Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi farmers, tired of high electricity bills and frequent blackouts, are turning to solar panels, according to Khalid Al-Mousuly at […]
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“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 […]
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.
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, […]
Greta Thunberg to World Leaders at COP26: Shove your ‘Climate Crisis’ up your Arse!
Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
COP26: Biden first President to Back Sweeping Measures on Climate, as for-profit Press lets Denialist Republicans off the Hook
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) | – On Monday, President Joe Biden addressed the UN COP26 climate conference, declaring the 2020s the “critical decade.” It was […]