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We Made the Climate Breakdown; We can Halt It, before it is too Late
Climate Crisis

We Made the Climate Breakdown; We can Halt It, before it is too Late

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature)In the summer of 2023, researchers “binge-watched 250 of the most-rated movies” of the past 10 years for climate […]

In Too Much of the US, Israel’s Gaza Genocide Has Been Made Invisible

In Too Much of the US, Israel’s Gaza Genocide Has Been Made Invisible

07/08/2025 By Norman Solomon

Did the US and Israeli Attack leave the Islamic Republic of Iran Stronger?

Did the US and Israeli Attack leave the Islamic Republic of Iran Stronger?

07/08/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel/ Palestine
European Union, Palestinian PM condemn Israel's deliberate destruction of EU-funded Structures

European Union, Palestinian PM condemn Israel’s deliberate destruction of EU-funded Structures

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Thursday condemned Israel’s “deliberate” destruction of EU-funded structures in the […]

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Rubio's 7 Fallacies on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Rubio’s 7 Fallacies on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In last night’s Republican debate co-sponsored by Telemundo, billionaire bigot Donald Trump, usually a resident of […]

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Drone Warfare
Money Pit: America's Forever War in Mideast has Gained us What, Exactly?

Money Pit: America’s Forever War in Mideast has Gained us What, Exactly?

Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | It may be hard to believe now, but in 1970 the protest song “War,” sung by Edwin Starr, hit number […]

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Iran
Beyond Syria:  Saudi Arabia’s Strategies for Dealing with Iran

Beyond Syria: Saudi Arabia’s Strategies for Dealing with Iran

Joseph Benzekri | ( Your Middle East | – – “Claiming to fight ISIS can serve as a valuable pretext for defending one’s own interests” […]

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Arab Spring
The Evolution of Social Media use in Mideast 5 years after the Youth Revolts

The Evolution of Social Media use in Mideast 5 years after the Youth Revolts

By Damian Radcliffe | (The Conversation) | – – In 2011, the Arab Spring rocked many parts of the Middle East. Regime change in Tunisia, […]

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Democracy
Turkey's Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination

Turkey’s Elections no longer for Democracy but for Nationalist-Conservative Domination

By Umit Cizre | ( OpenDemocracy) | – – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s readiness to circumvent elections, illustrates that promises to end the conflict were contingent […]

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Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
How to Empower the Women and Girls rescued from ISIL

How to Empower the Women and Girls rescued from ISIL

Leanne K Simpson | (The Conversation) | – – Violence against women, especially in war, is so pervasive around the world it’s often not considered […]

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Elections
Elections in Iran, a Test for the Regime

Elections in Iran, a Test for the Regime

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – Farhang Jahanpour is a former professor and dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages at […]

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Archaeology
Anti-Orientalism: Artists 3-D Scan looted Egyptian treasure in German museum

Anti-Orientalism: Artists 3-D Scan looted Egyptian treasure in German museum

By Cory Doctorow | ( Boing Boing | – – Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles, an Iraqi/German artistic duo, covertly scanned a famous looted […]

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