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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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The State of Online Free Expression Worldwide: 2022 in Review

The State of Online Free Expression Worldwide: 2022 in Review

By Jillian C. York | – ( EFF ) – It’s been a tumultuous year for free expression globally. From internet shutdowns, crackdowns on expression […]

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"Execution of the Palestinian People": Netanyahu vows Massive Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land, and ultimate Annexation

“Execution of the Palestinian People”: Netanyahu vows Massive Israeli Squatting on Palestinian Land, and ultimate Annexation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As part of his bargain with the fascist blocs of Religious Zionism and Jewish Power, according to the Israeli newspaper […]

Juan Cole

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A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River

A Water War Is Brewing Over the Dwindling Colorado River

By Abrahm Lustgarten | – (ProPublica) – On a crisp day this fall I drove southeast from Grand Junction, Colorado, into the Uncompahgre Valley, a […]

ProPublica

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To attain global Climate and Biodiversity Goals, we must reclaim Nature in our Cities

To attain global Climate and Biodiversity Goals, we must reclaim Nature in our Cities

By Emma Despland, Concordia University | – The climate and biodiversity crises we have been experiencing for the past few decades are inseparable. The scientific […]

The Conversation

Russia
The Ukraine Crisis:  A Classic Security Dilemma

The Ukraine Crisis: A Classic Security Dilemma

( Code Pink) – On December 27 2022, both Russia and Ukraine issued calls for ending the war in Ukraine, but only on non-negotiable terms […]

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Climate Crisis
2022:  Biden Policies Announce the End of the Beginning in Fight against CO2 Emissions

2022: Biden Policies Announce the End of the Beginning in Fight against CO2 Emissions

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the midst of World War II, on November 10, 1942, Winston Churchill said of the war: “Now this is […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
U.S.-Trained Afghan Soldiers Angry Over Their Plight Are Ready To Join Russia's War Against Ukraine

U.S.-Trained Afghan Soldiers Angry Over Their Plight Are Ready To Join Russia’s War Against Ukraine

By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) – Lost status and a desperate existence in Iran are driving thousands of former Afghan troops — many of […]

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Climate Crisis
Secret Files reveal how UN Climate Advisers ‘greenwashed’ for BP

Secret Files reveal how UN Climate Advisers ‘greenwashed’ for BP

By Lucas Amin and Ben Webster | – ( OpenDemocracy.net) – The PR firm advising the UN on climate change campaigns has been accused by […]

Open Democracy

Climate Crisis
How Putin’s War and small Islands are accelerating the global Shift to Clean Energy, and What to Watch for in 2023

How Putin’s War and small Islands are accelerating the global Shift to Clean Energy, and What to Watch for in 2023

By Rachel Kyte | – (The Conversation) – The year 2022 was a tough one for the growing number of people living in food insecurity […]

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