this time no one is watching, as the deliberately-created Trump crises suck up all the oxygen in the news universe. The UN Office […]
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention: A chilling Signal in the Crackdown on Palestinian solidarity
by Andrew S. Maier ( Middle East Monitor ) – The largest case in public discourse today revolves around Columbia University, where 22 students — including Mahmoud Khalil — have faced suspensions, diploma revocations, or even deportation. The crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism has escalated sharply since US President Donald Trump came to power in January, […]
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