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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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Bloodbath: Israel's War on Gaza's Hospitals and their Patients

Bloodbath: Israel’s War on Gaza’s Hospitals and their Patients

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Back in mid-October, a controversy broke out about a blast on the grounds of the al-Ahli Arab (Baptist) Hospital in […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: Starvation Used as a Weapon of War in Gaza

Israel: Starvation Used as a Weapon of War in Gaza

The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the Gaza Strip, which is a war crime. Israeli officials have […]

Human Rights Watch

European Union
The Empire of Whiteness: Race in the European Perspective

The Empire of Whiteness: Race in the European Perspective

Review of Hans Kundnani, Eurowhiteness: Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project. London: Hurst & Co., 2023. Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Anti-intellectualism
Open Letter to Higher Ed Presidents on Palestine-Israel and Academic Freedom

Open Letter to Higher Ed Presidents on Palestine-Israel and Academic Freedom

Middle East Studies Association of North America | Letters and Statements from the Board | – Open Letter to US and Canadian College and University […]

Committee on Academic Freedom

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What the World needs Now is another Winter Truce

What the World needs Now is another Winter Truce

Tiffin, Oh. (Special to Informed Comment) – An iconic song back in the 1960’s addressed the causes of war, and what leads young people to […]

Arnold Oliver

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Public Pressures Netanyahu for Ceasefire after Hostages Killed:  But will He Say 'No'?

Israeli Public Pressures Netanyahu for Ceasefire after Hostages Killed: But will He Say ‘No’?

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University | – The mistaken killing of three Israeli hostages by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) at the weekend has […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
One is the Loneliest Number, especially when the One is Trump

One is the Loneliest Number, especially when the One is Trump

By Mattea Kramer and Sean Fogler ( Tomdispatch.com) – Consider two phenomena that might seem unrelated. This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

Tomdispatch

Djibouti
Gaza's Second Front:  Houthi Drones Drive Major Shipping Cos. out of Red Sea in Blow to World Trade

Gaza’s Second Front: Houthi Drones Drive Major Shipping Cos. out of Red Sea in Blow to World Trade

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Saturday, Muhammad al-Bakhiti, a member of the Politburo of the Helpers of God (Houthi ) government of northern Yemen, […]

Juan Cole

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Rep. Rashida Tlaib joins with UAW to call for Gaza Ceasefire

Rep. Rashida Tlaib joins with UAW to call for Gaza Ceasefire

By Jon King | – U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) speaking at Ceasefire Now rally in Washington D.C. 12/14/23 ( Michigan Advance ) – U.S. […]

Michigan Advance

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