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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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Egyptian opposition call for boycotting presidential elections

Egyptian opposition call for boycotting presidential elections

Middle East Monitor | – – Egyptian former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi called today for boycotting the country’s upcoming presidential elections due in March. Speaking […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen just got Bloodier & more Complicated: Trump Ally UAE backing Separatist Militia

Yemen just got Bloodier & more Complicated: Trump Ally UAE backing Separatist Militia

By Daniel Martin Varisco | (MENA Tidningen) | – – The fighting that erupted in Aden over the weekend is still going on, but army […]

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Donald Trump
Trump isn't a Bug in our US Software, he's a Feature

Trump isn’t a Bug in our US Software, he’s a Feature

By Andrew J. Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – The present arrives out of a past that we are too quick to forget, misremember, […]

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Trump declines to Sanction Russia, Spurring Speculation about Putin Hold

Trump declines to Sanction Russia, Spurring Speculation about Putin Hold

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Trump administration has refused to implement new sanctions on the Russian defense sector, as mandated […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump's Criminalization of Muslims goes beyond Travel Ban

Trump’s Criminalization of Muslims goes beyond Travel Ban

Basima Sisemore | (The Conversation) | – – On Jan. 19, a year after President Donald Trump’s first travel ban was issued, the Supreme Court […]

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Internet
Is The Internet A Luxury Or A Right? (Video)

Is The Internet A Luxury Or A Right? (Video)

AJ+ | – – “Ten percent of people in the U.S. don’t have broadband internet, and the number is much higher among rural communities and […]

Juan Cole

Foreign Policy
US general defies Turkey, says not planning Manbij troop withdrawal

US general defies Turkey, says not planning Manbij troop withdrawal

Middle East Monitor | – – The United States has no plans to withdraw troops stationed near the town of Manbij in northern Syria despite […]

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Climate Change
No, Trump, Ice isn’t growing at Poles, and Yes, we are Boiling the Earth

No, Trump, Ice isn’t growing at Poles, and Yes, we are Boiling the Earth

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Associated Press did a useful fact check of Trump’s bizarre assertions on climate change in […]

Juan Cole

Kurds
Ankara warns US spec ops to Abandon Kurds or risk Turkish Attacks

Ankara warns US spec ops to Abandon Kurds or risk Turkish Attacks

TeleSur | – – Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag also stated that “those who support the terrorist organisation will become a target in this […]

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