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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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UN Rights Body Fails Yemeni People, Again:  Zero Accountability for War Crimes

UN Rights Body Fails Yemeni People, Again: Zero Accountability for War Crimes

By Joey Shea Acting Researcher, Yemen and Bahrain | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – On October 7, the Human Rights Council adopted, without […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
On Turning 70 in a Graying, Climate-threatened World where Christians and Muslims must learn to Understand Each Other

On Turning 70 in a Graying, Climate-threatened World where Christians and Muslims must learn to Understand Each Other

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A daily column is inevitably personal, even if the focus is, as with Informed Comment, on current events. Today I’m […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Ministry of Truth? Critics Warn Turkey's new "Disinformation" Law is a Backdoor to Heavy-handed Censorship and outlawing Dissent

Ministry of Truth? Critics Warn Turkey’s new “Disinformation” Law is a Backdoor to Heavy-handed Censorship and outlawing Dissent

By Arzu Geybullayeva | – Turkish lawmakers approved a bill on October 13 purportedly meant to combat fake news and disinformation, but local civil society […]

Global Voices

Corporations
More than half of all daily Papers in America are owned by just 10 Syndicates, most of which don’t care about Journalism.

More than half of all daily Papers in America are owned by just 10 Syndicates, most of which don’t care about Journalism.

By Jim Hightower | – ( Otherwords.org) – My newspaper died. Well, technically it still appears. But it has no life, no news, and barely […]

OtherWords

Electricity Cost
Germany to Give Electricity Rebates, financed with Windfall Profit Tax on Energy Corporations

Germany to Give Electricity Rebates, financed with Windfall Profit Tax on Energy Corporations

( Clean Energy Wire ) – The German government plans to introduce a power price brake that will grant electricity consumers a lower price for […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

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Israeli Squatters in Palestinian West Bank launch 100 attacks in 10 Days, Pepper-Spray own Troops like Jan. 6 Insurrectionists

Israeli Squatters in Palestinian West Bank launch 100 attacks in 10 Days, Pepper-Spray own Troops like Jan. 6 Insurrectionists

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Palestinian West Bank, which is militarily occupied by Israel and which is being steadily colonized by Israeli squatters on […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The World's Last Colony, Palestinian Gaza, has no Say as Israel May Usurp Natural Gas Resources off its Coast

The World’s Last Colony, Palestinian Gaza, has no Say as Israel May Usurp Natural Gas Resources off its Coast

By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Since the beginning of October, news reports have mentioned a tripartite agreement between Egypt, […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
'Just Stop Oil's' Tomato Juice on van Gogh: Do Radical Protests actually Backfire or do they Raise Consciousness?

‘Just Stop Oil’s’ Tomato Juice on van Gogh: Do Radical Protests actually Backfire or do they Raise Consciousness?

By Colin Davis, University of Bristol | – Members of the protest group Just Stop Oil recently threw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the […]

The Conversation

Inequality
The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price

The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price

By Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi, photography by Rich-Joseph Facun, graphics by Haisam Hussein | – Co-published with NPR News ( ProPublica ) – Henry […]

ProPublica

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