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In New Low, Israel’s Netanyahu has Recklessly allied with ISIS in Gaza
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In New Low, Israel’s Netanyahu has Recklessly allied with ISIS in Gaza

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The world’s most poorly kept secret is that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Bibi) is escalating his state-sponsored […]

Gov. Newsom asks Trump to Withdraw Troops from Los Angeles and Protests Intensify

Gov. Newsom asks Trump to Withdraw Troops from Los Angeles and Protests Intensify

06/09/2025 By Cal Matters

Is Nuclear Winter a Climate Issue?

Is Nuclear Winter a Climate Issue?

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Inequality
It Goes up but Never Comes Down: What Would It Take to Reduce US Military Spending?

It Goes up but Never Comes Down: What Would It Take to Reduce US Military Spending?

( Tomdispatch.com) – I have a question for you: What would it take in today’s world for America’s military spending to go down? Here’s one […]

William J. Astore

Bashar al-Assad
Yes, Bucha is a War Crime: Putin Told us who He was in East Aleppo

Yes, Bucha is a War Crime: Putin Told us who He was in East Aleppo

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Russian withdrawal from the small town of Bucha near the capital of Kyiv left behind a raft of murdered […]

Juan Cole

History
The Dangers of Assaulting Fortress Kyiv: The Peril Putin's Troops Now Face was Shown by the Battles of Stalingrad, Grozny, and Mosul

The Dangers of Assaulting Fortress Kyiv: The Peril Putin’s Troops Now Face was Shown by the Battles of Stalingrad, Grozny, and Mosul

Brian Glyn Williams (University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth) and Aaron Rawley. Aaron Rawley is Volunteer Personnel Coordinator at the Gore Place Historical Museum, Waltham Mass. Dartmouth, […]

Brian Glyn Williams

Authoritarianism
Facing severe Repression, Russians are turning to antiwar Graffiti

Facing severe Repression, Russians are turning to antiwar Graffiti

By Colleen Wood and Alexis Lerner | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – It is exceedingly difficult to organize peaceful protests in Russia. Since the […]

Waging Nonviolence

Human Rights
What are War Crimes?  Ukraine Atrocities and the Likelihood of Prosecuting Putin

What are War Crimes? Ukraine Atrocities and the Likelihood of Prosecuting Putin

By Amy Lieberman, The Conversation, interviewing Abel Escribà-Folch, Alexander Hinton, Joseph Wright and Shelley Inglis | – Russian troops retreated from Kyiv and the nearby […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
White House OMB: Climate Crisis to cost US $2 trillion Each and Every Year in 8 Decades

White House OMB: Climate Crisis to cost US $2 trillion Each and Every Year in 8 Decades

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Timothy Gardner at Reuters has gotten an advance look at a White House Office of Management and Budget document that […]

Juan Cole

Russia
Ukraine: are reports of Russian troops mutinying and deserting true? It’s happened before

Ukraine: are reports of Russian troops mutinying and deserting true? It’s happened before

By Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex | – Reports have emerged in recent days that Russian troops in Ukraine, stalled in their advance and suffering […]

The Conversation

China
No to WW III: Why Russia Fumbled in Ukraine, China Lost Its Way, and America Should Exercise Restraint

No to WW III: Why Russia Fumbled in Ukraine, China Lost Its Way, and America Should Exercise Restraint

( Tomdispatch.com) – In Western military circles, it’s common to refer to the “balance of forces” — the lineup of tanks, planes, ships, missiles, and […]

Michael T. Klare

Israel/ Palestine
Being There, Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World

Being There, Being Here: Palestinian Writings in the World

( Middle East Monitor ) – Maurice Ebileeni’s study of Palestinian literary narratives and the imaginings of the Palestinian homeland highlights the need to rethink […]

Ramona Wadi

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