Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After thirty years of agitation, incitement, lies and provocation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally succeeded in […]
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Anti-Vaxxer Trumpian Pols are Killing their own Constituents for Profit — and Endangering us All
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is killing his constituents by pandering to Donald Trump. He’s following the leads of […]
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Muslim Secularism: A conversation with Juan Cole (Ta’seel)
Juan Cole in conversation with Ta’seel Commons: “’To read Juan Cole’s deft, plain-spoken translation of the Rubáiyát is to find companionship, to rejoin a thousand-year […]
The inherent racism of anti-vaxx movements
By Paula Larsson | – We are currently experiencing a worldwide vaccination effort that’s being impeded by rising pockets of anti-vaccination sentiment. There has been […]
“No ice cream for you” – Ben & Jerry’s ceases distribution to Israeli Squatter-Settlements in Palestinian West Bank
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The civil society movement to boycott, divest from and sanction (BDS) Israel racked up another victory on Monday when it […]
European Islamophobia on both Left and Right is a Major Human Rights Concern
( Middle East Monitor) – Europe’s identity crisis is not confined to the ceaseless squabbles by Europeans over the EU, Brexit, or football. It goes […]
In Difficult times, Let’s remember all the Progressive Victories, and keep Bending the Arc of History
(Charleston, W.V.) – Enormous human betterment has occurred since The Enlightenment, chiefly because crusading liberals overcame conservative resistance, time after time. Modern democracy arose because […]
As a new Generation Emerges, Evangelical support for Israel is neither permanent nor inevitable
By Walker Robins | – Israel’s former ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, made waves in May 2021 when he publicly suggested that Israel should […]
Palestinian-Israeli Party in Gov’t Warns of “Religious War” over Violent Squatter Invasion of al-Aqsa Mosque Complex
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that early on Sunday morning, hundreds of Israeli squatter-settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa […]
This time, it is the Students and the Unions that the Gov’t Needs to Bail out for a Healthy Economy
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Digging our way back out of the pandemic recession will not be easy, but we have the […]