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Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar
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Top 4 Reasons Netanyahu Bombed Negotiators’ Offices in Qatar

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bombed the building being used by civilian Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar, […]

Why Conflict Refugees are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Risks

Why Conflict Refugees are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Risks

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Is Trump Christian America’s Golden Calf?

Is Trump Christian America’s Golden Calf?

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How Billionaires' Utopias could End American Democracy

How Billionaires’ Utopias could End American Democracy

( Inequality.org) – Great wealth can do great damage. Grand personal fortunes, we’ve come to understand, can menace our democracy and distort our economic life. […]

Sam Pizzigati

China
Not all Wars are Planned: China and the U.S. need to Stop Playing Chicken in the Taiwan Strait

Not all Wars are Planned: China and the U.S. need to Stop Playing Chicken in the Taiwan Strait

( Foreign Policy in Focus) – When he was running for office in 2008, Barack Obama wanted to put an end to the war in […]

John Feffer

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The Path to a Livable Future: Or Will Rich Corporations Trash the Planet?

The Path to a Livable Future: Or Will Rich Corporations Trash the Planet?

By Noam Chomsky and Stan Cox | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – This month will mark a critical juncture in the struggle to avoid climate catastrophe. […]

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At its heart, Dune is a Tragedy, and a Warning against Trumpism

At its heart, Dune is a Tragedy, and a Warning against Trumpism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The protagonist of the new Denis Villeneuve film, Dune, Paul Atreides, is a complex character, but he should be seen […]

Juan Cole

Congress
Why is Social Spending Controversial but Congress lavishes $7 trillion a Decade on Pentagon?

Why is Social Spending Controversial but Congress lavishes $7 trillion a Decade on Pentagon?

By Sister Karen M. Donahue | ( Otherwords.org) – Right now, the United States is locked in a contentious debate over the Build Back Better […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
Climate change: Saudi Arabia and OPEC resisting action on fossil fuels

Climate change: Saudi Arabia and OPEC resisting action on fossil fuels

( al-Bab.com) – Leaked documents show that Saudi Arabia and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have been lobbying to water down a crucial […]

Brian Whitaker

censorship
Oil Giant BP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaigners

Oil Giant BP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaigners

By Martin Williams, Lucas Amin and Gabriel Pogrund | ( Opendemocracy.net ) – Oil and gas giant BP spent years spying on peaceful climate campaigners […]

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Becoming Typical Mideast Dictatorship, Apartheid Israel Declares Palestinian Human Rights Groups "Terrorists"

Becoming Typical Mideast Dictatorship, Apartheid Israel Declares Palestinian Human Rights Groups “Terrorists”

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Al Jazeera English reports that on Friday, the Israeli government declared six human rights organizations active in the Occupied Palestinian […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Taliban Forcibly Evict Minority Shia —  Hazaras Targets of Collective Punishment

Afghanistan: Taliban Forcibly Evict Minority Shia — Hazaras Targets of Collective Punishment

Human Rights Watch – (New York) – Taliban officials in several provinces across Afghanistan have forcibly displaced residents partly to distribute land to their own […]

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