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Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence
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Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Why has the Democratic leadership shown such reluctance to take effective legislative action to halt the flow […]

Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps

09/01/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars

09/01/2025 By The Conversation

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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

Zelensky Ukraine War Syria Israel Golan Occupation International Law

Juan Cole

Iran
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 […]

Human Rights Watch

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 […]

Global Voices

Arab World
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 […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
New Solar installations Rocket up by 50% in Europe in 2022, amid Ukraine War Energy Crisis

New Solar installations Rocket up by 50% in Europe in 2022, amid Ukraine War Energy Crisis

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The industry think tank SolarPower Europe has concluded that new solar power installations rocketed up in Europe by nearly 50% […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Why the Fight over defining Antisemitism is Key to the Future of BDS

Why the Fight over defining Antisemitism is Key to the Future of BDS

By Shane Burley | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – Despite conservatives in America feigning their undying support for “free speech,” those convictions often vanish when […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
2022’s US Climate Disasters: A Tale of too much CO2, Too much Rain – and too Little

2022’s US Climate Disasters: A Tale of too much CO2, Too much Rain – and too Little

By Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton | – The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and storms – and […]

The Conversation

Democracy
America’s best Christmas Present would be Real Democracy where even the Poor Vote

America’s best Christmas Present would be Real Democracy where even the Poor Vote

( Tomdispatch.com) – Last week, I was in Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. The weather had turned cold and I couldn’t help noticing what an inhospitable […]

Liz Theoharis

Algeria
Why Algeria's Coup and Civil War Should Alarm Americans about Trumpism, Whether he is Convicted or Not

Why Algeria’s Coup and Civil War Should Alarm Americans about Trumpism, Whether he is Convicted or Not

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Donald Trump’s attempted coup on Jan. 6, for which he has now been referred to the Department of Justice on […]

Juan Cole

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