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Saudi Arabia in Modern History
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Saudi Arabia in Modern History

Marc Martorell Junyent

Book Review – David Commins, “Saudi Arabia: A Modern History” (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – […]

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

Greek Protesters block military Cargo bound for Israel

08/14/2025 By Global Voices

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

Israel must allow independent Investigations of Palestinian Journalist Killings – and let international Media into Gaza

08/14/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel: Defying Biden, Netanyahu allows extremist Religious Zionists to rule over West Bank Palestinians

Israel: Defying Biden, Netanyahu allows extremist Religious Zionists to rule over West Bank Palestinians

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that that Binyamin Netanyahu’s far right Likud Party concluded a coalition agreement with the […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
We Can’t Afford NOT to Have a Wealth Tax

We Can’t Afford NOT to Have a Wealth Tax

By Jack Metzgar | – ( Inequality.org) – Every time I hear that we as a nation cannot afford something — whether that might be […]

Inequality.org

Climate Crisis
Tumultuous First Year for Germany’s Government may start Energy Transition Push

Tumultuous First Year for Germany’s Government may start Energy Transition Push

Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – One year after taking over Germany’s government, chancellor Olaf Scholz’s “traffic light” coalition [so called […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Climate Crisis
Given their Enormous Windfall Profits, Oil Companies are not paying Enough for their Environmental Damage

Given their Enormous Windfall Profits, Oil Companies are not paying Enough for their Environmental Damage

By Robert (Bob) L. Ascah, University of Alberta | – At the end of the third quarter reporting season in October, the Big Four oilsands […]

The Conversation

Children
Yemen: Ukraine War, boosting Wheat Prices, has increased Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition for Children

Yemen: Ukraine War, boosting Wheat Prices, has increased Food Insecurity and Acute Malnutrition for Children

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Russia’s War on Ukraine has added to global inflation along many dimensions, including higher gasoline and fossil gas prices. It […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Turkey marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with disturbing Femicide Numbers

Turkey marks International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with disturbing Femicide Numbers

By Arzu Geybullayeva | – ( Globalvoices.org) – Scores of women are killed in Turkey on regular basis, according to local women’s organizations. The number […]

Global Voices

Climate Crisis
We Have not Yet been Defeated:  Who will Pay for an Overheating Earth?

We Have not Yet been Defeated: Who will Pay for an Overheating Earth?

By Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – On October 29th, 75-year-old Saifullah Paracha, Guantánamo Bay’s oldest detainee, was finally […]

Tomdispatch

Climate Crisis
Climate Change is increasing the Intensity of Tropical Storms, and even Weak ones are now Fiercer

Climate Change is increasing the Intensity of Tropical Storms, and even Weak ones are now Fiercer

Wei Mei, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Shang-Ping Xie, University of California, San Diego Tropical cyclones have been growing stronger worldwide over […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Pakistani Mega-Flood and our Climate Emergency

The Pakistani Mega-Flood and our Climate Emergency

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Here is a talk I recently gave about the mega-flood this fall in Pakistan, which affected 33 million people, inundated […]

Juan Cole

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