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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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African-Americans
Going for Broke in Ponzi Scheme America

Going for Broke in Ponzi Scheme America

Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – [Note to TomDispatch Readers: I’ve long had a weakness for commencement addresses, or at least for what they might be […]

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Apartheid
Lawyer: Palestinian children facing torture in Israeli jails

Lawyer: Palestinian children facing torture in Israeli jails

RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Palestinian children are being beaten and tortured in a “heinous” way by Israeli soldiers during interrogation, a Palestinian Authority lawyer has said. […]

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Bashar al-Assad
US Air Force Absent as Daesh/ ISIL advances on North Aleppo against Sunni Rebels

US Air Force Absent as Daesh/ ISIL advances on North Aleppo against Sunni Rebels

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – Daesh (ISIL, ISIS), the murderous terrorist organization that has taken over the eastern desert of Syria and […]

Juan Cole

Islam-hatred
United Tells Muslim Woman Passenger 'No Soda For Terrorists'

United Tells Muslim Woman Passenger ‘No Soda For Terrorists’

Jose Marcelino Ortiz and Nik Zecevic | (TheLipTV Video) | — “United Airlines discriminated against Muslim passenger Tahera Ahmad following a request she made for […]

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Africa
Can Nigeria's new Muslim President defeat Boko Haram Extremists?

Can Nigeria’s new Muslim President defeat Boko Haram Extremists?

By Lisa Vives | — NEW YORK (IPS) – Muhammadu Buhari, his hand on the Holy Book, was sworn in as Nigeria’s president at an […]

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Antisemitism
Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today's Islam-Hatred?

Are there Echoes of the old Anti-Semitism in today’s Islam-Hatred?

Anne-Ruth Wertheim | (Informed Comment) | – Recently, the head of the Dutch national police Gerard Bouman warned against the poison that was seeping into […]

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Israel
SlutWalk: Israeli Women March For Equal Rights In Jerusalem

SlutWalk: Israeli Women March For Equal Rights In Jerusalem

AJ+ | (Video) | – “It’s a city where women have been forced to sit at the back of buses. Now Israel’s women are demanding […]

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Bill of Rights
Thank you, Edward Snowden:  An End to General Warrants as so-called PATRIOT Act expires

Thank you, Edward Snowden: An End to General Warrants as so-called PATRIOT Act expires

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) – The US government behemoth dedicated to spying on us all in contravention of the Constitution will likely be […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Iraqi Army, Shiite Militias Retake area west of Ramadi from ISIL/ Daesh

Iraqi Army, Shiite Militias Retake area west of Ramadi from ISIL/ Daesh

Press TV | (Video) — Reports coming out of Iraq suggest that government forces have managed to recapture a 5-kilometer area in the west of […]

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