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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How much are women and girls–half of humanity–valued?  When men violate us for sex in prostitution.  When […]

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

10/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Nonviolence
The Tragic U.S. Choice to Prioritize War Over Peacemaking

The Tragic U.S. Choice to Prioritize War Over Peacemaking

( Code Pink ) – In a brilliant Op-Ed published in the New York Times, the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi explained how China, with help […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Drones
How Russian and Iranian Drone Strikes further dehumanize Warfare

How Russian and Iranian Drone Strikes further dehumanize Warfare

By Jordan Richard Schoenherr, Concordia University | – Along with the recent reciprocal drone strikes by Iran and the United States in Syria, Russia continues […]

The Conversation

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Many Civil Wars:  The Extremist Israeli Gov't has Roiled Relations with Biden and US Jews and Highlighted the Occupation of Palestine

Many Civil Wars: The Extremist Israeli Gov’t has Roiled Relations with Biden and US Jews and Highlighted the Occupation of Palestine

Oakland, Ca. (Feature: Special to Informed Comment) | – Some 450,000 Israeli protesters massed again this weekend against Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s efforts to […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Iraq War
Lying about Lying: Why we must revisit the Definition of ‘Fake News’ from Iraq to Palestine

Lying about Lying: Why we must revisit the Definition of ‘Fake News’ from Iraq to Palestine

Dr Ramzy Baroud RamzyBaroud     The phrase “fake news” continues to be deployed routinely in US politics. In a polarised political atmosphere, both Republicans […]

Ramzy Baroud

Donald Trump
Unprecedented Complexity:   Trump’s indictment stretches US legal System in new Ways

Unprecedented Complexity: Trump’s indictment stretches US legal System in new Ways

By Jeffrey Bellin, William & Mary Law School | – (The Conversation) – When former President Donald Trump turns himself over to authorities in New […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Red State Divorce: Republican State Politicians are waging all-out War against Companies that don’t Kowtow to Big Oil

Red State Divorce: Republican State Politicians are waging all-out War against Companies that don’t Kowtow to Big Oil

By Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The demise of Silicon Valley Bank last month triggered plenty of angst among solar energy developers. […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Scotland's Renewables soar by 28%, as new Muslim Leader pledges Net Zero and Just Climate Transition

Scotland’s Renewables soar by 28%, as new Muslim Leader pledges Net Zero and Just Climate Transition

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Neil Pooran and Peter A Walker at Business Insider report that 28% more renewable electricity was generated in Scotland in […]

Juan Cole

Arab World
Egypt’s Nile Delta is badly polluted by Heavy Metals

Egypt’s Nile Delta is badly polluted by Heavy Metals

( Sustainability Times ) – The Nile is one of the world’s most iconic rivers and in ancient times it gave rise to a unique […]

Sustainability Times

Israel/ Palestine
Israel occupation Forces kill Young Palestinian Physician at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Israel occupation Forces kill Young Palestinian Physician at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

    Israeli occupation forces on Friday night shot dead a Palestinian young man in Al-Aqsa Mosque while he was trying to re-enter the holy […]

Middle East Monitor

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“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

Juan Cole

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Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

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Protesting Northwestern U’s Flawed Compulsory Training on Criticism of Israel as “Antisemitism”

Committee on Academic Freedom

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Why the Saudi-Pakistan Bilateral Defense Pact is unlikely to Revive Muslim Unity

Abdullah al-Ahsan

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