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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
Seas Rising ever Faster as Humans burn more Fossil Fuels (NASA Image)

Seas Rising ever Faster as Humans burn more Fossil Fuels (NASA Image)

Image via NASA NASA’s Earth Observatory writes: “Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, according to a new study based on 25 […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
The Age of Total War in Syria

The Age of Total War in Syria

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the most distressing take-aways of the Syria War since 2011 is that the United […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Saudi dreams of an anti-Iran Axis with Israel Evaporating: Khashoggi

Saudi dreams of an anti-Iran Axis with Israel Evaporating: Khashoggi

Middle East Monitor | – – The well-known Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has started a relationship with Israel and […]

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Corruption
Israel: Netanyahu's Top Allies Arrested in Ongoing Corruption Probe

Israel: Netanyahu’s Top Allies Arrested in Ongoing Corruption Probe

TeleSur | – – A former Netanyahu spokesman and the former director of the communications ministry are among the persons arrested. Two close associates of […]

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Donald Trump
Trump’s $700 Bn. Bag of Goodies for the Military-Industrial Complex

Trump’s $700 Bn. Bag of Goodies for the Military-Industrial Complex

By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Think of it as the chicken-or-the-egg question for the ages: Do very real threats to […]

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Turks Threaten al-Assad if he sends Army to Defend Syrian Kurds

Turks Threaten al-Assad if he sends Army to Defend Syrian Kurds

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Rumors swirled on Monday that the Democratic Union Party in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in […]

Juan Cole

Africa
Why Black Panther’s Wakanda Is the Black Utopia We’ve Been Waiting For

Why Black Panther’s Wakanda Is the Black Utopia We’ve Been Waiting For

By Ingrid LaFleur | ( Yes! Magazine) | – – Before the film was released, the nation of Wakanda was taking shape in our minds. […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Church Shooting 'Nothing To Do With Islam,' Say Russian Muslim Leaders

Church Shooting ‘Nothing To Do With Islam,’ Say Russian Muslim Leaders

RFE/RL | – – The mainstream Muslim leadership in Russia’s Daghestan region has condemned an attack that killed five people outside a Russian Orthodox church, […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Is the Syria War over and has Putin won it?

Is the Syria War over and has Putin won it?

By Danny Makki | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The end game is clear: Assad, Russia and Iran will emerge victorious. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad […]

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