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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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Syria Quagmire:  Has Russia Accomplished anything in a year of Bombing?

Syria Quagmire: Has Russia Accomplished anything in a year of Bombing?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Alarabiya says that Russia has killed over 3,000 civilians in its bombing raids of the past […]

Juan Cole

Human Rights
Iran releases Canadian Academic it accused of 'Feminism,' but Crackdown on Women Activists Continues

Iran releases Canadian Academic it accused of ‘Feminism,’ but Crackdown on Women Activists Continues

By Mahsa Alimardani | ( Globalvoices.org) | – – Some good news reached Canada this week when Homa Hoodfar, an Iranian-Canadian anthropologist, was released after […]

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Corruption
'Smoking Gun' Shows GOP-Oil Industry Climate Denial Collusion

‘Smoking Gun’ Shows GOP-Oil Industry Climate Denial Collusion

By TeleSur | – – Republican attorneys general are accused of helping shield ExxonMobil over climate change fabrications. Environmental groups have called allegations of Republican […]

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The Shootings you Didn't Hear Trump Denounce because, not Muslim

The Shootings you Didn’t Hear Trump Denounce because, not Muslim

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Cable news and social media in the United States don’t go into “OhmyGod there’s only One […]

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia
Saudi women demand full rights, end to guardianship system

Saudi women demand full rights, end to guardianship system

By Sarah Aziza | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – In Saudi Arabia, a country many view as synonymous with gender discrimination, women are […]

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Corruption
Would Trump in White House defraud us into Crash worse than 2008?

Would Trump in White House defraud us into Crash worse than 2008?

By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Imagine for a moment that it’s January 2009. Bernie Madoff, America’s poster-child fraudster, has yet […]

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Climate Change
Top Six things *You* can Do to Stop Global Warming - Bill Nye

Top Six things *You* can Do to Stop Global Warming – Bill Nye

AJ+ | (Video) “Bill Nye the Science Guy has a few solutions to curbing climate change and putting a stop to global warming.” AJ+: ” […]

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How the JASTA override on Saudi could Bite Americans in the Ass

How the JASTA override on Saudi could Bite Americans in the Ass

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, but Congress has for the first […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Syro-Russian Hospital Bombings in Aleppo "War Crimes," worse than Slaughterhouse- Ban Ki-moon

Syro-Russian Hospital Bombings in Aleppo “War Crimes,” worse than Slaughterhouse- Ban Ki-moon

By TeleSur | – – Western media reports that the airstrikes were conducted by Syrian or Russian aircraft as part of an offensive launched by […]

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