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Academic Freedom Under Siege: Right Wing Repression and Principled Resistance
Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Under Siege: Right Wing Repression and Principled Resistance

Mehmet Rakipoglu and İbrahim Ozcosar

By Mehmet Rakipoğlu and İbrahim Özcoşar | – Exeter, UK and Mardin, Türkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the aftermath of 7 October […]

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Israel’s Latest Strikes on Gaza expose the fragile illusion of Peace

Israel’s Latest Strikes on Gaza expose the fragile illusion of Peace

10/21/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Trump pushing Allies to Buy US Gas is bad Economics and a Climate Catastrophe

Trump pushing Allies to Buy US Gas is bad Economics and a Climate Catastrophe

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Cartoonish Trump is making America a Caricature, and I should Know

Cartoonish Trump is making America a Caricature, and I should Know

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Sometimes I dream — in the sense of a nightmare — about bringing my parents back to this all too strange […]

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America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

America may have invaded Iraq for its Oil, but Solar Power is what Iraqis now Want

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Despite Efforts to Shift the Blame, Israeli Policies Are Starving Children

Plight of Those with Disabilities Only Underscores the Unlawful Blockade Emina Ćerimović Associate Director, Disability Rights Division   EminaCerimovic EminaCerimovic     @eminacerimovic.bsky.social @eminacerimovic.bsky.social Embed […]

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We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

We’ll all Feel the Abrupt Changes Striking Antarctica Sea Ice and Ocean Currents

By Nerilie Abram, Australian National University; Ariaan Purich, Monash University; Felicity McCormack, Monash University; Jan Strugnell, James Cook University, and Matthew England, UNSW Sydney (The […]

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Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty

Israel is Deliberately Starving Palestinians of Gaza as Part of a Genocide: Amnesty

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Amnesty International concluded this week that the Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

Four Ways the West can back up Palestine Recognition with Practical Pressure on Israel

By Amin Saikal, The University of Western Australia (The Conversation) – Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said recently the Israeli cabinet has “lost its reason […]

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From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

From Gaza to Trump, Some of us Saw this Coming

( Tomdispatch.com ) – I spent the summer of 1965 arguing about the Vietnam War. I was 13, and my interlocutor was my 18-year-old camp […]

Rebecca Gordon

Corporations
Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts

Beware of Health Insurance Companies Bearing Gifts

Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – When it comes to Medicare Advantage,“beware of health insurance companies bearing gifts”, just like “beware of Greeks […]

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Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

Can the Arab League’s Break with Hamas Shift the Course of History?

The United States must move beyond rhetoric about Hamas’s “bad faith” and offer incentives—such as aid packages or sanctions relief—to bolster moderate Palestinian voices. By […]

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