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California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear
Academic Freedom

California Strikes Back: Trump Poked the Golden Bear

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – California Governor Gavin Newsom assumed the mantle of national leadership when he announced California’s “Election Rigging Response […]

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

Now the New Year is Reviving old Desires: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:4

08/18/2025 By Juan Cole

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

The West’s Long Struggle Against Genocide Prevention

08/18/2025 By Dan Steinbock

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Israel/ Palestine
How are leaders in the Muslim World reacting to the Gaza Conflict?

How are leaders in the Muslim World reacting to the Gaza Conflict?

Israel has yet again declared its ultimate goal to annihilate Hamas for the last time. This is the sixth time that Israel has declared the […]

Abdullah al-Ahsan

Antarctica
Winter Sea Ice in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is in Disturbing Decline: 200 Scientists Sound Alarm

Winter Sea Ice in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is in Disturbing Decline: 200 Scientists Sound Alarm

By Andrew J Constable, University of Tasmania and Jess Melbourne-Thomas, CSIRO | – (The Conversation) – While the Southern Ocean around Antarctica has been warming […]

The Conversation

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With all Eyes on Gaza, Extremist Israeli Squatters seek to Ethnically Cleanse the Palestinian West Bank

With all Eyes on Gaza, Extremist Israeli Squatters seek to Ethnically Cleanse the Palestinian West Bank

Amman (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – I booked annual leave in early November to travel for a family visit in the occupied West Bank […]

Mohammed Samaana

Climate Crisis
How Global Warming shakes the Earth: Data show Storms and Waves gaining Strength as the Planet warms

How Global Warming shakes the Earth: Data show Storms and Waves gaining Strength as the Planet warms

By Richard Aster, Colorado State University | – As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic […]

The Conversation

Arms Sales
Weapons R US: Confessions of a Recovering Arms Addict

Weapons R US: Confessions of a Recovering Arms Addict

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Perhaps you’ve heard of “Makin’ Thunderbirds,” a hard-bitten rock & roll song by Bob Seger that I listened to 30 years […]

William J. Astore

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Israeli Minister's Threat to Nuke Gaza displays Genocidal Mood: "There are no Civilians in Gaza"

Israeli Minister’s Threat to Nuke Gaza displays Genocidal Mood: “There are no Civilians in Gaza”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Israel’s Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu, a member of the fascist Jewish Power bloc brought into government by Prime Minister […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza’s ‘graveyard’ for children: Why Palestinians must be included in the International Refugee Protection Regime

Gaza’s ‘graveyard’ for children: Why Palestinians must be included in the International Refugee Protection Regime

By Maissaa Almustafa, University of Waterloo | – Israeli airstrikes have destroyed apartment blocks and killed and injured hundreds of people at refugee camps in […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Suspend Arms to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups, or Risk Complicity in Grave Abuses (HRW)

Suspend Arms to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups, or Risk Complicity in Grave Abuses (HRW)

( Human Rights Watch ) – (Jerusalem) – Allies of Israel and backers of Palestinian armed groups should suspend the transfer of arms to the […]

Human Rights Watch

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Annual Fundraiser for Informed Comment – Help Independent Journalism Survive

If you agree that supporting independent journalism is important, please make a small contribution to Informed Comment this year.

Juan Cole

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Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

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