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California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech
Academic Freedom

California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

H. Scott Prosterman

Censoring academic content does nothing to promote “a safe learning environment,” as Newsom’s signing statement concludes.

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COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

11/14/2025 By The Conversation

Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

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The Netanyahu Cabinet’s Complicity in the Gaza Genocide

The Netanyahu Cabinet’s Complicity in the Gaza Genocide

A classified report by a U.S. government watchdog discovered that Israeli military units have committed hundreds of human rights violations

Dan Steinbock

Israel/ Palestine
Gaza and Sudan: The Rubble and even Blood can be seen by Satellite

Gaza and Sudan: The Rubble and even Blood can be seen by Satellite

The United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) has released repeated satellite imagery showing flattened neighbourhoods and rubble

Middle East Monitor

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Living without a Net in a Trumpian World: The Fate of the Aging

Living without a Net in a Trumpian World: The Fate of the Aging

The recent fright about Social Security offices closing or seniors having to to prove they exist…

Tomdispatch

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Israel’s Politicians Rebel for the right to Torture

Israel’s Politicians Rebel for the right to Torture

Tomer-Yerushalmi freely admits to leaking the video to expose the serious nature of the crimes she was investigating,

H. Scott Prosterman

Displaced and Refugees
The El Fasher, Sudan, Massacre: Appeal for a UNHRC Special Session

The El Fasher, Sudan, Massacre: Appeal for a UNHRC Special Session

The Human Rights Council should convene a special session on the Sudan to address the situation in and around El Fasher, North Darfur

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
How Wars ravage the Environment, and the Legal Response

How Wars ravage the Environment, and the Legal Response

Research demonstrates that the equivalent of over 32 million tonnes of CO₂ was generated in the first 15 months of the Gaza war.

The Conversation

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On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing:  “All the Vice President’s Men”

On the Occasion of Dick Cheney’s Passing: “All the Vice President’s Men”

Dick Cheney and the Iraq War – was it about Oil? How Cheney coarsened American politics

Juan Cole

Democratic Socialists of America
Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

Zohran Mamdani’s Proposals to Help New Yorkers Are Surprisingly Affordable

It would be nice if all Revolutions were this Cheap! Mamdani’s proposals are eminently affordable

Common Dreams

BRICS
The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

The Multipolarism of Fools: The BRICS are not the Answer

Trump depended on the Liberal Int’l Order he Despises

John Feffer

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