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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars
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Colonial Logic, not Jewish Wisdom Guides Israel’s Wars

Yakov M. Rabkin

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

Israel’s Attacks have Exposed Iran’s Weaknesses, but it is in Little Danger of Collapsing

06/20/2025 By The Conversation

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

Trump can’t Stop the Green Energy Revolution any More than Horses could Stop the Automobile

06/20/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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Can Iran get around Trump’s Coming Embargo of its Petroleum?

Can Iran get around Trump’s Coming Embargo of its Petroleum?

Tehran (AFP) – Iran faces a potentially crushing loss of oil exports when US sanctions return in November, but the impact could be blunted by […]

Eric Randolph

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Today, Europe Lost the Internet.  Now, We Fight Back

Today, Europe Lost the Internet. Now, We Fight Back

( Electronic Frontier Foundation) – Today, in a vote that split almost every major EU party, Members of the European Parliament adopted every terrible proposal […]

Cory Doctorow

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UN says Gaza Situation ‘Catastrophic,’ as Trump anti-Palestinian Aid Cuts Bite

UN says Gaza Situation ‘Catastrophic,’ as Trump anti-Palestinian Aid Cuts Bite

Geneva (AFP) – The UN said Wednesday that the situation in Gaza was “catastrophic” after 11 years of “economic siege” and warned that Washington’s decision […]

Nina Larson

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Top 3 Charges on which John Bolton should be Tried at Int'l Criminal Court

Top 3 Charges on which John Bolton should be Tried at Int’l Criminal Court

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – National Security Adviser John Bolton appears to be spiraling down into the same miasma of madness that possesses other members […]

Juan Cole

Iran
After Mobs Burn Iran Consulate in Basra, US Blames, Threatens Iran for Iraqi Attacks on US Facilities

After Mobs Burn Iran Consulate in Basra, US Blames, Threatens Iran for Iraqi Attacks on US Facilities

London (Middle East Monitors) – The United States warned Iran on Tuesday it will “respond swiftly and decisively” to any attacks by Tehran’s allies in […]

Middle East Monitor

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Global Heating Boosts Hurricane Florence, as Climate Denialist Governors Urge 1.5 Million to Flee

Global Heating Boosts Hurricane Florence, as Climate Denialist Governors Urge 1.5 Million to Flee

(Watchers.news) – The National Weather Service has issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for portions of the coasts of North and South Carolina on September […]

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The  Irrelevance of Trump: America was a Plutocratic Nat'l Security State and Still Is

The Irrelevance of Trump: America was a Plutocratic Nat’l Security State and Still Is

Boston ( Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump’s tenure as the 45th U.S. president may last another few weeks, another year, or another 16 months. However unsettling […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

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Did Trump almost start WW III with Russia with Proposed Massive Bombing of Syrian AF?

Did Trump almost start WW III with Russia with Proposed Massive Bombing of Syrian AF?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Bob Woodward’s just-released book, “Fear,” Donald Trump had been pressed to use 200 cruise missiles to destroy the […]

Juan Cole

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Could Massive Solar and Wind Farms make the Sahara Green Again?

Could Massive Solar and Wind Farms make the Sahara Green Again?

By Alona Armstrong | – Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy is an important and necessary step towards averting climate change. However, in our […]

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