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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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Israel/ Palestine
“If I must die, you must live to tell my Story:” On Gaza, Biden is Violating International Law

“If I must die, you must live to tell my Story:” On Gaza, Biden is Violating International Law

By Farrah Hassen | – ( Otherwords.org ) – “If I must die, you must live to tell my story,” wrote Dr. Refaat Alareer, a […]

OtherWords

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“Tell me how this ends” – Gaza Edition

“Tell me how this ends” – Gaza Edition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – General David Petraeus, as he prepared to help lead an invasion of Iraq, famously asked journalist Rick Atkinson, “Tell me […]

Juan Cole

Displaced and Refugees
US must Back UN Protection of Gaza's Civilians, not Veto Resolutions to halt Mass Atrocities

US must Back UN Protection of Gaza’s Civilians, not Veto Resolutions to halt Mass Atrocities

By Louis Charbonneau | – United Nations Director @loucharbon ( Human Rights Watch) – This week, US President Joe Biden warned Israel it was losing […]

Human Rights Watch

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Is Hamas the same as ISIL (the so-called 'Islamic State Group')?  No . . . and Yes

Is Hamas the same as ISIL (the so-called ‘Islamic State Group’)? No . . . and Yes

( The Conversation ) – In the aftermath of Hamas’ bloody raid into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, many Israelis and people around the world […]

Brian Glyn Williams

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The Plague as Life: 327,000 Stricken with Infectious Diseases in Gaza

The Plague as Life: 327,000 Stricken with Infectious Diseases in Gaza

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In Albert Camus’ novel The Plague, a character at one point asks, “But what does it mean, the plague? It’s […]

Juan Cole

nuclear weapons
The Doomsday Machine is Still On: Nothing Can Be Changed until it is Faced

The Doomsday Machine is Still On: Nothing Can Be Changed until it is Faced

By Norman Solomon | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Top American officials in the “national security” establishment are notably good at smooth rhetoric and convenient […]

Tomdispatch

Armenia
In the Caucasus, the US Priority is Fossil Fuels, not Armenians

In the Caucasus, the US Priority is Fossil Fuels, not Armenians

By Edward Hunt | – ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Officials in Washington are doubling down on their efforts to create a new […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

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Why did Biden suddenly accuse Israel of War Crimes in Gaza?

Why did Biden suddenly accuse Israel of War Crimes in Gaza?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, President Joe Biden de facto accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza. He said at a donor event, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Getting Serious about Halting Israeli Genocide

Getting Serious about Halting Israeli Genocide

( Code Pink ) – On Friday, December 8, the UN Security Council met under Article 99 for only the fourth time in the UN’s […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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