Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]
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Chaos as Israel departs the Ranks of Democracies, Adopting the Hungarian Model of Elective Dictatorship
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that on Monday, the Israeli parliament or Knesset passed the article removing the power […]
Beating Warheads into Windmills
By H Patricia Hynes and Timmon Wallis | – While we were planning this article, a cascade of crises shattered climate records. July 3-6 set […]
Sudan: 70% of Hospitals not Working as Army and Rapid Support Forces Militia Continue Fierce Battles
( Middle East Monitor ) – The Sudan Doctors’ Union said yesterday that 70 per cent of hospitals are not operational in the areas where […]
Syria faces daunting Obstacles in its Attempt to rejoin the International Fold
By Scott Lucas, University College Dublin | – (The Conversation) – In the carefully composed photograph released by their state news agencies at the beginning […]
As long as Nukes are on the Table in Ukraine, We are Skating at the Edge of Global Catastrophe
Vancouver (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has broached he use of battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, We all hope it […]
Israel’s New National Guard: A Tool for Palestinian Erasure
by Ahmed Omar ( Al-Shabaka ) – In March 2023, after months of protests over Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial judicial overhaul, Israel gave far-right National Security Minister […]
Military Protests against Neutering of Courts threaten Israel’s Security, Say Officials
( Middle East Monitor) – Following a letter penned to the Knesset by 1,142 Israeli Air Force reservists declaring suspension of their military service, Minister […]
The SCOTUS Dobbs Decision Causes Moral Injury to Abortion Patients and Providers Alike
Dr. Jenna Beckham Dr. Erica Pettigrew ( AZ Mirror ) – On June 24, 2022, the landscape of reproductive healthcare in this country took a […]
Dear Ron DeSantis: Consider all the Valuable Skills the Enslaved Taught Cracker Slave-Holders (For Which they were never Paid)
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new Florida history curriculum on slavery says that some enslaved persons learned skills while enslaved that later benefited them, […]
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