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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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Corruption
Erdogan, Trump, the Russians and General Flynn: The Tangled Web

Erdogan, Trump, the Russians and General Flynn: The Tangled Web

By Carl Max Kortepeter | (Informed Comment) | – – When Sally Yates testified that she had told the Trump Organization, before his appointment as […]

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Colonialism
Was/Is there an Islamic Enlightenment? (de Bellaigue)

Was/Is there an Islamic Enlightenment? (de Bellaigue)

William Eichler interviews Christopher de Bellaigue | Informed Comment | – – Eichler: 1. In the conclusion to The Islamic Enlightenment you describe modern jihadists […]

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Donald Trump
America Should stay the Course with Rouhani

America Should stay the Course with Rouhani

By Robert Harvey | (Project Syndicate) | – – LONDON – Hassan Rouhani has won re-election as Iran’s president in a landslide, meaning that it […]

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Donald Trump
Trump on Islam: Neo-Orientalism and anti-Shi'ism

Trump on Islam: Neo-Orientalism and anti-Shi’ism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump’s speech on Islam, written by notorious Islamophobe Stephen Miller, who used to organize Orwellian Two […]

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Donald Trump
Trump in Absolute Monarchy during Iran's Election

Trump in Absolute Monarchy during Iran’s Election

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The spectacle of Trump and of cronies such as alt-Neo-Nazi Steve Bannon hobnobbing with the Saudi […]

Juan Cole

Internet
Should Facebook & Google be Taxed to fund Journalism?

Should Facebook & Google be Taxed to fund Journalism?

Ben Eltham | (The Conversation) | – – There was a fascinating moment towards the end of Wednesday’s hearings of the Senate Inquiry into the […]

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Far Right
Alabama Passes Bill to Protect Confederate Monuments even at cost of Economy

Alabama Passes Bill to Protect Confederate Monuments even at cost of Economy

TeleSur | – – Some Southern cities are rethinking the appropriateness of keeping such emblems on public property. Not Alabama. Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians: 'Day of Rage' against Trump in occupied West Bank

Palestinians: ‘Day of Rage’ against Trump in occupied West Bank

Ma’an News Agency | – – RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian factions in the central occupied West Bank city of Ramallah have called upon the Palestinian […]

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Government surveillance
If Trump can Hunt the Undocumented by Cell Phone, what can he do to You?

If Trump can Hunt the Undocumented by Cell Phone, what can he do to You?

By Adam Schwartz | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – In the latest sign of mission creep in domestic deployment of battlefield-strength surveillance technology, U.S. […]

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