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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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Imagining a World Without Nuclear Weapons

Imagining a World Without Nuclear Weapons

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – January 22 marks the second anniversary of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a global […]

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Clampdown Reported In  Iranian Kurdistan After Slain Protesters Mourned

Clampdown Reported In Iranian Kurdistan After Slain Protesters Mourned

By Ardeshir Tayebi | – ( RFE/RL) – Demonstrators in the western Iranian city of Javanrud were set on by security forces and have reportedly […]

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100 years of Stan Lee: how the Comic Book King challenged Prejudice

100 years of Stan Lee: how the Comic Book King challenged Prejudice

By Alex Fitch, University of Brighton | – December 28 2022 marks 100 years since the birth of the world’s most famous comic book writer: […]

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Rabbi Close to Religious Extremists in Israeli Gov't says Gay Speaker "Diseased," attracting "Evil" on People

Rabbi Close to Religious Extremists in Israeli Gov’t says Gay Speaker “Diseased,” attracting “Evil” on People

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al-Hadath reports that 300 former Israeli soldiers have written a letter to their new government pleading with it not to […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Deadliest Year for Palestinians in Decades: Israeli Forces Kill 240, including 47 children

Deadliest Year for Palestinians in Decades: Israeli Forces Kill 240, including 47 children

( Middle East Monitor ) – Another critical year for Palestine has folded. While 2022 has wrought much of the same in terms of Israeli […]

Ramzy Baroud

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In One State, Voters backed a Law Exposing Political ‘Dark Money’ that is hailed as Model

In One State, Voters backed a Law Exposing Political ‘Dark Money’ that is hailed as Model

By Emilee Miranda | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – It could be months before the impact of Proposition 211 is seen in Arizona, […]

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Is the Russian Economy headed for Collapse?

Is the Russian Economy headed for Collapse?

By Eric Werker, Simon Fraser University | – (The Conversation) – To justify invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has painted Russia as a hegemonic power re-asserting […]

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2023 Prediction: The 2 Major Headaches for U.S. Foreign Policy, aside from Russia, will be Israeli and Iranian Fundamentalism

2023 Prediction: The 2 Major Headaches for U.S. Foreign Policy, aside from Russia, will be Israeli and Iranian Fundamentalism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Despite the desire of all recent presidents to pivot away from the Middle East, Israel, fundamentalism and Iran have made […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
3/4s of German Homeowners are Ready to Put Solar Panels on their Roofs:  Survey

3/4s of German Homeowners are Ready to Put Solar Panels on their Roofs: Survey

( Clean Energy Wire ) – Three in four houseowners in Germany wish to put a solar PV array on their roofs, according to a […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

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