Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]
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The New Abnormal: Living on an ever More Extreme Planet
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Hey, who knows? It could be the Gulf Stream collapsing or the planet eternally breaking heat records. But whatever the specifics, […]
Climate Change is the New Mideast Extremism — Iraq Hottest Place on Earth, as Iran goes into Lockdown
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The deadly effects of ideological extremism in the Middle East for the past few decades have caused governments and journalists […]
Israel didn’t Place Palestinians in “Refugee,” but in Internment Camps
Thomas Suarez ( Middle East Monitor ) – During much of 1948, Palestinians driven from their homes by the violence of that terrible year […]
What Happened To Democracy in Turkey?
Umut Özkırımlı ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Despite initial skepticism regarding the results of the November 2002 general elections — which saw the […]
Science shows the severe Climate Consequences of new Oil, Gas and Coal Production
By Ed Hawkins, University of Reading | – The world has just suffered through its warmest month ever recorded. Heatwaves have swept across southern Europe, […]
Trump’s Indictment for Jan. 6: Revisiting “Psychopathocracy”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A Grand Jury empaneled by Special Prosecutor Jack Smith has issued an indictment (full text here) against Donald John Trump […]
The State of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia: Yemen, Freedom of Speech, Women, Executions
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 45th Session of the UN Universal Periodic Review Introduction ( Human Rights […]
The Other Threat of Massive Climate Change: Nuclear War
By Mark Maslin, UCL | – Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer has revived morbid curiosity in the destructive power of nuclear weapons. There […]
The Forever War’s Forever Legacy: Shutting down Gitmo is Hardly the Last Step
( Tomdispatch.com ) – There can be little question that the grim prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which still shows no sign of closing anytime […]
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