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We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown
Climate Crisis

We are What we Eat: A Step We all Can take to Fight Climate Breakdown

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Nuclear physicist Edward Teller predicted in 1959 that the risks of burning fossil fuels, by increasing carbon […]

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 2

08/07/2025 By Juan Cole

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

The Verdict of History: How political Calculations betrayed Gaza

08/07/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

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Arab World
The Middle East is heating twice as Fast as the Rest of the World: How long will it be Habitable?

The Middle East is heating twice as Fast as the Rest of the World: How long will it be Habitable?

By Nasim Ahmed | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Alarm bells are ringing at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow over the perilous […]

Middle East Monitor

Afghanistan
"Worse than a Crime":  Pentagon Inspector finds Kabul Drone Strike Killing 10 not a Violation of Law (!)

“Worse than a Crime”: Pentagon Inspector finds Kabul Drone Strike Killing 10 not a Violation of Law (!)

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Paul Handley of AFP reports that the US Air Force Inspector General, Lieutenant General Sami Said, found that a drone […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
Is America's Political Dysfunction harming Democracy around the World?

Is America’s Political Dysfunction harming Democracy around the World?

Congressional paralysis, voter suppression, and widespread political polarization all suggest that American democracy is far from exemplary.

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
The Climate Emergency is a Social Justice Issue - Six Charts that Show Why

The Climate Emergency is a Social Justice Issue – Six Charts that Show Why

By Sonja Klinsky | – Climate change has hit home around the world in 2021 with record heat waves, droughts, wildfires and extreme storms. Often, […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Greta Thunberg to World Leaders at COP26: Shove your 'Climate Crisis' up your Arse!

Greta Thunberg to World Leaders at COP26: Shove your ‘Climate Crisis’ up your Arse!

Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?

Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

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Sheikh Jarrah Palestinian Families Reject Israeli theft of their Homes, turning them into Renters

Sheikh Jarrah Palestinian Families Reject Israeli theft of their Homes, turning them into Renters

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Palestinian East Jerusalem families facing expulsion from their homes by Israeli squatters in […]

Juan Cole

National Security State
The World the “American Century” Made: Quagmires, Wars and Serial Demonization

The World the “American Century” Made: Quagmires, Wars and Serial Demonization

( Tomdispatch.com ) – On February 17, 1941, less than 10 months before the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor and the U.S. found itself in a […]

Tom Engelhardt

Israel/ Palestine
Israel's 3,000 New Squatters on Palestinian Land draw only Pro Forma Condemnation from US, Europe

Israel’s 3,000 New Squatters on Palestinian Land draw only Pro Forma Condemnation from US, Europe

( Middle East Monitor) – The international uproar in response to Israel’s approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied […]

Ramzy Baroud

Afghanistan
How photos of Afghan suffering shown over and over perpetuate inequality and harm

How photos of Afghan suffering shown over and over perpetuate inequality and harm

By Azeta Hatef | – Devastating photos and videos emerged from Afghanistan as the Taliban regained control of the country and U.S. troops prepared to […]

The Conversation

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