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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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Antisemitism
IfNotNow’s ‘Jewish Day of Resistance’ against Trump and appointees

IfNotNow’s ‘Jewish Day of Resistance’ against Trump and appointees

By Sarah Aziza | (Waging Nonviolence) | – – Demonstrators gathered in over 30 U.S. cities last Wednesday as part of a “Jewish Day of […]

contributors

Climate Change
Denialist GOP House "Science Committee" Retweets Fake News Breitbart

Denialist GOP House “Science Committee” Retweets Fake News Breitbart

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Committee’s tweet comes during hottest year on record. Displaying a troubling disregard for science, […]

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Russian Pundit:  Fall of East Aleppo a Geopolitical Turning Point toward Multi-polar World

Russian Pundit: Fall of East Aleppo a Geopolitical Turning Point toward Multi-polar World

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – By Friday evening outside observers like Rami Abdelrahman of the Syria Observatory in the UK were […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Occupation economically suffocates Palestinian East Jerusalem

Israeli Occupation economically suffocates Palestinian East Jerusalem

By: Al-Shabaka | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – In an unusual move, and after years of neglect, American and European delegations and development agencies […]

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Central Intelligence Agency
The Election that Changed everything and Could be History’s Deal-Breaker

The Election that Changed everything and Could be History’s Deal-Breaker

By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – For decades, Washington had a habit of using the Central Intelligence Agency to deep-six governments of […]

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Egypt
Egypt’s Special Courts in time of Crisis are Nothing New

Egypt’s Special Courts in time of Crisis are Nothing New

by Yoram Meital | (Informed Comment) | – – The toppling of a regime, whether by civil insurrection or military coup, invariably gives rise to […]

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Bill of Rights
Can Trump be checked and balanced?

Can Trump be checked and balanced?

By Ulrike G. Theuerkauf | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | – – The US Presidential system has been much heralded as a prime example of horizontal accountability, […]

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Now that SecDef thinks Israeli Occupation is Apartheid, will the Lobby Blackballing Fail?

Now that SecDef thinks Israeli Occupation is Apartheid, will the Lobby Blackballing Fail?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The interview of Gen. James Mattis by Wolf Blitzer at Aspen in 2013, in which the […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Pakistanis Baffled,  Buoyant over Trump's Fantastical Praise

Pakistanis Baffled, Buoyant over Trump’s Fantastical Praise

By Frud Bezhan | ( RFE/RL) | – – The office of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has cited a phone conversation with Donald Trump […]

Juan Cole

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