This week marks 80 years since the United States used its nuclear weapons against the civilian population of Japan in August 1945. Prior to that, […]
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Climate Crisis: Record Low 3% Great Lakes Ice Coverage during Usual Peak Period
By: Kyle Davidson – As much of the Great Lakes region experiences its warmest winter on record, and more record high temperatures are expected in […]
Israeli Peace Activists agree War must end with some form of Democracy for All
By Atalia Omer, University of Notre Dame | – (The Conversation) – The months since Hamas’ attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, have been excruciating ones […]
Is Tehran Winning the Middle East? How the Gaza Conflict Made Democracy’s Name Mud for Millions
Here is my latest column for Tomdispatch.com. Do check out Tom Engelhardt’s important introduction over there at the original site. ( Tomdispatch.com ) – In […]
To Defend Israel’s Actions, the US is Destroying the Int’l Legal System it once Constructed
( Middle East Monitor ) – In a conversation in 2020 with Princeton Professor Emeritus, Richard Falk, he told me that historically, colonised nations that […]
The War in Gaza is wiping out Palestine’s Education and Knowledge Systems
By Chandni Desai, University of Toronto | – (The Conversation) – Gaza’s education system has suffered significantly since Israel’s bombardment and assault on the strip […]
War, Trauma, and Forgetting
Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Our memories are often suppressed by trauma, a word derived from “Traumatiko”, a wound or mental shock. […]
Palestinians of Gaza are Starving: Don’t Cut Aid
By Phyllis Bennis | ( Otherwords.org ) – Earlier this year, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel’s actions in Gaza plausibly constitute genocide. […]
My Malaysia Ordeal shows how Religion can Fuse with Nationalism to Silence Dissent
By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University | – (The Conversation) – I hadn’t expected my book tour in Malaysia to end with a […]
Aaron Bushnell Sacrificed himself to Stop Gaza Genocide: “I won’t be Complicit”
Connecticut (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Despondence, mixed with commitment, courage, and action, can be a starter for epochal change. Aaron Bushnell set himself […]
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