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Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope
Donald Trump

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

Juan Cole

To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

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As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

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The Real Dr. Strangelove: Kissinger's Legacy of Mass Murder, Contempt for Human Rights, and Military Aggression

The Real Dr. Strangelove: Kissinger’s Legacy of Mass Murder, Contempt for Human Rights, and Military Aggression

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Amid media whitewashing of Henry Kissinger’s atrocities after his death at 100, we must not lose sight of […]

Dan Dinello

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza: Israeli Rhetoric fuels fears of Ethnic Cleansing as Israeli Assault continues to push South

Gaza: Israeli Rhetoric fuels fears of Ethnic Cleansing as Israeli Assault continues to push South

By Afaf Jabiri, University of East London | – (The Conversation) – Over the past eight weeks, with only a brief pause, the Israel Defense […]

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New Climate Report Shows Impact of Drying on Human Health in American Southwest

By Alex Hager/KUNC ( Cronkite News ) – The arid West is getting drier, and shrinking water supplies pose a boatload of risks to human […]

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The Moral Consequences of the War on Gaza

The Moral Consequences of the War on Gaza

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The moral high ground, has been lost by Israel in the Gaza onslaught while it attempts to […]

Hugh J. Curran

Chemical Weapons
Another Reason to be anti-War: It Systemically Ruins the Earth’s Entire Ecologic System

Another Reason to be anti-War: It Systemically Ruins the Earth’s Entire Ecologic System

By Jonathan Bridge, Sheffield Hallam University | – (The Conversation) – On the morning of December 6 1917, a French cargo ship called SS Mont-Blanc […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Make American Fascist Again!  Don’t Say you Weren’t Warned about a Trump return to the White House

Make American Fascist Again! Don’t Say you Weren’t Warned about a Trump return to the White House

By Clarence Lusane | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On February 19, 1942, two months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt […]

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Russian Roulette: Doctors w/out Borders Demand Immediate Ceasefire as Hospitals turned into "Morgues"

Russian Roulette: Doctors w/out Borders Demand Immediate Ceasefire as Hospitals turned into “Morgues”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Doctors without Borders (the French volunteer organization Médecins Sans Frontières [MSF]) has written a poignant letter to the United Nations […]

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Gaza Conflict:  Deadliest Month for Journalists on Record

Gaza Conflict: Deadliest Month for Journalists on Record

( Committee to Protect Journalists) – Editor’s note: The list below is CPJ’s most complete account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will […]

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Fossil CO₂ Emissions hit Record High yet again in 2023

Fossil CO₂ Emissions hit Record High yet again in 2023

By Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Corinne Le Quéré, University of East Anglia; Glen Peters, Center for International Climate and Environment Research – Oslo; Judith Hauck, Universität […]

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