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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation
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How the Heartbreaking Story of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab begot an Effective Human Rights Foundation

Dan Steinbock

As The Voice of Hind Rajab is winning over Hollywood, the real-life story is fostering complicity allegations against the Israeli military and Western complicity. New […]

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

“A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse, and Thou:” Edward FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:11

09/09/2025 By Juan Cole

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

Gaza Diary: How I risk Death to feed my Family

09/09/2025 By Open Democracy

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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

Climate Crisis
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

Biodiversity
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 […]

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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 […]

The Conversation

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The Unbearable Whiteness of Being French: Murderer of Kurds 'William M.' Treated with kid Gloves

The Unbearable Whiteness of Being French: Murderer of Kurds ‘William M.’ Treated with kid Gloves

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Last Thursday, one “William M.,” a retired French train conductor, went to the Kurdish Cultural center in the 10th Arondissement […]

Juan Cole

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