San Francisco (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic […]
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How Bush’s Iraq Fiasco ruined US Credibility and Enabled Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – George W. Bush issued a statement about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It went like this: DALLAS, TEXAS – “Russia’s […]
Russia in Ukraine: Basing Land Claims on Ethnicity/History rather than Int’l Law always leads to Bloody Conflict
From: The Conversation: The first casualty of war, says historian Ronald Suny, is not just the truth. Often, he says, “it is what is left […]
It’s Settled That Israel Is Committing the Crime of Apartheid—Now What Should We Do About It?
( Commondreams.org ) – When Amnesty International released its report “Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity” earlier the month, […]
China is Rising as a Superpower by vastly Expanding Planet-Wrecking Fossil Fuels
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Consider us at the edge of the sort of epochal change not seen for centuries, even millennia. By the middle of […]
By Blocking Green Energy, Manchin and Republicans are Siding with Russia and Endangering US National Security
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Vladimir Putin just made you poorer. Your retirement funds invested in the stock market just tanked. The cost of getting […]
Climate data reveals a hottest, driest Southwest in 1,200 Years, with more extremes possible
By Alexia Stanbridge | – ( Cronkite News ) – WASHINGTON – The megadrought that’s gripped Arizona and the Southwest since 2000 is the driest […]
Europe Needs to Ban trade with Israeli Squatter Settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories
Human Rights Watch – (Brussels, February 21, 2022) – The European Commission should prohibit EU trade with settlements in occupied territories globally, Human Rights Watch […]
Putin’s antagonism toward Ukraine was never just about NATO – it’s about creating a new Russian empire
By Emily Channell-Justice and Jacob Lassin | – As some Western observers have feared, Russian President Vladimir Putin has just proved that his aggression toward […]
Will Germany’s Pause of Russian Gas Pipeline over Ukraine Galvanize its Green Energy Switch?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Tuesday, Germany’s socialist Chancellor, Olaf Scholtz, suspended the permitting process for the Nord Stream 2 methane gas pipeline that […]
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