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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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Islam-hatred
Trump: We Should Strongly Consider Closing Mosques

Trump: We Should Strongly Consider Closing Mosques

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Who’s going to step in after Paris to demagogue? Donald Trump of course. He would […]

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Acidification of Oceans
Exxon investigation: A warning shot for fossil fuel companies as climate lies unveiled

Exxon investigation: A warning shot for fossil fuel companies as climate lies unveiled

The Tree | – – In the first concrete legal action against ExxonMobil’s web of climate lies, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced […]

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Islam
How Islamic law can take on ISIL

How Islamic law can take on ISIL

By Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im | (The Conversation) | – – The media coverage of the terrorist atrocities of Friday November 13 in Paris would seem […]

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Is Daesh/ ISIL a modern Raiding Pirate state?

Is Daesh/ ISIL a modern Raiding Pirate state?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Some analysts trying to understand Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) had suggested that it differs from al-Qaeda in […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
Can we Take another Year of GOP Candidates’ ‘Bright Ideas’?

Can we Take another Year of GOP Candidates’ ‘Bright Ideas’?

By Martha Burk | (Otherwords.org) | – – Can we really take another year of nasty rhetoric and nonsense proposals? We’re officially just under a […]

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National Security State
No, Sending thousands of US Ground Troops won't Fix the ISIL Problem

No, Sending thousands of US Ground Troops won’t Fix the ISIL Problem

by DAVID SCHANZER for ISLAMiCommentary David Schanzer Last night’s attacks will increase calls for more vigorous military action than the coalition has mustered to date. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Paris: ending immigration to France won't stop terrorism – resisting hatred of foreigners might

Paris: ending immigration to France won’t stop terrorism – resisting hatred of foreigners might

By Durukan Kuzu | (The Conversation) | – – When Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris that have killed at least 129 […]

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France
From Beirut, this is Paris: in a world that doesn’t care about Arab lives

From Beirut, this is Paris: in a world that doesn’t care about Arab lives

Elie Fares | (Open Democracy) | – – There is a stark contrast in the reaction of the world to the horrific terrorist attacks in […]

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Arab Americans
Dem Candidates reject War Talk, Islamophobia in wake of Paris Attacks

Dem Candidates reject War Talk, Islamophobia in wake of Paris Attacks

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – At the CBS Democratic Party debate on Saturday night, the Paris attacks dominated as a concern. […]

Juan Cole

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