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As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s Hottest on Record
By Andrew King, The University of Melbourne and David Karoly, The University of Melbourne (The Conversation) – The year 2024 was the world’s warmest on […]
End Warness, Not Wokeness: Ten Thoughts on Curbing the Worst Excesses of U.S. Militarism
( Tomdispatch.com ) – As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take America back (again!) to greatness, there’s been much talk of Elon Musk’s new DOGE, […]
Yes, Human-Caused Climate Change Contributed to the Burning of Los Angeles
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Los Angeles wildfires destroyed over 1,000 buildings, forced thousands from their homes, and left at least five dead as […]
European Union funding for Israeli AI, Tech, raises Fresh Concerns about Complicity in Genocide
By Melike Pala | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) funded by European Union research programmes to target […]
Syria: Challenges facing Ahmad al-Shara as he Strives for Legitimacy both Inside and Outside the Country
(The Conversation) – Rahaf Aldoughli, Lancaster University The fall of the Assad regime after more than 50 years and the rise of the militant group […]
Ireland to Int’l Court of Justice: Gaza War is no Excuse for Israel Genociding Palestinian Civilians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ireland has filed a declaration with the International Court of Justice of its intention to intervene in South Africa’s genocide […]
Gaza and Lebanon Atrocities: The international legal System has Collapsed, and Journalism is Collapsing with it
By Kristin Skare Orgeret, Oslo Metropolitan University (The Conversation) – The past year has been the deadliest for journalists since the Committee to Protect Journalists […]
Finding Hope in the Negative Spaces of the Trump Era
( Tomdispatch.com ) – The expression “punch-drunk,” Google informs me, means “stupefied by or as if by a series of heavy blows to the head.” […]
In a Time of Oligarchy, a New People’s (Women’s) March for a Green New Deal
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Pick up any US liberal newspaper today and there are reams of columns speculating on the fate […]
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