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As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note
Authoritarianism

As the Military Occupies your Town, Give them Flowers and a Note

Arnold Oliver

Tiffin, Ohio (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – During some of the large anti-war demonstrations during the 1960’s some of the protesters gave flowers to the […]

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

The Fragile Peace of Trump’s Gaza Plan

10/02/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

Where does the Arab and Muslim world stand on Trump’s Gaza peace plan? Expert Q&A

10/02/2025 By The Conversation

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One Billionaire emits a Million times more CO2 than an Average Person, as Protesters block Private Planes at Amsterdam

One Billionaire emits a Million times more CO2 than an Average Person, as Protesters block Private Planes at Amsterdam

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Oxfam has a new study, Carbon Billionaires: The investment emissions of the world’s richest people. The Executive Summary says that […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Politics and pulpits: Christians and Republicans team up to watch the Polls Tuesday

Politics and pulpits: Christians and Republicans team up to watch the Polls Tuesday

By Deena Winter | – The Minnesota Reformer BUFFALO — A flag hanging from a telephone pole marked the turnoff to the Land of Promise. […]

Minnesota Reformer

Israel/ Palestine
Israel: On the Road to International Isolation with the Rise of domestic Fascist Parties

Israel: On the Road to International Isolation with the Rise of domestic Fascist Parties

Adnan Abu Amer | – As Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud party that won the Israeli elections, rushes to form his new government, unprecedented […]

Middle East Monitor

Africa
Armed Conflict and Climate Change: how these two Threats play out in Africa

Armed Conflict and Climate Change: how these two Threats play out in Africa

By Halvard Buhaug, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) | – The world is falling miserably short of reducing carbon emissions in line with the Paris […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
UN: Past 8 Years have been 8 hottest on Record, in Harbinger of Heating World

UN: Past 8 Years have been 8 hottest on Record, in Harbinger of Heating World

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The past eight years have been the eight hottest on record, in further evidence that human-caused global heating is accelerating […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Why is the Major Israel Lobby supporting over 100 Antisemitic Racists, Climate Deniers and election Denialists for Congress?

Why is the Major Israel Lobby supporting over 100 Antisemitic Racists, Climate Deniers and election Denialists for Congress?

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – AIPAC and Jewish Republicans are a puzzlement. They are financially supporting over 100 racists, climate deniers and election […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Democracy
The Economy Looms Large in the Midterms, but Abortion, Ukraine and the State of Democracy are also Key Voter Issues

The Economy Looms Large in the Midterms, but Abortion, Ukraine and the State of Democracy are also Key Voter Issues

By Stella Rouse, University of Maryland and Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland | – The 2022 midterm elections, perhaps more than most in recent American […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The Day After:  Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow on a Broiling Planet

The Day After: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow on a Broiling Planet

( Tomdispatch.com ) – When I was growing up, there was a parody of an old-fashioned public announcement tacked to the wall of our kitchen […]

Frida Berrigan

Agriculture
The Saudis depleted their Own Aquifers: now they're emptying Arizona's and Getting Sweetheart Deals to do So

The Saudis depleted their Own Aquifers: now they’re emptying Arizona’s and Getting Sweetheart Deals to do So

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ella Nilsen at CNN has done an excellent deep dive on the shrinking aquifers of the Southwest and how Arizona […]

Juan Cole

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