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Psychopathocracy 3.0
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Psychopathocracy 3.0

Juan Cole

This essay was first published in January 2017. It seems even more prescient 8 and a half years later. At that time I could not […]

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

Bare Life: Israel is engineering Starvation to Redefine the Meaning of Life for Palestinians

08/16/2025 By Middle East Monitor

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

After 4 years of Repressive Taliban Rule, Afghans are Suffering in Silence. Is the World still Watching?

08/16/2025 By The Conversation

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GOP Hostility to Ketanji Brown Jackson Goes Beyond Hypocrisy

GOP Hostility to Ketanji Brown Jackson Goes Beyond Hypocrisy

( Otherwords.org ) – Republicans complain about “reverse discrimination” on the Supreme Court. Their real complaint is against constitutional democracy. By Mitchell Zimmerman | March […]

OtherWords

racism
Our Double Standards on War and Refugees

Our Double Standards on War and Refugees

By Michael Jansen | – ( Gulf Today ) – Demonstrators attend a rally in support of Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a […]

Michael Jansen

Nonviolence
Ukraine: Nonviolent Resistance is a brave and often effective Response to Aggression

Ukraine: Nonviolent Resistance is a brave and often effective Response to Aggression

By Alexandre Christoyannopoulos | – Responses to the Russian invasion have been swift. Thousands of people both in Ukraine and abroad are enlisting to fight […]

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Climate Crisis
Russia's war Crime in Targeting Nuclear Plant Reminds us Why we Should rush to Wind and Solar

Russia’s war Crime in Targeting Nuclear Plant Reminds us Why we Should rush to Wind and Solar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Russian tank shelling of the massive Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the city of Energodar, which set fire to the […]

Juan Cole

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Worried about nuclear war? You can actually do something to prevent it

Worried about nuclear war? You can actually do something to prevent it

By Frida Berrigan | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Ukraine is on fire. Russia is using cluster and thermobaric bombs, targetting civilians, killing children […]

Frida Berrigan

Nuclear Energy
Military action in radioactive Chernobyl could be dangerous for people and the environment

Military action in radioactive Chernobyl could be dangerous for people and the environment

By Timothy A. Mousseau, University of South Carolina | – The site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in northern Ukraine has been surrounded for […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
The River of Refugees becomes a Flood as 84 Million flee War, Violence and Tyranny

The River of Refugees becomes a Flood as 84 Million flee War, Violence and Tyranny

( Tomdispatch.com ) – We live on a planet in motion, a world of collision and drift. This was once an Earth of super-continents — […]

Nick Turse

Authoritarianism
Trump knew of Capitol Breach when he Tweeted against Pence; had Conspired Criminally with Eastman: Jan 6 Committee

Trump knew of Capitol Breach when he Tweeted against Pence; had Conspired Criminally with Eastman: Jan 6 Committee

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The January 6 Select Committee in the House of Representatives showed its hand for the first time on Wednesday, alleging […]

Juan Cole

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No Pasaran: Ukraine 2022 - Why We must Stand against Putin's Fascism

No Pasaran: Ukraine 2022 – Why We must Stand against Putin’s Fascism

Vladimir Putin is the Franco of today, and Ukraine must become the graveyard of Putinism. By John Feffer | – The last surviving member of […]

John Feffer

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