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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO
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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO

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By Pieter Smit and Anne-Ruth Wertheim | – Translated by Kevin Cook | – ( BNNVARA.NL ) – After Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his […]

IC Fundraising Appeal:  Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

IC Fundraising Appeal: Support Independent Journalism in a Year of Living Dangerously

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Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Chance for Peace or Empty Words?

10/07/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Conspiracy Theories
When Politics Leaves Reality Behind

When Politics Leaves Reality Behind

Sacramento (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – The traditional left–right political spectrum no longer captures the forces driving division in America today. That model works […]

Bahman Fozouni

Israel/ Palestine
The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

The Obscenity of Collective Punishment in Gaza

Netanyahu is about to escalate, yet again, his war crimes in Gaza. By John Feffer ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Maybe you remember […]

John Feffer

Fiction
Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

Palestinian Literature: A Rich Literary Heritage from a Nation in Exile

By Heather Laird, University College Cork (The Conversation) – Palestinian literature is unique. It stands apart for its ability to capture a nation’s identity in […]

The Conversation

Bill of Rights
Antisemitism Awareness Act – Protecting Jews from What?

Antisemitism Awareness Act – Protecting Jews from What?

Last year, Congress proposed the Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA) (S.558 and H.R. 1007) to combat anti-Semitism, but Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sen. Tommy Tuberville and […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli plan to occupy all of Gaza could open the Door for Annexation of the West Bank

Israeli plan to occupy all of Gaza could open the Door for Annexation of the West Bank

By Leonie Fleischmann, City St George’s, University of London Israel’s security cabinet has announced a plan to “capture” the whole of the Gaza Strip. The […]

The Conversation

Pentagon
The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You

The Real Evil Empire May Surprise You

( Tomdispatch.com ) – Forty years ago this month, I was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. I would be part of […]

William J. Astore

Authoritarianism
American Psycho: Trump’s Delusional Crusade Transforms America into a Pariah State

American Psycho: Trump’s Delusional Crusade Transforms America into a Pariah State

Chicago (Special to Informed Comment) – In Franz Kafka’s story “The Metamorphosis,” Gregor Samsa awakens to “find himself transformed into a monstrous vermin” — a […]

Dan Dinello

Israel/ Palestine
Expulsion and Occupation: Israel’s Proposed Gaza Plan

Expulsion and Occupation: Israel’s Proposed Gaza Plan

  by  Binoy Kampmark Killing civilians wholesale, starving them to convince those unaffected to change course, and shepherding whole populations like livestock into conditions of […]

Middle East Monitor

Australia
Australia is the Renewables Nation after Labor’s Win

Australia is the Renewables Nation after Labor’s Win

By Wesley Morgan, UNSW Sydney and Ben Newell, UNSW Sydney An emphatic election victory for the incumbent Labor government means Australia’s rapid shift to renewable […]

The Conversation

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