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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line
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The Day Evin Prison Burned: Why Israel’s Attack Crossed a Moral Line

Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Al-Marashi

Braga, Portugal and and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In the final days of Israel’s eleven-day war with Iran, the targeted […]

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

Netanyahu’s ‘New Middle East:’ Same old Colonialism

06/28/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral Primary could Ripple across the Country

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COP15 reaches historic Agreement to protect Biodiversity

COP15 reaches historic Agreement to protect Biodiversity

By Regina Lam and Xia Zhijian | – ( China Dialogue ) – Delegates at the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference have approved a deal to […]

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New Israeli Gov't  to un-ban Violent Racists from Parliament, and allow Discrimination against Women, Gays

New Israeli Gov’t to un-ban Violent Racists from Parliament, and allow Discrimination against Women, Gays

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The new Israeli government, formed in the nick of time by incoming Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, is so morally compromised […]

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As NYT's Friedman Laments end of Israel-Palestine Two-State Solution, the Bantustan Alternative Looms

As NYT’s Friedman Laments end of Israel-Palestine Two-State Solution, the Bantustan Alternative Looms

Montreal (Special to Informed Comment) – In a New York Times Dec. 18, 2022, opinion piece,  Thomas L. Friedman, echoing many other mainstream commentators, bemoans that […]

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How Female Iranian Activists use powerful Images to Protest oppressive Policies

How Female Iranian Activists use powerful Images to Protest oppressive Policies

By Parichehr Kazemi, PhD Candidate, University of Oregon | – (The Conversation) – Images of unveiled Iranian women and adolescent girls standing atop police cars […]

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Lessons Learned in the Internet’s Darkest Corners

Lessons Learned in the Internet’s Darkest Corners

( Tomdispatch.com ) – We all do it. Make little snap judgments about everyday strangers as we go about our lives. Without giving it a […]

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If the US Aim in Helping Ukraine is a Rules-Based International Order it must Condemn Israeli Annexation of Syria's Golan and Occupation of Palestine

If the US Aim in Helping Ukraine is a Rules-Based International Order it must Condemn Israeli Annexation of Syria’s Golan and Occupation of Palestine

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Iran: Brutal Repression in Kurdistan Capital  (HRW)

Iran: Brutal Repression in Kurdistan Capital (HRW)

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Iranian security forces used excessive and unlawful lethal force against protesters in Kurdistan province’s capital, Sanandaj, in October and […]

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Iran
Cartoonist Kianoush Ramazani: Hope in Iran during Turbulent Times

Cartoonist Kianoush Ramazani: Hope in Iran during Turbulent Times

By Mariam A. ( Globalvoices.org ) – Three months have passed since Mahsa Amini was murdered by Iran’s morality police for violating the country’s strict […]

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Soccer Champion Lionel Messi’s Black Cloak: a brief History of the Honorary Bisht

Soccer Champion Lionel Messi’s Black Cloak: a brief History of the Honorary Bisht

By Pardis Mahdavi, The University of Montana | – Shortly before Lionel Messi took to the stage to lift up the World Cup trophy, Qatari […]

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