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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
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Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?

Dan Steinbock

New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun

09/02/2025 By Global Voices

Local Journalists and Fixers are being Killed by Israel at unprecedented Rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?

Local Journalists and Fixers are being Killed by Israel at unprecedented Rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?

09/02/2025 By Juan Cole

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Anti-intellectualism
Conspiracy-Spewing, Anti-Vaxxer Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gets a MAGA Boost to Weaken Biden

Conspiracy-Spewing, Anti-Vaxxer Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gets a MAGA Boost to Weaken Biden

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The right’s thinly veiled crusade to elevate Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.–an exemplar of through-the-Black-Mirror politics […]

Dan Dinello

Human Rights
Iranian Court Sparks Controversy By Diagnosing Hijab Protesters With Mental Illness

Iranian Court Sparks Controversy By Diagnosing Hijab Protesters With Mental Illness

By Roya Maleki Left to right: Iranian actresses Afsaneh Bayegan, Azadeh Samadi, and Leila Bolukat were all arrested for appearing in public without the mandatory […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
Could the Law of the Sea be used to protect Small Island States from Climate Change?

Could the Law of the Sea be used to protect Small Island States from Climate Change?

By Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, The University of Melbourne; and Margaret Young, The University of Melbourne | – Climate change will wreak havoc on small island developing […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Ugly Side of American Exceptionalism: Refusing to Play by the Rules

The Ugly Side of American Exceptionalism: Refusing to Play by the Rules

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In 1963, the summer I turned 11, my mother had a gig evaluating Peace Corps programs in Egypt and Ethiopia. My […]

Rebecca Gordon

Authoritarianism
Chaos as Israel departs the Ranks of Democracies, Adopting the Hungarian Model of Elective Dictatorship

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 […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Beating Warheads into Windmills

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 […]

H. Patricia Hynes

Sudan
Sudan: 70% of Hospitals not Working as Army and Rapid Support Forces Militia Continue Fierce Battles

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 […]

Middle East Monitor

Arab League
Syria faces daunting Obstacles in its Attempt to rejoin the International Fold

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 […]

The Conversation

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As long as Nukes are on the Table in Ukraine, We are Skating at the Edge of Global Catastrophe

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 […]

Peter G. Prontzos

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