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The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat
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The Hot Tub of Death? Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat

Juan Cole

As it turns out the high-tech sector that has produced so many billionaires isn’t pro-environment; instead simply pro-billionaire

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“Your Reward is Neither Here nor There!”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:24

“Your Reward is Neither Here nor There!” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:24

11/24/2025 By Juan Cole

Is Venezuela the New Iraq?

Is Venezuela the New Iraq?

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B'Tselem accuses Israeli Authorities of Systematically Torturing Thousands of Palestinian Prisoners

B’Tselem accuses Israeli Authorities of Systematically Torturing Thousands of Palestinian Prisoners

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The brave and meticulous Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has issued a report aptly entitled “Welcome to Hell” on the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: more Palestinians are Dying due to Israeli Blockade, says new Report

Gaza: more Palestinians are Dying due to Israeli Blockade, says new Report

( Middle East Monitor ) – Even after ten months of its systematic and widespread destruction of the healthcare sector in the Gaza Strip, and […]

Middle East Monitor

Iran
Qatar, Upset with failed Israeli-Palestinian Talks and Haniyeh Assassination,  may Turn to Mediating between Iran and West

Qatar, Upset with failed Israeli-Palestinian Talks and Haniyeh Assassination, may Turn to Mediating between Iran and West

By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University | – (The Conversation) – When the longtime political chief of Hamas was assassinated in late July 2024, it […]

The Conversation

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Israeli Minister asserts that Starving 2 Million Palestinians is Morally and Legally permitted

Israeli Minister asserts that Starving 2 Million Palestinians is Morally and Legally permitted

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reported this week that the civil administrator of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank […]

Juan Cole

Israel Lobbies
AIPAC Hijacks Rep. Cori Bush's Race -- and Our Elections

AIPAC Hijacks Rep. Cori Bush’s Race — and Our Elections

( Code Pink ) – Representative Cori Bush, a progressive black woman from St. Louis, MO who is a member of the “Squad” and has […]

Medea Benjamin

Nuclear weapons
Inside the Nuclear-Weapons Lobby Today

Inside the Nuclear-Weapons Lobby Today

By Hekmat Aboukhater and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The Pentagon is in the midst of a massive $2 trillion multiyear plan to […]

Tomdispatch

Democratic Party
Walz called Gaza situation "Intolerable," sought ceasefire, praised Uncommitted; Shapiro did not

Walz called Gaza situation “Intolerable,” sought ceasefire, praised Uncommitted; Shapiro did not

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Presumptive Democratic Party standard-bearer Kamala Harris’ pick of Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate has widely been implied […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Zionism on the brink: The Gaza war beyond Netanyahu

Zionism on the brink: The Gaza war beyond Netanyahu

( Middle East Monitor ) – The idea that Israel’s war on Gaza is essentially waged and sustained by and for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]

Ramzy Baroud

Human Rights
Assassination is always unlawful – Regardless of who is Killed and on whose Orders

Assassination is always unlawful – Regardless of who is Killed and on whose Orders

By Mary Ellen O’Connell, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – >Assassination is a particular form of murder. Regardless of who carries out […]

The Conversation

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