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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Dune Part Two: The Islamic Dimension

Dune Part Two: The Islamic Dimension

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Journalist and science fiction writer Frank Herbert’s Dune epic has many themes. One is, clearly, environmentalism and the need for […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza Aid and the West: An Honorable Way out of Complicity in Genocide Does not Exist

Gaza Aid and the West: An Honorable Way out of Complicity in Genocide Does not Exist

by Ramona Wadi ( Middle East Monitor ) – Canada is considering the resumption of funding the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis and Mass Extinction: Can Archeology tell us Which types of Species are most at Risk?

Climate Crisis and Mass Extinction: Can Archeology tell us Which types of Species are most at Risk?

By Erin Saupe, University of Oxford and Cooper Malanoski, University of Oxford | – (The Conversation) – Many experts believe we may soon face a […]

The Conversation

Agriculture
America's Red Snow: Hottest Winter on Record, Largest Wildfires in Texas History

America’s Red Snow: Hottest Winter on Record, Largest Wildfires in Texas History

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency announced Friday that the winter of 2023-24 was the hottest on record in U.S. […]

Juan Cole

Food Insecurity
Joe Biden's Gaza Aid Pier isn't Enough: 6 More Things that Must be Done

Joe Biden’s Gaza Aid Pier isn’t Enough: 6 More Things that Must be Done

By Sarah Schiffling, Hanken School of Economics and Foteini Stavropoulou, Liverpool John Moores University | – (The Conversation) – In his State of the Union […]

The Conversation

journalism
Is there a Journalism that doesn't love a War?

Is there a Journalism that doesn’t love a War?

By Nan Levinson ( Tomdispatch.com ) – War, what is it good for? Well, the media for starters. Shortly after the Biden administration responded to the […]

Tomdispatch

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A Tale of two Femicides: Remembering Victims in Iraq and Italy on Int'l Women's Day

A Tale of two Femicides: Remembering Victims in Iraq and Italy on Int’l Women’s Day

San Marco, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In early February 2023 a 22-year-old Iraqi YouTube star, Tiba Al-Ali was strangled by her father […]

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Feminism
The Fate of Nations depends on Women's Equality: Int'l Women's Day

The Fate of Nations depends on Women’s Equality: Int’l Women’s Day

On March 8, 1908, women garment workers marched through New York City’s Lower East Side to protest child labor and sweatshop working conditions and to […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Elections
Growing 'Despondency' And Hard-Liners' Dominance: Key Takeaways From Iran's Elections

Growing ‘Despondency’ And Hard-Liners’ Dominance: Key Takeaways From Iran’s Elections

By By Kian Sharifi ( RFE/ RL ) – Iran’s parliamentary elections on March 1 witnessed a historically low turnout, in a blow to the […]

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