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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide
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What I saw in Vietnam, 50 Years after the War and Ecocide

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This year 2025 is the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Vietnam from the “American War.”  The […]

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“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

“Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:23

10/31/2025 By Juan Cole

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

Samhain, the Celtic New Year, and Halloween

10/31/2025 By Hugh J. Curran

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Socialism or Barbarism: Reviving the History of the American Left

Socialism or Barbarism: Reviving the History of the American Left

By Eric Ross | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – More than a century ago, from a Berlin prison cell where she was confined for her […]

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Caribbean
Hurricane Melissa was 33% more Destructive in Jamaica because of People-Caused Climate Breakdown

Hurricane Melissa was 33% more Destructive in Jamaica because of People-Caused Climate Breakdown

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hurricane Melissa is the most devastating storm to hit Jamaica in recorded history, CNN reports. It rapidly intensified over the […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
Sudan Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City: Rampant Abuse of Fleeing Civilians by RSF

Sudan Mass Atrocities in Captured Darfur City: Rampant Abuse of Fleeing Civilians by RSF

Human Rights Watch – (Nairobi) – Dozens of videos posted on social media in recent days show Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carrying out extrajudicial killings […]

Human Rights Watch

Israel/ Palestine
The Int’l Court of Justice Demands Israel let UN Aid Flow into Gaza, but to what Avail?

The Int’l Court of Justice Demands Israel let UN Aid Flow into Gaza, but to what Avail?

By Ben L Murphy, University of Liverpool (The Conversation) – The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), demanded that Israel allow aid […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
The Rise and Coming Fall of Trumpian Fascism

The Rise and Coming Fall of Trumpian Fascism

Hamburg, NY (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are so many reasons to be pessimistic about actions taken by the Trump administration. The way […]

Andrew Kolin

Israel/ Palestine
UN: “Extreme Concern” as Netanyahu Orders “Powerful” Israeli Strikes on Gaza, killing 21

UN: “Extreme Concern” as Netanyahu Orders “Powerful” Israeli Strikes on Gaza, killing 21

( IMEMC ) – Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening, killing at least 21 Palestinians, including eight […]

International Middle East Media Center

Authoritarianism
Trump is trying Hard to do a bad Job, and that Works for Him; Not so much, for Us

Trump is trying Hard to do a bad Job, and that Works for Him; Not so much, for Us

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I first heard the expression “strategic incompetence” in El Salvador in December 1993. Along with my partner and two friends, I’d […]

Rebecca Gordon

Donald Trump
Vance of Arabia: The Trump Administration’s Reality-TV “Peace” in Gaza

Vance of Arabia: The Trump Administration’s Reality-TV “Peace” in Gaza

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Vice President J. D. Vance went out to the Middle East last week to show the MAGA […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
The World confronts the Genocide Washington is trying to Bury

The World confronts the Genocide Washington is trying to Bury

( Code Pink ) – On October 4th, 2025, in an interview with Axios, President Trump stressed that one of the main goals behind his […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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