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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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Climate Crisis
Mars Attacks Earth!   And we’re the Martians in this Picture

Mars Attacks Earth! And we’re the Martians in this Picture

( Tomdispatch.com) – Who knew that Martians, inside monstrous tripodal machines taller than many buildings, actually ululated, that they made eerily haunting “ulla, ulla, ulla, […]

Tom Engelhardt

Authoritarianism
For First Time, US joins Brazil and India as "Backsliding Democracy": GOP is making US a Third World Country

For First Time, US joins Brazil and India as “Backsliding Democracy”: GOP is making US a Third World Country

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sweden’s International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance finds this year that the United States of America has joined the […]

Juan Cole

Islam
On Writing the Biography of the Prophet Muhammad:  Juan Cole Video

On Writing the Biography of the Prophet Muhammad: Juan Cole Video

I was honored to be asked to address a seminar of the AIME organization on the biography of the Prophet Muhammad on November 6, 2021. […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Despite 5.1 bn Tons of deadly annual CO2 Emissions, 39% of Americans Think US is Doing a Good Job on Climate

Despite 5.1 bn Tons of deadly annual CO2 Emissions, 39% of Americans Think US is Doing a Good Job on Climate

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – We all think that climate change is somebody else’s problem. We have to be persuaded otherwise. There is an […]

John Feffer

Climate Crisis
Forget the Hype about Cutting Methane -- Carbon Dioxide is the Real Enemy

Forget the Hype about Cutting Methane — Carbon Dioxide is the Real Enemy

By Michelle Cain | – Leading an alliance of more than 100 countries, US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
In First for major Industrial State, South Australia generates more Electricity from Solar on Sunday than it Can Use

In First for major Industrial State, South Australia generates more Electricity from Solar on Sunday than it Can Use

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Giles Parkinson at Renew Economy reports that for several hours on Sunday, November 21, the huge state of South Australia […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
House censures defiant Rep. Gosar for Video in Which he Murders AOC, strips Committee Posts

House censures defiant Rep. Gosar for Video in Which he Murders AOC, strips Committee Posts

By Ulysse Bex | – ( Cronkite News) – WASHINGTON – The House censured Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Prescott, Wednesday and stripped him of his committee […]

Cronkite News Arizona PBS

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians have no Freedom or Independence under Israeli Occupation

Palestinians have no Freedom or Independence under Israeli Occupation

By Adnan Hmidan | – On 15 November, the Palestinian Authority (PA) closed its official departments, closed schools and universities as is usual every year, […]

Middle East Monitor

Militarization
The Costs of War (to You):  Where So Much of Our Money Really Went

The Costs of War (to You): Where So Much of Our Money Really Went

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – As a Navy spouse of 10 years and counting, my life offers an up-close view of our […]

Tomdispatch

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“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

Juan Cole

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Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

The Conversation

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Committee on Academic Freedom

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Abdullah al-Ahsan

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