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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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Why does Israel have 200K Palestinians in WB Refugee Camps under Siege?

Why does Israel have 200K Palestinians in WB Refugee Camps under Siege?

By Fabíola Ortiz | (Inter Press Service) | – – An eight-meter-high “security wall” borders part of the Aida refugee camp, 1.5 km north of […]

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The Future is Here:   Massive floating Wind Turbines off Scotland by 2017

The Future is Here: Massive floating Wind Turbines off Scotland by 2017

The Economist | (Video Report) “It is not just utility companies racing to respond to the rise of renewable energy. Oil and gas giant Statoil […]

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Die-Hard Trump Supporters want to *be* Trump

Die-Hard Trump Supporters want to *be* Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Back in the 1960s when the James Bond craze hit the US and even President Jack […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Starving Yemen

Starving Yemen

By Helen Lackner | ( OpenDemocracy ) | – – Is the forgotten war turning into a forgotten famine? What answers will we give when […]

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Republican Party
GOP finally shocked as Trump admits to being serial Groper of white women on Hot Mic

GOP finally shocked as Trump admits to being serial Groper of white women on Hot Mic

By TeleSur | – – Trump was caught using vulgar terms to refer to women he tried to seduce. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump bragged […]

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Houthi
Saudi Airstrikes kill Hundreds of Civilians, maim hundreds at Yemeni Funeral

Saudi Airstrikes kill Hundreds of Civilians, maim hundreds at Yemeni Funeral

By TeleSur | – – Saudi Arabia and 10 of its Middle East allies began their military offensive in Yemen with over 100 warplanes and […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Federal Israel-Palestine?  A Center-Left Israeli One State Solution

Federal Israel-Palestine? A Center-Left Israeli One State Solution

IBA News VOD | (Video Interview) | – – “Federation Movement Founder Emanuel Shahaf Explains One-state vision for Palestinian-Israeli peace.” IBA News VOD: “Federation Movement’s […]

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How Far will Americans take anti-Muslim Hate?  Making them wear Green Stars?

How Far will Americans take anti-Muslim Hate? Making them wear Green Stars?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The de facto criminalization of being Muslim or speaking Arabic, which is contrary to every core […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
The Graveyard of ISIL

The Graveyard of ISIL

By Mustafa Sadoun | Fallujah | ( Niqash.org) | – – NIQASH visits an ISIL cemetery in Fallujah and finds the hastily built, last resting […]

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