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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Israel
Israel Must not Include Fascist Parties in its New Government:  L.A. Jews for Peace

Israel Must not Include Fascist Parties in its New Government: L.A. Jews for Peace

LA Jews for Peace Policy Statement Los Angeles, CA. November 28, 2022 Contact: info@LAJewsforPeace.org Israel must not include Fascist Parties in its New Government LA […]

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Could Iran's Kurdish Protests and the Ayatollahs' Determination to Crush Them Destabilize Neighboring Iraq?

Could Iran’s Kurdish Protests and the Ayatollahs’ Determination to Crush Them Destabilize Neighboring Iraq?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The protests roiling Iran this fall have had an epicenter in Iranian Kurdistan in the west of the country. The […]

Juan Cole

Corporations
Parasitic Private Equity is Consuming U.S. Health Care from the Inside Out

Parasitic Private Equity is Consuming U.S. Health Care from the Inside Out

Gainesville, Fl. (Special to Informed Comment) – Private equity has succeeded in depicting itself as part of the productive economy of health care services. even […]

F. Douglas Stephenson

Australia
First-Nations-Led Youth Win Climate/ Human Rights Case against Mammoth Coal Mine in Australia

First-Nations-Led Youth Win Climate/ Human Rights Case against Mammoth Coal Mine in Australia

By Justine Bell-James, The University of Queensland | – In a historic ruling today, a Queensland court has said the massive Clive Palmer-owned Galilee Basin […]

Juan Cole

China
What If the U.S. and China Really Cooperated on Climate Change?  Imagining a Necessary Future

What If the U.S. and China Really Cooperated on Climate Change? Imagining a Necessary Future

( Tomdispatch.com) – As President Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping arrived on the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, for their November 14th “summit,” […]

Michael T. Klare

Culture
The Other Iran: Veiling and Puritanism vs. the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

The Other Iran: Veiling and Puritanism vs. the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The ongoing rallies and demonstrations that have wracked Iran since mid-September have been many things. It is a women’s protest […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Inequality Kills. But We Can Stop the Killing

Inequality Kills. But We Can Stop the Killing

( Inequality.org ) – Over a half-century ago, back in the mid-1960s, books about poverty abounded. But publishers paid relatively little attention to wealth’s concentration. […]

Sam Pizzigati

Monopolies
Taylor Swift’s Superfans Strike a Blow Against Monopolies

Taylor Swift’s Superfans Strike a Blow Against Monopolies

By Bella DeVaan | – ( Otherwords.org ) – After a nightmare ticket sale, monopolies made a powerful enemy. That’s good news for all of […]

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Climate Crisis
Just Stop Oil: Research shows how Activists and Politicians talk differently about Climate Change<

Just Stop Oil: Research shows how Activists and Politicians talk differently about Climate Change<

By Clare Cunningham, York St John University | – The environmental activist group Just Stop Oil has grasped public attention with a series of “art […]

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