Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The International Court of Justice on Tuesday heard arguments that Israel is illegally interfering in the provision of aid to […]
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BBC: Leaks Show Saudis Pressuring UN to Downplay Danger of Fossil Fuels as UN Warns G20 is putting $300 bn into Sector
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new United Nations-sponsored report finds that governments continue to sponsor the extraction of so much coal, oil and gas […]
How Israeli Squatter-Settlers attack Palestinians and their Olive Harvests with Impunity
( Middle East Monitor) – As happens each year during the Palestinian olive harvest, Israel’s illegal settlers are destroying olive trees and attacking Palestinian farmers. […]
Our Future vs. Neoliberalism
( Code Pink) – In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with […]
Plastic, plastic everywhere – airborne microplastics are settling into the most remote corners of the globe
By Elvis Genbo Xu and Xiaoyu Duan | – Little pieces of plastic can now be found everywhere: from table salt, drinking water and food, […]
How Sen. Manchin just Positioned Chinese Firms to dominate the Green Energy Markets of the 21st Century, Leaving the US in the Dust
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Coal baron Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has succeeded in blocking the part of President Biden’s Build Back Better […]
Why Irish Novelist Sally Rooney refused to License her Work in Israel: Apartheid treatment of Palestinians
( Middle East Monitor) -The pro-Israel crowd on social media was quick to pounce on award-winning Irish novelist, Sally Rooney, as soon as she declared […]
Climate Change Viewed from the Attic of the World: A Himalayan Journey Toward Hope
By William deBuys | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – Thirteen thousand feet high on the far side of the Himalaya mountains, we have entered the past […]
Why activism needs to be part of any meaningful climate education
By Nick Engelfried | – Last month, crowds of young people and supporters gathered in 1,500 locations around the world for one of the largest […]
“A Certain Hope Died:” How the White nationalist Republican Party used up Colin Powell, then Spit Him Out
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Colin Powell died on Monday, not long after his rival inside the Bush administration, Donald Rumsfeld. Both of them tore […]