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Assaults on US Academic Freedom:  Acquiescence and Resistance
Academic Freedom

Assaults on US Academic Freedom: Acquiescence and Resistance

H. Scott Prosterman

Academic freedom siege in the US is under siege as never in our nation’s history

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Are Secretive Israeli Front Organizations Trying to Empty out Gaza? Palestinians sent to South Africa

Are Secretive Israeli Front Organizations Trying to Empty out Gaza? Palestinians sent to South Africa

11/17/2025 By Middle East Monitor

The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits

The Ultimate Con: Arms Contractors are Making out Like Bandits

11/17/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Practicing Social Ecology: From Bookchin to Kurdish Rojava and Beyond

Practicing Social Ecology: From Bookchin to Kurdish Rojava and Beyond

Murray Bookchin was one of the most significant thinkers – and activists – in the 20th century

Peter G. Prontzos

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: As Cold and Rain Assault Homeless, Israel Blocks Entry of Tents

Gaza: As Cold and Rain Assault Homeless, Israel Blocks Entry of Tents

the health situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic as the population drinks contaminated water with high salinity

International Middle East Media Center

Green Energy
Pacific Nations aim to go 100% Renewables, saving 25% of GDP

Pacific Nations aim to go 100% Renewables, saving 25% of GDP

In Papua New Guinea’s highlands, solar kits bring electric light to homes for the first time

The Conversation

BDS
Imposing Sanctions on Israel with Love

Imposing Sanctions on Israel with Love

As an Israeli Jew in voluntary political exile since 1983 facing horrors being done in my name and without my consent

Waging Nonviolence

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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing

Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing

As with the Gaza atrocities, 1 in every 5 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2025 across the West Bank is a child

Dan Steinbock

Israel/ Palestine
Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival

Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival

The US sanctions against Francesca Albanese are testament to her courage speaking up for the Palestinians.

Richard Drake

China
How China Is Turning Climate Action into Economic Strategy

How China Is Turning Climate Action into Economic Strategy

In October, China unveiled updated climate targets for 2035, a 7-10 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

Foreign Policy in Focus

Academic Freedom
California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

Censoring academic content does nothing to promote “a safe learning environment,” as Newsom’s signing statement concludes.

H. Scott Prosterman

Climate Crisis
COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and extrem e weather events create ideal conditions for pathogens and their vectors

The Conversation

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Gaza: As Cold and Rain Assault Homeless, Israel Blocks Entry of Tents

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Pacific Nations aim to go 100% Renewables, saving 25% of GDP

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