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The Earth and Human Beings must Be Saved Together
Biodiversity

The Earth and Human Beings must Be Saved Together

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A postcard I use as a bookmarker contains a set of principles for gardening in urban soils […]

Climate Breakdown makes Atmosphere Thirstier, Worsens Droughts

Climate Breakdown makes Atmosphere Thirstier, Worsens Droughts

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Illegal and Immoral: Israel’s Kidnapping of Greta Thunberg and the Madleen Aid Ship on the High Seas

Illegal and Immoral: Israel’s Kidnapping of Greta Thunberg and the Madleen Aid Ship on the High Seas

06/10/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Ukraine’s women fighters reflect a cultural tradition of feminist independence

Ukraine’s women fighters reflect a cultural tradition of feminist independence

By Mia Bloom, Georgia State University and Sophia Moskalenko, Georgia State University | – Tens of thousands of Ukrainian women have taken up arms during […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Was Putin's Himalayan Error on Ukraine a Result of his Syrian Success?

Was Putin’s Himalayan Error on Ukraine a Result of his Syrian Success?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alexander Titov at Queen’s University, Belfast, has argued that the commonly met with meme that Vladimir Putin has gone off […]

Juan Cole

Christians
How the most Powerful Israel Lobby started Preferring anti-Democratic White Christian Nationalism to American Jews

How the most Powerful Israel Lobby started Preferring anti-Democratic White Christian Nationalism to American Jews

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC, the major coordinator of thousands of organizations making up the Israel […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Iran
The story of the Iranian new year, Nowruz, and why its themes of renewal and healing matter

The story of the Iranian new year, Nowruz, and why its themes of renewal and healing matter

By Pardis Mahdavi, Arizona State University | – As the days grow longer and the flowers start to bloom, my 7-year-old gets excited and exclaims, […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
From Drought to Deluge: Those Who Contribute the Least to the Climate Crisis Suffer the Most

From Drought to Deluge: Those Who Contribute the Least to the Climate Crisis Suffer the Most

By Jane Braxton Little | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Greenville, CA — Snow began falling on December 24th, big fluffy flakes that made lace […]

Tomdispatch

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Happiness Apartheid: UN Ranks Israel 9th for Happiness, Occupied Palestinian Territories 122nd

Happiness Apartheid: UN Ranks Israel 9th for Happiness, Occupied Palestinian Territories 122nd

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The UN World Happiness Report for 2021 ranks Israel as the 9th happiest country in the world, but lists the […]

Juan Cole

Iran
On Nowruz, the Persian New Year: Can the United States and Iran Turn a New Page in Their Relations?

On Nowruz, the Persian New Year: Can the United States and Iran Turn a New Page in Their Relations?

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment) – Sunday 20th March is the vernal equinox, which has been traditionally celebrated by Iranians as Now Ruz (New Day), […]

Farhang Jahanpour

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine tops Chilean president's Agenda in first Statements after taking Office

Palestine tops Chilean president’s Agenda in first Statements after taking Office

By Eman Abusidu | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Last Friday, thirty-six-year-old Gabriel Boric, the youngest Chilean president ever to have been elected, […]

Middle East Monitor

China
Ukraine: why China is not yet bailing out Russia

Ukraine: why China is not yet bailing out Russia

By Aglaya Snetkov, UCL and Marc Lanteigne University of Tromsø | – As Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, China’s role has been thrown into sharp […]

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