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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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Did our Lost Imperial Wars turn America into our present Trumpian Dystopia?

Did our Lost Imperial Wars turn America into our present Trumpian Dystopia?

( Tomdispatch.com) – In the long and storied history of the United States Army, many young officers have served in many war zones. Few, I […]

Andrew J. Bacevich

Climate Crisis
Biden Still Determined to pass the Blockbuster Green Energy Package in BBB; Here's how He can Do it

Biden Still Determined to pass the Blockbuster Green Energy Package in BBB; Here’s how He can Do it

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – I argued last December that since Sen. Joe Manchin’s opposition had tanked the enormous Build Back Better act, President Biden […]

Juan Cole

Germany
Germany's First Battery-Powered Train Plies Regional Routes on Way to Green Rails

Germany’s First Battery-Powered Train Plies Regional Routes on Way to Green Rails

( Clean Energy Wire ) – Together with French manufacturer Alstom, German railway company Deutsche Bahn is going to start trial runs with the country’s […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

Israel/ Palestine
When Israel Kills an American, Washington calls for "Investigation;" Hundreds of Palestinians? Not so Much

When Israel Kills an American, Washington calls for “Investigation;” Hundreds of Palestinians? Not so Much

( Middle East Monitor ) – Last week, 80-year-old Palestinian-American Omar Asad was kidnapped, tied up, and apparently tortured by Israeli army thugs in the […]

Asa Winstanley

Environment
Scientists issue Dire Warning: Chemical Pollution now Exceeds Safe Planetary Limit

Scientists issue Dire Warning: Chemical Pollution now Exceeds Safe Planetary Limit

By Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez | – The production and release of plastics, pesticides, industrial compounds, antibiotics and other pollutants is now happening so fast and on […]

The Conversation

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In War Crime, Saudi, UAE Airstrikes on Yemen kill over 100 in Migrant Detention Center, in War that has left 377,000 Dead

In War Crime, Saudi, UAE Airstrikes on Yemen kill over 100 in Migrant Detention Center, in War that has left 377,000 Dead

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Saudis and the United Arab Emirates launched an air campaign of 45 air strikes on Yemen on Friday. According […]

Juan Cole

censorship
How Israel’s ‘Facebook Law’ plans to control all Palestinian content online

How Israel’s ‘Facebook Law’ plans to control all Palestinian content online

By Ramzy’s Baroud | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – It is ironic that even former right-wing Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had rejected […]

Ramzy Baroud

Israel/ Palestine
Strengthening intergenerational work on Israel-Palestine Peace

Strengthening intergenerational work on Israel-Palestine Peace

By Andrew Gordon-Kirsch and Cherie Brown | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – As trainers, coaches and activists on Israel-Palestine issues, we have found ourselves […]

Waging Nonviolence

Ireland
Ireland has the Wind and Seas to become an offshore Superpower

Ireland has the Wind and Seas to become an offshore Superpower

By Aldert Otter | – The Irish government signed up to the recent Glasgow Climate Pact and used the summit to announce a raft of […]

The Conversation

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