Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]
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Women in Turkey, Including Turkish Kurds, stand in solidarity with Women of Iran
By Arzu Geybullayeva | – From video campaigns circulating on social media to street protests and singers cutting their hair on stage — women from […]
Are OPEC+ Oil Cuts, Raising Prices, the Arab World’s Way of Asking Biden what He’s done for them Lately?
By Hazem Ayyad | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Amir Hossein Zamani Nia, Iran’s OPEC governor, announced when he left a meeting with […]
Young Unveiled Iranian Women Protesters Keep Mysteriously falling off Buildings, According to Country’s Police
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Like Russian officials and failed diplomats, who seem to fall off buildings at a dizzying rate, Iranian young women under […]
Hope for a New Day in Iran?
Hiroshima (Special to Informed Comment) — In 1975, when I was 16, my father’s work took our family to Turkey. It was hard parting. I […]
In Irony, $9.7 bn. GigawattFactory Hub for Battery, Renewables, to be Built by Coal Firm on Wasteland its Open Mining Created
By Edgar Meza | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – German energy group LEAG, the country’s second biggest electricity producer and a key lignite […]
Climate Tipping Points could lock in unstoppable Changes to the Planet – how Close are They?
By David Armstrong McKay, Stockholm University | – Continued greenhouse gas emissions risk triggering climate tipping points. These are self-sustaining shifts in the climate system […]
Dark Brandon Pardons Those Convicted of Pot Use, Righting a Historical Wrong: The ‘War on Drugs’ Targeted Minorities
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a pardon for all federal convicts on the charge of marijuana possession. Mr. Biden […]
Why Most Muslims Celebrate Mawlid, the Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday, despite Wahhabi Disapproval
By Deina Abdelkader, UMass Lowell | – (The Conversation) – Most Muslims celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad on the 12th day of the […]
The Walking Dead: Fascism as the Zombie Philosophy that will Not Die
Italy just elected a far-right leader. Is this the beginning of a resurgence of fascism, or the beginning of the end? By John Feffer | […]
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