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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up
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The Current Iran War will Likely end Soon, but the Arms Race will Heat Up

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Al Jazeera bureau chief in Tehran, Abdul Qader Fayez, reports from “informed sources” in Tehran that Iran’s clerical Leader, […]

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

US joins Israel in Attack on Iran, ushering in a New Era of Impunity

06/23/2025 By The Conversation

No Kings!  This is What Democracy Looks Like

No Kings! This is What Democracy Looks Like

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Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID

Your unvaccinated friend is roughly 20 times more likely to give you COVID

By Christopher Baker and Andrew Robinson | – As lockdowns ease in New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT, and people return to work and […]

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It is the Israeli Occupation of the Stateless Palestinians that is the settler Colonial State, and, yes, Apartheid

It is the Israeli Occupation of the Stateless Palestinians that is the settler Colonial State, and, yes, Apartheid

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Apologists for Israeli policy have taken umbrage at the characterization of Israel as a settler colonial state that practices Apartheid. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
In Bid to shut down New England’s last coal plant: Kayaktivists and Garden Blockaders try to Save Planet

In Bid to shut down New England’s last coal plant: Kayaktivists and Garden Blockaders try to Save Planet

Arnie Alpert | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – There’s one form of power that’s generated when hot water turns turbines to create electricity. There are […]

Waging Nonviolence

Israel/ Palestine
Remembering Israel's Brutal massacre of Palestinian Civilians in Kafr Qasem

Remembering Israel’s Brutal massacre of Palestinian Civilians in Kafr Qasem

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel’s seemingly never-ending drive to uproot Palestinians from their homes by force of arms […]

Middle East Monitor

Africa
Dune – a prophetic tale about the environmental destruction wrought by the colonisation of Africa

Dune – a prophetic tale about the environmental destruction wrought by the colonisation of Africa

By Oli Mould | – Director Denis Villeneuve’s most recent sci-fi epic is the latest attempt to tell the story of Frank Herbert’s acclaimed 1965 […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Top 4 Reasons Sen. Manchin will Fail to Stop the Tsunami of Green Energy and Biden will get Climate Progress

Top 4 Reasons Sen. Manchin will Fail to Stop the Tsunami of Green Energy and Biden will get Climate Progress

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia may succeed in preventing Congress from legislating the quick demise of coal and gas […]

Juan Cole

censorship
Human Rights? Saudi Arabia put a Child Dissident on Death Row for 10 Years, but has Finally Released him

Human Rights? Saudi Arabia put a Child Dissident on Death Row for 10 Years, but has Finally Released him

By Bill Van Esveld | Associate Director, MENA, Children’s Rights Division | – Nearly ten years after Ali al-Nimr was arrested by Saudi authorities in […]

Human Rights Watch

African-Americans
Anti-Imperialism You Can Try at Home:  Reparations May Be One Cure for What Ails Us

Anti-Imperialism You Can Try at Home: Reparations May Be One Cure for What Ails Us

By Mattea Kramer | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Robin Rue Simmons had been very curious about the truth of American life as a young […]

Tomdispatch

Denialism
What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words

What Big Oil knew about climate change, in its own words

By Benjamin Franta | – Four years ago, I traveled around America, visiting historical archives. I was looking for documents that might reveal the hidden […]

The Conversation

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