Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Medford, a city of 60,000 people in Massachusetts, voted to pass an historic ordinance to divest from […]
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Afghanistan and 9/11: Finished or Unfinished Business? MIT Starr Forum with B. Posen, Juan Cole, V. Felbab-Brown, C. Saivetz (Video)
MIT Center for International Studies: “Starr Forum: US, Afghanistan, 9/11: Finished or Unfinished Business?” Chair: Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science, MIT. He […]
As Banks threaten to Collapse and Aid Dwindles, 93% of Afghans already don’t get Sufficient Food
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UN World Food Program surveys in August and September, Al Jazeera reports, found that 93 percent of Afghans already are […]
Why the Hazara Minority of Afghanistan is now Imperiled
By Iqbal Akhtar | – The land we now call Afghanistan has been a place of constant migration through its mountainous passes. Its linguistic, cultural […]
Turkey must release Political Prisoners: European Court of Human Rights
Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) – The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers should trigger infringement proceedings against Turkey at its September 14-16, 2021 meeting for […]
Hacked Videos Force The Unthinkable In Iran: Official Admission Of Abuses At Evin Prison
( RFE/RL ) – Former inmates, their families, and human rights activists have long complained of mistreatment and torture at Evin prison, a notorious facility […]
No, Saudi Arabia wasn’t behind the 9/11 Attacks; That is a conspiracy Theory
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The FBI released documents from its investigation of ties of personnel at the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C., to al-Qaeda. […]
Zombie Wars v. Climate Cooperation
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – New York’s new governor, Kathy Hochul – forced to deal with every political leader’s nightmare, a weather […]
9/11: how politicians and the media turned terrorism into an Islamic issue
By Jared Ahmad | – As we mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it is important to reflect on the legacy that […]
The Winner in Afghanistan: China
( Tomdispatch.com) – The collapse of the American project in Afghanistan may fade fast from the news here, but don’t be fooled. It couldn’t be […]