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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How much are women and girls–half of humanity–valued?  When men violate us for sex in prostitution.  When […]

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

10/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Syria
Defeated by Russia and Iran, US Throws in Towel on Syria Regime Change

Defeated by Russia and Iran, US Throws in Towel on Syria Regime Change

Washington, too weak to Achieve Goals, Still wishes for a Way to Force Iran Out

AFP

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Global Islam and Australia: Why Recognition of ‘West Jerusalem’ Capital is bad news for Israel

Global Islam and Australia: Why Recognition of ‘West Jerusalem’ Capital is bad news for Israel

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The decision of the Australian government of PM Scott Morrison to recognize “West Jerusalem” as the capital of Israel but […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine: Two Schools Evacuated as Israeli Gunman Fires in Air Outside

Palestine: Two Schools Evacuated as Israeli Gunman Fires in Air Outside

What Settler Colonialism Looks like, Day in and Day Out

Middle East Monitor

Saudi Arabia
Saudis angrily attack US Senate vote against Crown Prince as ‘Blatant Interference’

Saudis angrily attack US Senate vote against Crown Prince as ‘Blatant Interference’

The senate on Thursday voted to hold Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for Khashoggi’s killing.

Anuj Chopra

Climate Change
How the Right missed the Real Globalist Conspiracy, of Big Oil to Heat the Planet

How the Right missed the Real Globalist Conspiracy, of Big Oil to Heat the Planet

There is indeed a new global order. It’s called climate change

John Feffer

Solar Energy
What can I do about Global Heating?

What can I do about Global Heating?

Generally, it seems, we are not supposed to do anything about the climate emergency producing global heating. It’s a Chinese plot. It doesn’t exist. It’s […]

Daniel E. Moerman

Climate Change
Despite US, Russian & Saudi Opposition, Climate Summit Reaffirms Paris Goals

Despite US, Russian & Saudi Opposition, Climate Summit Reaffirms Paris Goals

If the world does nothing to cut down on carbon dioxide, it will heat up by 3 degrees C. this century, or an average of 5 degrees F

Juan Cole

science
How the Trump Admin's War on Science is also a War on Ethics

How the Trump Admin’s War on Science is also a War on Ethics

A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists accuses Trump’s Interior Department of “relentless attacks on science”

Jill Richardson

Saudi Arabia
Are Saudi Students Ready for Kant and Heidegger? Ban on Philosophy Ends

Are Saudi Students Ready for Kant and Heidegger? Ban on Philosophy Ends

Saudi Arabia previously did not include philosophy on the curriculum, a decision based on several fatwas (rulings) issued by senior muftis

Middle East Monitor

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