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Islamophobia
Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper

Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper

The Conversation

By Caleb Elfenbein | – A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its top executives in federal court over the company’s failure to crack down on hate speech against Muslims. Muslim Advocates, a Washington, D.C.-based organization focused on discrimination against American Muslims, alleges in the suit that Facebook has violated a series of local […]

Israel/ Palestine
Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?

Israel and the Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — but will anything change?

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By Anthony Billingsley | – Israel and Hamasagreed to a ceasefire. That is good news for everyone involved. The dying can hopefully end and further destruction be avoided — at least for now. Both sides can also claim victory. Hamas can claim to have defended the interests of Palestinians in Jerusalem in contrast to its […]

Climate Crisis
Int'l Energy Agency: We must Ban new Fossil Fuels Now to avoid Overheating our Earth

Int’l Energy Agency: We must Ban new Fossil Fuels Now to avoid Overheating our Earth

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By Volker Roeben | – Established in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) was created to maintain the stability of the international oil supply. As an independent adviser to many governments on energy policy, the IEA has the authority to make member states release reserve oil stocks to stabilise […]

Climate Crisis
Antarctica is headed for a climate tipping point by 2060, with catastrophic melting if carbon emissions aren't cut quickly

Antarctica is headed for a climate tipping point by 2060, with catastrophic melting if carbon emissions aren’t cut quickly

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By Julie Brigham-Grette and Andrea Dutton | – While U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken draws attention to climate change in the Arctic at meetings with other national officials this week in Iceland, an even greater threat looms on the other side of the planet. New research shows it is Antarctica that may force a […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians are not a "Death Toll": How Corporate Media's "Objective Reporting" on Israel-Palestine Favors Governments

Palestinians are not a “Death Toll”: How Corporate Media’s “Objective Reporting” on Israel-Palestine Favors Governments

The Conversation

By Annabelle Lukin | – As lethal violence kills ordinary people in Gaza and Israel, news outlets across the globe are constructing versions of events that will keep eyeballs on their content. After all, war is the most compelling news story of all. And given many people who care about this situation have no direct […]

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza conflict: no matter how powerful Israel’s military becomes it still can’t win

Gaza conflict: no matter how powerful Israel’s military becomes it still can’t win

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By Paul Rogers | – Israel is the most powerful state in the Middle East. Its military forces may not match the likes of Egypt or Turkey in numbers, but the might of its training, equipment, technologies and nuclear weapons make it unassailable. Given its long-developed capabilities in public order control, such a position should […]

Bahrain
Israel-Palestine conflict: why Gulf leaders are staying quiet – for now

Israel-Palestine conflict: why Gulf leaders are staying quiet – for now

The Conversation

By Simon Mabon | – It’s generally reckoned to be one of Donald Trump’s few major foreign policy achievements. On August 13 2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel signed a historic agreement normalising relations between the two states, and in the weeks that followed, other Arab states followed Abu Dhabi’s lead in what […]

Plutocracy
How global tax dodging costs lives: new research shows a direct link to increased death rates

How global tax dodging costs lives: new research shows a direct link to increased death rates

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By Bernadette O’Hare and Stephen Hall | – Tax abuse is an expensive business. According to a recent report by the Tax Justice Network, avoiding or evading tax deprives governments across the world of around US$427 billion (£302 billion) every year. This is money that could otherwise be spent on things like clean water, sanitation, […]

Islam
Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict

Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict

The Conversation

By Ken Chitwood | – The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so far, has both historical and contemporary roots. In recent weeks, tension has flared over the eviction of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities blocking access to the […]

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