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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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Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail

Donald Rumsfeld Blames Bush For Iraq Democracy Fail

Mark Sovel & Elliot Hill | (The Lip TV – Video) | – – “Donald Rumsfeld said George W. Bush was wrong about Iraq in […]

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Culture
Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater:  "It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed"

Jon Stewart on Iran, Israel and Directing Rosewater: “It Turns out the Middle East is Somewhat of a Hotbed”

By Alexander Bisley | (Lumiere Reader) | – – N.B. Rosewater is now streaming at Amazon Instant Video and will be available on Netflix beginning […]

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Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi -- President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains

Egypt: Year of Abuses Under al-Sisi — President Gets Western Support While Erasing Human Rights Gains

Human Rights Watch | – – (Beirut) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt has presided over the flagrant abuse of human rights since taking […]

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Barack Obama
Implications for ICC?  SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision shows Limits of Israel Lobbies

Implications for ICC? SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision shows Limits of Israel Lobbies

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It has been the position of the US presidents for decades that the status of Jerusalem […]

Juan Cole

Barack Obama
Obama: We don't have a "complete strategy" against ISIL

Obama: We don’t have a “complete strategy” against ISIL

CBS News | (Video Report) | – – “President Obama said Monday the United States does not have a complete plan to train and equip […]

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Apartheid
Israeli Military Blockade makes Fishing, Farming in Gaza Deadly for Palestinians

Israeli Military Blockade makes Fishing, Farming in Gaza Deadly for Palestinians

By Mel Frykberg | – – RAMALLAH, West Bank (IPS) – Three Palestinian fishermen were injured last week after Israeli naval forces opened fire on […]

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Africa
By the Time Washington wakes up to China's Eurasian Strategy will it be too Late?

By the Time Washington wakes up to China’s Eurasian Strategy will it be too Late?

By Alfred W. McCoy | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – For even the greatest of empires, geography is often destiny. You wouldn’t know it in Washington, […]

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Did Jeb Bush's brother "Create ISIL" in Iraq?

Did Jeb Bush’s brother “Create ISIL” in Iraq?

by Brian Glyn Williams It was one of those moments that politicians dread. An unscripted incident last month when a voice in a crowd pinned […]

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Democracy
Turkey:  How Pres. Erdogan damaged the AKP Brand

Turkey: How Pres. Erdogan damaged the AKP Brand

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Justice and Development Party (AKP) decisively lost its majority on Sunday, falling to only about […]

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