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Daring Look a Sacred Cow in the Teeth: Military Spending and National (in)Security
( Tomdispatch.com ) – In an age when American presidents routinely boast of having the world’s finest military, where nearly trillion-dollar war budgets are now […]
First US Offshore Wind Farm goes Live off Long Island in Omen of a Green Future, Cheaper Electricity
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This past week, the United States joined the rest of the advanced industrial countries in the world in having at […]
If trees could talk: Tree rings show recent decades warmest in 500 years
By Alex Hager/KUNC ( Cronkite News ) The current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced over the past 500 […]
Sudan: Urgent Action Needed on Hunger Crisis
Security Council Should Act on Access for Aid Deliveries ( Human Rights Watch ) – (New York, March 15, 2024) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio […]
Schumer, breaking with Netanyahu, Signals that even Corporate Dems’ Support for Israel is no Longer Unconditional
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Whether driven by moral compass, or political survival; America’s Democratic leaders are finally recognizing the obvious: The […]
Nonviolence in the Holy Land: Fear, Love and Palestine with Sami Awad
Nonviolence Radio Nonviolence Radio Team Former Holy Land Trust Executive Director Sami Awad. (Facebook/Sami Awad) Subscribe to “Nonviolence Radio” on Apple Podcasts, […]
Israel’s Army Exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox: A Jewish State divided over the Jewish Religion
By Michael Brenner, American University | – Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore in Israeli politics, someone always comes along with a […]
S. Africa Will Arrest Dual Nationals Fighting in Gaza, Demands Halt to Starvation of Palestinians
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – South Africa’s Townpress reports that Naledi Pandor, the country’s foreign minister, pledged this week to arrest any South African/ Israeli […]
The film ‘Dune’: Techno-Orientalism, and Intergalactic Islam
“Based on Herbert’s 1965 science fiction classic, “Dune” is a tale of a rising duke, intergalactic power struggles, a precious spice, and lethal spaceworms. The […]
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