Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) – With missiles flying across West Asia, I am reminded of my trip to Iran in 2016, when I […]
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An Outbreak of Populist Stupidity: Why is the Global Right Wing jumping on the anti-Vaccination Bandwagon?
( Foreign Policy in Focus) – You’d think that the whole world could unite against a deadly virus. COVID-19 has already sickened over 200 million […]
The Great Washington Ponzi Scheme in Afghanistan comes Crashing Down
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United States lost the Afghanistan War a long time ago, as is quickly becoming apparent as the Taliban take […]
The Republican Party is Now Officially the Face of the Pandemic Surge
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – The Republican Party is now officially the “face of the pandemic surge.” A recent Washington Post headline reads, […]
Our Slow-Motion Apocalypse just Speeded Up
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Admittedly, I hadn’t been there for 46 years, but old friends of mine still live (or at least lived) in the […]
Taliban seize Herat and assault nearby dam that provides water and power to hundreds of thousands of Afghans
By Elizabeth B. Hessami and Asef Ghafoory | – ( The Conversation) – The Taliban have taken over the Afghan city of Herat, capping three […]
Dear CIA Director Burns: Don’t Listen to the Israelis on Iran– They just want you to fight a war for them
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Jonathan Lis at Haaretz reports that the Israeli government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is lobbying the US to get […]
Israel’s siege of Occupied Palestinian civilians is halving Gaza patients’ survival rates
By Maya Abuali | – ( Middle East Monitor) – Lacking in 60 per cent of appropriate medicine and treatment protocols as a result of […]
IPCC: Ocean has risen more than in any century in at least 3,000 years, and in worst case could rise 7 feet in next 80 Years
By Robert Kopp | – ( The Conversation) – Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and […]
Generations of Struggle: Lessons on Defending Democracy
By Liz Theoharis | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – My father, Athan G. Theoharis, passed away on July 3rd. A leading expert on the FBI, […]
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