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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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Donald Trump
Republican Party Wants Trumpism, Just Without Trump

Republican Party Wants Trumpism, Just Without Trump

(Foreign Policy in Focus) – Critics like that anonymous op-ed writer have no problem with how Trump’s actually hurting people. They just want the leader […]

John Feffer

Algeria
French President Admits Colonial System in Algeria Deployed Torture

French President Admits Colonial System in Algeria Deployed Torture

Paris (AFP) – France admitted Thursday that it instigated a “system” that led to torture during Algeria’s independence war, a conflict that remains hugely sensitive […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
As Trump-Netanyahu Crush Palestinians, was "Oslo Peace Process" always a Scam?

As Trump-Netanyahu Crush Palestinians, was “Oslo Peace Process” always a Scam?

By Sandy Tolan | – Los Angeles ( Tomdispatch.com) – When I first traveled to Israel-Palestine in 1994, during the heady early days of the […]

Sandy Tolan

Israel Lobbies
Israel-backed Group covertly Targeted US Campuses w/ Facebook Ads re: Pro-Palestinian Activist

Israel-backed Group covertly Targeted US Campuses w/ Facebook Ads re: Pro-Palestinian Activist

The well-funded group behind the campaign, the Israel On Campus Coalition, has links to the Israeli government.

ProPublica

Extreme Weather
Dear Carolinas:  You can't Outlaw Storm Surges & Climate Crisis; Physics isn't Interested in Your Laws

Dear Carolinas: You can’t Outlaw Storm Surges & Climate Crisis; Physics isn’t Interested in Your Laws

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – There has been a flurry of irony-heavy articles about how the North Carolina, Republican-dominated state legislature, in 2012 forbade state-employed […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syria: Dutch Gov't Prosecuted Levantine Front Member, then Admitted they Supported It

Syria: Dutch Gov’t Prosecuted Levantine Front Member, then Admitted they Supported It

The government of the Netherlands is facing widespread criticism from lawmakers and citizens after it was revealed it had supported a Syrian rebel group, which […]

TeleSur

Iran
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

censorship
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

Israel/ Palestine
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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