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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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Climate Change
Tropic of Cancer: The Climate Change War of Rich Cold Nations on Poor Warm Nations

Tropic of Cancer: The Climate Change War of Rich Cold Nations on Poor Warm Nations

Poor countries located around the equator will likely suffer the most from the effects of climate change

TeleSur

Qatar
Saudi Arabia warns of new Gulf War targeting Qatar if it buys Russian Missile Defense

Saudi Arabia warns of new Gulf War targeting Qatar if it buys Russian Missile Defense

Saudi Arabia has threatened military action against Qatar if it goes ahead and acquires Russia’s top of the range S-400 air defense system

AFP

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War Crimes: Israeli Snipers Kill Palestinian Nurse, Injure 100, at Gaza March of Return

War Crimes: Israeli Snipers Kill Palestinian Nurse, Injure 100, at Gaza March of Return

The 1949 Geneva Convention requires that medical personnel shall be respected and protected in all circumstances

Juan Cole

Climate Change
Cities like Philadelphia make Progress toward Paris Goals in face of State, Trump Obstacles

Cities like Philadelphia make Progress toward Paris Goals in face of State, Trump Obstacles

Philadelphia’s incremental gains show the power of cities to pursue progressive climate policies despite federal obstinance

Ivan Couronne

Israel
Israel Labor Party: Netanyahu must Resign over Spying on Mossad re: his Planned Iran Strike

Israel Labor Party: Netanyahu must Resign over Spying on Mossad re: his Planned Iran Strike

Opposition leader Avi Gabbay has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down over reports that he spied on security officials

Middle East Monitor

Spain
Spain: After 7 Years of Conservative Corruption, Austerity, Socialists come to Power

Spain: After 7 Years of Conservative Corruption, Austerity, Socialists come to Power

Sanchez, a 46-year-old economist with no government experience, will take the oath of office at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) before King Felipe VI

AFP

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Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy

The people who put her up to these insane ideas are now running the US government’s foreign policy.

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
In Remote Iraqi town, US Troops and Iran-Backed Militias are already Facing Off

In Remote Iraqi town, US Troops and Iran-Backed Militias are already Facing Off

Baghdad (Niqash.org) – Locals in Al Qaim, Anbar, worry that the current stable security situation can’t last. It’s being upheld by US troops and Iran-allied […]

Mustafa Habib

Syria
Syria’s Assad gives Kurds option of Negotiation or War, Demands US Leave

Syria’s Assad gives Kurds option of Negotiation or War, Demands US Leave

Damascus (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned US-backed Kurdish forces he would not hesitate to use force to retake the third of the […]

AFP

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“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

Juan Cole

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Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

The Conversation

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Protesting Northwestern U’s Flawed Compulsory Training on Criticism of Israel as “Antisemitism”

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

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