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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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Black Thursday: Israel's Great Flour Massacre in Gaza kills over 100 Civilians, wounds Hundreds

Black Thursday: Israel’s Great Flour Massacre in Gaza kills over 100 Civilians, wounds Hundreds

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports on the Great Flour Massacre committed by the Israeli army […]

Juan Cole

International Court of Justice
Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case

Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case

( Human Rights Watch ) – (The Hague, February 26, 2024) – The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in […]

Human Rights Watch

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When it Comes to Trump, Justice Delayed is Democracy Denied.

When it Comes to Trump, Justice Delayed is Democracy Denied.

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In 1868, British Prime Minister William Gladstone famously said, “Justice delayed is justice denied.” The phrase has often been repeated here […]

Karen J. Greenberg

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Half a Million People in Gaza face Starvation, as 1 in 6 Children are Wasting Away

Half a Million People in Gaza face Starvation, as 1 in 6 Children are Wasting Away

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that Israel only allowed half as many aid trucks into […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Is the Int'l Community concluding it is Time to End the World's Longest Occcupation?

Is the Int’l Community concluding it is Time to End the World’s Longest Occcupation?

( Middle East Monitor) – Left to its own devices, Israel would never grant Palestinians their freedom. In the past, though, some people, whether in […]

Ramzy Baroud

Arab Americans
More than 100,000 Michigan voters pick ‘uncommitted’ over Biden − does that Matter for November?

More than 100,000 Michigan voters pick ‘uncommitted’ over Biden − does that Matter for November?

By Michael Traugott, University of Michigan | – Joe Biden won the 2024 Michigan Democratic primary, but “uncommitted” ran a spirited campaign. More than 100,000 […]

The Conversation

Arab Americans
Michigan Rebukes Biden on Gaza Genocide with Arab and Muslim American "Uncommitted" Vote

Michigan Rebukes Biden on Gaza Genocide with Arab and Muslim American “Uncommitted” Vote

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Michigan rebuked President Joe Biden on Tuesday for his unstinting support of the extremist Israeli government’s total war against Gaza. […]

Juan Cole

Artificial Intelligence
Four Ways AI could Help us Respond to Climate Change

Four Ways AI could Help us Respond to Climate Change

By Lakshmi Babu Saheer, Anglia Ruskin University | – (The Conversation) – Advanced AI systems are coming under increasing critcism for how much energy they […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
The October 7th America has Forgotten: and the War Deaths we no Longer Protest (or Even Think About)

The October 7th America has Forgotten: and the War Deaths we no Longer Protest (or Even Think About)

(Tomdispatch.com ) – We Americans have been at war now since October 7th, 2001. That was when our military first launched air strikes against the […]

Andrea Mazzarino

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