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The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict
Donald Trump

The Key Diplomatic Role Türkiye Played in the Israel-Iran Conflict

Volkan Isbasaran

On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on the margins of the NATO summit at the Hague. His office […]

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

How will Your Data be Used in an Age of Dark Enlightenment?

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Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

Protesting Increased Israeli Assaults on Education in the Palestinian West Bank

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Authoritarianism
The world must hear the Voice of Iranian Women

The world must hear the Voice of Iranian Women

By Azin Mohajerin and Sussan Tahmasebi | – ( Globalvoices.org ) – The name Mahsa (Jina) Amini has become a rallying cry for millions of […]

Global Voices

China
The New Cold War Heats Up Asia:  China and the U.S. Face an Unprecedented Crisis

The New Cold War Heats Up Asia: China and the U.S. Face an Unprecedented Crisis

( Tomdispatch.com ) – If the world is indeed entering a new Cold War, it bears little resemblance to the final years of that global […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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Lonely MAGA Bros:  Peter Thiel's New Conservative Dating App Ghosted by, like, Women

Lonely MAGA Bros: Peter Thiel’s New Conservative Dating App Ghosted by, like, Women

By Lisa Portolan, Western Sydney University | – The Right Stuff is a new conservative dating app, recently launched in the US. Not yet available […]

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Authoritarianism
Prison Revolt, Fire, Gunshots at Notorious Evin Facility in Iran, which houses Political Prisoners, as Iran Protests enter 5th Week

Prison Revolt, Fire, Gunshots at Notorious Evin Facility in Iran, which houses Political Prisoners, as Iran Protests enter 5th Week

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Dubai-based Al-Arabiya assembles Tweets from Iran about the prisoner uprising at Iran’s maximum-security prison, Evin, which led to the outbreak […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
What the historic women’s Uprising in Iran teaches us about resisting Authoritarianism

What the historic women’s Uprising in Iran teaches us about resisting Authoritarianism

By Nilofar Sakhi | – The death of Mahsa Amini, who was detained and beaten by Iranian morality police due to a violation of “Iran’s […]

Waging Nonviolence

Far Right
D.C. Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Republican Governors’ Shipping of Immigrants to the Capital

D.C. Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Republican Governors’ Shipping of Immigrants to the Capital

By Marilyn W. Thompson and Perla Trevizo | – ( ProPublica ) – District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine has opened an investigation into […]

ProPublica

Democratic Party
Why Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are a Seismic Shift

Why Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are a Seismic Shift

By Paul Armentano | – ( Otherwords.org) – The immediate impacts are modest, but the order marks a top-level recognition that 100 years of cannabis […]

OtherWords

Authoritarianism
Iran: Massive Baluch Protest in Zahedan; in NW, Security Forces attack School, Injuring and Disappearing Girls

Iran: Massive Baluch Protest in Zahedan; in NW, Security Forces attack School, Injuring and Disappearing Girls

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Because of internet blackouts, news of Iran’s ongoing protests only leaks out in dribbles and drabs, sometimes a couple of […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Not ‘powerless Victims’: how young Iranian Women have long led a quiet Revolution

Not ‘powerless Victims’: how young Iranian Women have long led a quiet Revolution

By Nasim Salehi, Southern Cross University | – The “Women, Life, Freedom” movement that has taken hold in Iran in recent weeks is not new. […]

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