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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Inequality
Fund the Jobs bill by taxing the Billionaires who have made the $1.8 trillion during the Pandemic

Fund the Jobs bill by taxing the Billionaires who have made the $1.8 trillion during the Pandemic

By Chuck Collins | – ( Otherwords.org) – As lawmakers scramble to finalize a historic jobs and infrastructure package, huge fights are underway to figure […]

OtherWords

Climate Crisis
The Relentless Decline of Arctic Sea Ice is a Dangerous signal of the Climate Emergency

The Relentless Decline of Arctic Sea Ice is a Dangerous signal of the Climate Emergency

By Alek Petty and Linette Boisvert | – September marks the end of the summer sea ice melt season and the Arctic sea ice minimum, […]

The Conversation

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Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas gives Israel a Year to Withdraw from Palestinian Territories or he will go to the Int'l Court

Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas gives Israel a Year to Withdraw from Palestinian Territories or he will go to the Int’l Court

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to Al Jazeera, Mahmoud Abbas, the president of Palestine, gave an uncharacteristically vehement speech at the UN General Assembly […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Fridays for Future plans Climate Strike in over 350 German cities ahead of National Election

Fridays for Future plans Climate Strike in over 350 German cities ahead of National Election

( Clean Energy Wire ) – Activists from student climate movement Fridays for Future plan to take to the streets worldwide and in over 350 […]

Clean Energy Wire

Children
Child Labor is Growing: Which Side Are Democracies On?

Child Labor is Growing: Which Side Are Democracies On?

( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – This is the Year for the Elimination of Child Labor. What can democracies do to make this a […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Carbon Footprint
Transparency can Help Cut Carbon Emissions:  Don't let Polluting Corporations Hide

Transparency can Help Cut Carbon Emissions: Don’t let Polluting Corporations Hide

By Richard Holden | – World leaders and about 30,000 others from assorted interest groups will converge on Glasgow in November for the United Nations’ […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Green Energy initiatives in Dem Infrastructure Bill infinitely Cheaper than a gradualist phase-out of Fossil Fuels

Green Energy initiatives in Dem Infrastructure Bill infinitely Cheaper than a gradualist phase-out of Fossil Fuels

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The green energy proposals in the $3.5 trillion Democratic Party infrastructure bill now being heatedly debated have been attacked from […]

Juan Cole

Democracy
How Gerrymandering Threatens Democracy

How Gerrymandering Threatens Democracy

By Arnold J. Oliver | – Tiffin, Oh. (Special to Informed Comment) – Right now, Ohio, Michigan and other states are in the process of […]

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Militarization
A Parable of (All-American) Violence:  Accountability and the War of Terror

A Parable of (All-American) Violence: Accountability and the War of Terror

By Kelly Denton-Borhaug | ( Tomdispatch.com ) – As a religious studies professor, I know a parable when I see one. Consider the 20th anniversary […]

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