Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Forty years ago this month, I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. I would be part of […]
American Psycho: Trump’s Delusional Crusade Transforms America into a Pariah State
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – In Franz Kafka’s story “The Metamorphosis,” Gregor Samsa awakens to “find himself transformed into a monstrous vermin” — a […]
Expulsion and Occupation: Israel’s Proposed Gaza Plan
by Binoy Kampmark Killing civilians wholesale, starving them to convince those unaffected to change course, and shepherding whole populations like livestock into conditions of […]
Australia is the Renewables Nation after Labor’s Win
By Wesley Morgan, UNSW Sydney and Ben Newell, UNSW Sydney An emphatic election victory for the incumbent Labor government means Australia’s rapid shift to renewable […]
Trump halts Bombing of Yemen, Reportedly under Saudi Pressure, and to Dismay of Israel
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Middle East Eye reports that Saudi Arabia pressured the Trump administration to cease bombing Yemen in advance of his planned […]
GCC Energy stands as the ‘Superman’ of Global Energy Markets
by Dr Elif Selin Calik The energy sector of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries represents the ‘Superman’ of global energy markets according to both […]
Sports are not Enough to Distract us from Continuous Trump
By Robert Lipsyte ( Tomdispatch.com ) – If the overwhelming deluge from the Trumpian firehose of lies, threats, incompetency, illegal actions, and surreality is sweeping […]
Israel Announces New Campaign in Gaza aimed at Complete Occupation and Confining Palestinians to Southern Enclave
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mahmoud Mujadala at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the spokesman for the Israeli army, Effie Defrin, announced Monday […]
Pope’s final Wish: his Car to become a mobile Clinic for Gaza’s Children
( Middle East Monitor ) – Swedish Television announced on Sunday a humanitarian initiative to convert the late Pope Francis’s car—used during his 2014 visit […]
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