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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
China

Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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Jewish History
Yom Kippur is coming soon – what does Judaism actually say about Forgiveness?

Yom Kippur is coming soon – what does Judaism actually say about Forgiveness?

By Adam B. Cohen, Arizona State University | – The Jewish High Holidays are fast approaching: Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. While the first really […]

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Climate Crisis
Ray of Hope: Florida's Solar-Powered Babcock Ranch Handily survived Hurricane Ian

Ray of Hope: Florida’s Solar-Powered Babcock Ranch Handily survived Hurricane Ian

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Babcock Ranch, Florida, in the southwest of the state, was planned in 2005 as a 17,000 acre community. It had […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Activist Student Movements have Shaped Iran at Every Turn:  The Islamic Republic won’t be the Same

Activist Student Movements have Shaped Iran at Every Turn: The Islamic Republic won’t be the Same

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment) – Iran’s student movement has never gone away. On 16th of Azar/ December 7, 1953, three students, Ghandchi, Bozorgnia […]

Fariba Amini

Development
Bohra Muslim digital Entrepreneurship shows how religious Communities can help Women Thrive

Bohra Muslim digital Entrepreneurship shows how religious Communities can help Women Thrive

By Arwa Hussain, Concordia University | – (The Conversation) – Women from religious communities around the world, like the Dawoodi Bohras, are harnessing the potential […]

The Conversation

Corporations
Optimism of the Will: Noam Chomsky on Organizing, Labor and taking on the Corporations

Optimism of the Will: Noam Chomsky on Organizing, Labor and taking on the Corporations

By David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – [The following is excerpted in shortened form from Chapter 9 of Notes on Resistance […]

Tomdispatch

Authoritarianism
Iran: School and University Women Lead Rallies, Sit-ins Bareheaded, as Leader Khamenei Softens on Compulsory Veiling

Iran: School and University Women Lead Rallies, Sit-ins Bareheaded, as Leader Khamenei Softens on Compulsory Veiling

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Monday in Iran, demonstrations, marches and rallies continued for the 17th day, spearheaded by high school and college students. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Hurricane Ian capped 2 Weeks of extreme Storms around the Globe: How Climate Change fuels Tropical Cyclones

Hurricane Ian capped 2 Weeks of extreme Storms around the Globe: How Climate Change fuels Tropical Cyclones

By Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowel and Suzana J. Camargo, Columbia University | When Hurricane Ian hit Florida, it was one of the United States’ most […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
New Israeli Policy of Targeted Assassination of Palestinians . . . by Drone

New Israeli Policy of Targeted Assassination of Palestinians . . . by Drone

By Ramona Wadi | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – For decades, the international community has sought to portray the occupied West Bank as […]

Middle East Monitor

Authoritarianism
'They Have Found The Courage': Iranian Women Go Hijab-Less In Public Amid Protests

‘They Have Found The Courage’: Iranian Women Go Hijab-Less In Public Amid Protests

( RFE/ RL ) – Two young Iranian women posted a photo of themselves having breakfast at a restaurant in Tehran without hijabs. The same […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

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