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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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An Empire of Graveyards

An Empire of Graveyards

By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) |- – Recently, a memory of my son as a small boy came back to me. He was, in those […]

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In blow to Trump, Syrian Kurds call on al-Assad to Save them from Turkey

In blow to Trump, Syrian Kurds call on al-Assad to Save them from Turkey

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The hopes of the Trump administration to use the Syrian Kurds as a wedge against the […]

Juan Cole

Crime
Human Rights Win in Iran: Thousands of Death Sentences for Drugs Dropped

Human Rights Win in Iran: Thousands of Death Sentences for Drugs Dropped

Centre for Human Rights in Iran | Trans. & Ed. Global Voices Online An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians: If Jerusalem is Off the Table, Peace is Off the Table

Palestinians: If Jerusalem is Off the Table, Peace is Off the Table

IMEMC News & Agencies International | – – Palestinian officials denounced, on Thursday, renewed statements by US President Donald Trump that Jerusalem is off the […]

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Employment
Plummeting Tourism to US, costing $10 bn., blamed on Trump Slump

Plummeting Tourism to US, costing $10 bn., blamed on Trump Slump

TeleSur | – – Some in the travel industry attribute the decline to something they call the “Trump slump.” Travel to the United States has […]

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China surges with 52 Gigs of new Solar as Trump kneecaps US sector with 30% Tariffs

China surges with 52 Gigs of new Solar as Trump kneecaps US sector with 30% Tariffs

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Clean Technica reports that China blew the top off expectations for its solar installations in 2017, […]

Juan Cole

Fossil Fuels
It is all about the Oil: US Diplomats on Mideast Obsession

It is all about the Oil: US Diplomats on Mideast Obsession

By Edward Hunt | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – A Rare Glimpse into the Inner Workings of the American Empire in the Middle […]

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Democratic Party
US partisan divide over Israel at its widest ever, new poll finds

US partisan divide over Israel at its widest ever, new poll finds

Middle East Monitor | – – The US partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats over Israel is now wider than at any point in the […]

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Germany
German Anti-Muslim Party Member in Surprise Conversion to Islam

German Anti-Muslim Party Member in Surprise Conversion to Islam

TeleSur | – – Arthur Wagner resigned from Alternative for Germany (AfD) on January 11 for “personal reasons” and “only afterwards was it known that […]

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