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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*
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There’s no Such thing as Someone Else’s Children*

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

“Red Wine!” – the Nightingale cries to the Rose: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:6

08/27/2025 By Juan Cole

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

Thugs R Us: How MAGA Uses Violence to Consolidate Power

08/27/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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How Israel got Stuck in Orwell's '1984'

How Israel got Stuck in Orwell’s ‘1984’

Oakland, Ca. (Special for Informed Comment; Feature) – As state paranoia rises in Israel, civil liberties including freedom of the press have taken a huge […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Bill of Rights
DeSantis’ Legacy Lives on in Unconstitutional Bills Banning Free Expression, Campus Palestine Groups

DeSantis’ Legacy Lives on in Unconstitutional Bills Banning Free Expression, Campus Palestine Groups

By Diane Rado ( Florida Phoenix ) – From threatening students’ free speech on college campuses to making it easier for powerful people to sue […]

Florida Phoenix

Houthi
Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their Attacks on Ships in the Red Sea

Why US strikes will only embolden the Houthis, not stop their Attacks on Ships in the Red Sea

By Sarah G. Phillips, University of Sydney | – As the Houthi militant group in Yemen ramps up its attacks on vessels in the Red […]

The Conversation

Displaced and Refugees
Catastrophic Displacement Crisis in Gaza is a New Phase in More than a Century of Expulsions by Israel

Catastrophic Displacement Crisis in Gaza is a New Phase in More than a Century of Expulsions by Israel

Glassboro, NJ (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – As a scholar of war, migration, and refugee resettlement—but more importantly as a human being—I have watched […]

Jared Keyel

China
Iranian Economy Buoyed By ‘Dark Fleet’ Oil Shipments To China

Iranian Economy Buoyed By ‘Dark Fleet’ Oil Shipments To China

By Michael Scollon | – ( RFE/RL ) – More than 6,000 kilometers from Tehran, in treacherous waters off the shores of Singapore, a “dark […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Donald Trump
Trump 2.0: Re-Breaking America in his Image

Trump 2.0: Re-Breaking America in his Image

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Count on one thing: Donald Trump, who seems to gain Republican support with every new indictment, is not going away. He’s […]

Andrea Mazzarino

Africa
Namibia, Victim of Germany's 1904 Genocide, Lambastes Berlin for Denying Israel's atrocities against Palestinians

Namibia, Victim of Germany’s 1904 Genocide, Lambastes Berlin for Denying Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Countries of the global South are most often denied a voice in Europe and North America. Our cable news brings […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why ending military Control over Palestinians is a Necessity for Israel

Why ending military Control over Palestinians is a Necessity for Israel

Tom Mehager ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Until Oct. 7, the Israeli state managed to maintain an “enlightened” and democratic facade among Western powers and […]

Waging Nonviolence

Israel/ Palestine
Ilan Pappe’s book ‘Ten Myths About Israel’ challenges the Propaganda Campaign

Ilan Pappe’s book ‘Ten Myths About Israel’ challenges the Propaganda Campaign

By Mohammed Salem ( Middle East Monitor There is an urgent need to counter the Israeli propaganda that is “repeated endlessly in the media, enforced […]

Middle East Monitor

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