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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy
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The Mortal Sins of Patriarchy

H. Patricia Hynes

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – How much are women and girls–half of humanity–valued?  When men violate us for sex in prostitution.  When […]

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

The 6 Superpowers that Faith Communities bring to nonviolent Struggle

10/05/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

Hamas and Israel are on the Verge of a Ceasefire; Denial of Palestinian Agency Could Derail it

10/05/2025 By The Conversation

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Belgium
Belgium has decided to Label Squatter-Settler goods from Occupied Palestine as Not from Israel -- Will it start a Wave?

Belgium has decided to Label Squatter-Settler goods from Occupied Palestine as Not from Israel — Will it start a Wave?

( Middle East Monitor ) – Labelling Israeli settlement products “strengthens extremists, does not help promote peace in the region, and shows Belgium as not […]

Ramona Wadi

Climate Crisis
Whether Gov'ts like it or not, Coal Plants are doomed by Cheap Solar and Wind Power

Whether Gov’ts like it or not, Coal Plants are doomed by Cheap Solar and Wind Power

By James Ha and Alison Reeve | The international climate summit in Glasgow aimed to “consign coal power to history”. But while some major coal-consuming […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Lincoln's Invention of Thanksgiving was all About how Black Lives Matter

Lincoln’s Invention of Thanksgiving was all About how Black Lives Matter

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Thanksgiving Day, as is well known, was an invented tradition arising from the Civil War, promoted by Abraham Lincoln and […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Having Left the Iran Nuclear Deal, can the US revive it with the seventh round in Vienna?

Having Left the Iran Nuclear Deal, can the US revive it with the seventh round in Vienna?

By Hani Habeeb | – ( Middle East Monitor) – While the American Special Representative to Iran, Robert Malley, surprised observers of the nuclear file […]

Middle East Monitor

Militarization
No, Modern Warfare is not "Accurate" or "Accountable" and dead Innocents are not "Collateral Damage"

No, Modern Warfare is not “Accurate” or “Accountable” and dead Innocents are not “Collateral Damage”

By Lauren Gould, Jolle Demmers, and Nora Stel | – The US military is facing allegations it covered up civilian casualty cases in the US-led […]

The Conversation

Archaeology
Pandemic History: The Great Plague of Justinian in the 500s AD was a Black Death that Shaped the Century before Islam

Pandemic History: The Great Plague of Justinian in the 500s AD was a Black Death that Shaped the Century before Islam

Research News of the University of Cambridge | – ‘Plague sceptics’ are wrong to underestimate the devastating impact that bubonic plague had in the 6th– […]

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censorship
Apple Sues Israeli gov't-backed NSO Spyware Company: "Notorious Hackers - Amoral 21st C. Mercenaries"

Apple Sues Israeli gov’t-backed NSO Spyware Company: “Notorious Hackers – Amoral 21st C. Mercenaries”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Apple is suing the NSO group, which produced the spyware that Israel uses to keep under surveillance the 5 million […]

Juan Cole

Iran
'It's My Decision': Iran's New Population Law Blasted For Restricting Access To Contraceptives, Abortions

‘It’s My Decision’: Iran’s New Population Law Blasted For Restricting Access To Contraceptives, Abortions

By Golnaz Esfandiari and Elahe Ravanshad | – ( RFL/RE ) – Authorities have approved new legislation that imposes further restrictions on abortions, bans the […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

CO2
Climate Emergency: Big Oil wants to go on drilling while greenwashing with imaginary "Carbon Capture"

Climate Emergency: Big Oil wants to go on drilling while greenwashing with imaginary “Carbon Capture”

By June Sekera and Neva Goodwin | – After decades of sowing doubt about climate change and its causes, the fossil fuel industry is now […]

The Conversation

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