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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

How Musk / DOGE falsely accused an Afghan Refugee and Ruined his and his Family’s Lives

08/23/2025 By ProPublica

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

Israel’s Plan for massive new West Bank Settlement would make a Palestinian State Impossible

08/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution and the US: Why Diplomats Matter

Iran’s Islamic Revolution and the US: Why Diplomats Matter

George B. Lambrakis was a State Department Foreign Service officer from 1957 to 1985, after two years with USIS in Vietnam and Laos. He served […]

Fariba Amini

Bill of Rights
Deporting Dissent: The dangerous Precedent set by the Persecution of pro-Palestine Activists

Deporting Dissent: The dangerous Precedent set by the Persecution of pro-Palestine Activists

( Middle East Monitor ) – “Rights are granted to those who align with power,” Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, eloquently wrote from […]

Middle East Monitor

Pentagon
The Wasteful and Ever-Expanding War Machine avoids DOGE’s Axe

The Wasteful and Ever-Expanding War Machine avoids DOGE’s Axe

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Under the guise of efficiency, the Trump administration is taking a sledgehammer to essential programs and agencies that are the backbone […]

William D. Hartung

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How Pope Francis Divinized Palestinian Suffering: The Gaza Pietà

How Pope Francis Divinized Palestinian Suffering: The Gaza Pietà

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 in Buenos Aires to Italian immigrant parents, is dead at 88 after […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
The Countdown to Iran’s Day Zero: A Crisis of Water, not War

The Countdown to Iran’s Day Zero: A Crisis of Water, not War

Environmental collapse, mismanagement, and ethno-political fault lines are converging in a slow-motion disaster caused by a water crisis Written by Reza Talebi for UntoldMag This […]

Global Voices

Christianity
Three Ways Pope Francis influenced the Global Climate Movement

Three Ways Pope Francis influenced the Global Climate Movement

By Celia Deane-Drummond, University of Oxford The death of Pope Francis has been announced by the Vatican. I first met the late Pope Francis at […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
The Elephant in the Room: Settler Colonialism in the White House

The Elephant in the Room: Settler Colonialism in the White House

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There is a proverbial elephant in the room that few dare to identify openly. Revoking visas, arresting students […]

Yakov M. Rabkin

Climate Crisis
How can the Left Tackle the Climate Crisis?

How can the Left Tackle the Climate Crisis?

In his new book, writer Malcolm Harris considers the tools in our arsenal for stopping the worst case scenarios of climate change. by Chris Mills […]

Inequality.org

Authoritarianism
Trump Harvests Autocratic Powers Planted by Bush and Cheney

Trump Harvests Autocratic Powers Planted by Bush and Cheney

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In 2003, the Macedonian police arrested Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen vacationing in their country. They handed the unfortunate man over […]

Rebecca Gordon

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