Politics professor, University of San Francisco; writer; parent; interests in human rights, nonviolent action, U.S. Middle East policy
Santa Cruz, California, USA
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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is progressive politically and liberal theologically. The Muslim Brotherhood is ultra-conservative on both counts. The Republicans' bizarre efforts to link them simply because El-Sayed happens to be Muslim is a sign of desperation.
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Third Way promotes itself as a centrist organization that supports democratic values but simply opposes what it considers to be the far left of the Democratic Party. Well, it ends up they have been funding the Beacon Coalition, which has endorsed Mike Rogers, the rightwing MAGA Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Michigan.
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My 45-minute interview on KBBF-FM last evening addressing the question of why the United States supports Israel:
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Here's an interview I did with Kris Welch on Friday covering the spread of war in the Middle East resulting from the U.S./Israeli war Iran. My segment starts at the 38:55 mark. kpfa.org/player/?audio=48964…
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Here's a link to another recent BBC interview, this one from a few days ago on the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. piped.video/ZkZx-hv7rRg
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Here's a clip of my interview on BBC One this morning on settler violence in the West Bank.
piped.video/xNDcuL01MfQ
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Real Clear Politics has reposted my article on Navi Pillay winning the Nobel Peace Prize:
realclearpolitics.com/2026/1…
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Important article on how a documentary consisting entirely of interviews with Israeli military officials confirms the worst of intentions by the Israeli government in its genocidal war on the people of Gaza.
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Polling data has shown that enough progressives, Muslims, Arab-Americans, and younger voters refused to vote for Harris over the Gaza war that it caused her to lose swing states she otherwise would have won. If she had said this in the fall of 2024, Trump would not be president.
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I'm one of three scholars interviewed in this analysis of the situation one year after the ceasefire in Gaza. wyomingstarnews.org/2026/10/…
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Stephen Zunes retweeted
.@SZunes: "Pillay has worked to build up institutions and principles the #UnitedStates wants to tear down." thenation.com/article/world/…
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My latest article, published in The Nation, looks at the significance of Navi Pillay winning the Nobel Peace Prize and the bipartisan opposition in Washington to her work.
Please consider circulating.
thenation.com/article/world/…
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My interview this morning on a Singapore television station on the war between the Houthis and the Saudi regime:
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Here's a link to an hour-long interview I did the other night for a New Zealand radio show and podcast in which I addressed the the authoritarian threat and the upcoming midterm elections here in the United States. player.accessmedia.nz/Player…
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