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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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Billionairocracy:  Trump didn’t drain the Swamp, he is Drowning us in it

Billionairocracy: Trump didn’t drain the Swamp, he is Drowning us in it

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com | – – Given his cabinet picks so far, it’s reasonable to assume that The Donald finds hanging out […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Barghouthi: Israel’s Legitimizing Squatter Settlements a Declaration of War on Palestinians

Barghouthi: Israel’s Legitimizing Squatter Settlements a Declaration of War on Palestinians

By IMEMC | – – Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa al-Barghouthi, on Tuesday, said the legitimization of settlement outposts, by the Israeli Knesset, is “a war on […]

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Donald Trump
German Advertisers pull ads from Breitbart, having seen this Picture

German Advertisers pull ads from Breitbart, having seen this Picture

TeleSur | – – The decision to drop advertising from the far-right mouthpiece came on the back of a “No Money for The Right” campaign. […]

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Syria unlikely to be Partitioned:  The Resilience of Colonial Borders

Syria unlikely to be Partitioned: The Resilience of Colonial Borders

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Whenever a country falls into civil war, there are always observers who suggest that the problem […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Hating on "Foreigners" a key Plank of Trumpism: Can it be Fought?

Hating on “Foreigners” a key Plank of Trumpism: Can it be Fought?

By Ngaire Woods | (Project Syndication) | – – The New Xenophobia: OXFORD – Democratic governments in the West are increasingly losing their bearings. From […]

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Israel/ Palestine
How Israel's Blockade of Gaza Is Killing Women with Breast Cancer

How Israel’s Blockade of Gaza Is Killing Women with Breast Cancer

TeleSur | – – Since Israel began its siege of Gaza in 2007, hundreds of people have died needlessly, various reports state. Hundreds of Palestinian […]

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China
How China will run rings around Trump on Green Energy, and Win Big

How China will run rings around Trump on Green Energy, and Win Big

By Matthew Kahn | (The Conversation) | – – In mid-November, while Americans were preoccupied with election returns, China sent some of its clearest signals […]

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More districts of East Aleppo fall to Regime & Militia Allies

More districts of East Aleppo fall to Regime & Militia Allies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Both regime sources and the Britain-based Syria Observatory said Tuesday that the Syrian Arab Army and […]

Juan Cole

Bashar al-Assad
Russia/Syria: War Crimes in Month of Bombing Aleppo

Russia/Syria: War Crimes in Month of Bombing Aleppo

Human Rights Watch (New York) – The Russian-Syrian coalition committed war crimes during a month-long aerial bombing campaign of opposition-controlled territory in Aleppo in September […]

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