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California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech
Academic Freedom

California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech

H. Scott Prosterman

Censoring academic content does nothing to promote “a safe learning environment,” as Newsom’s signing statement concludes.

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COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

COP30 Report Reveals Climate Change is Spreading Infectious Diseases to new Regions

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Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

Escalating the Escalation: A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump

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Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s war rug industry:  Profits and Everyday Trauma

Afghanistan’s war rug industry: Profits and Everyday Trauma

By Jamal J. Elias | – The end of the U.S.-led military intervention in Afghanistan has resulted in the withdrawal of most foreign aid workers […]

The Conversation

Arab World
As Biden prepares to declare US 20-year War over at U.N., Remembering the Bush Lies that Started it all

As Biden prepares to declare US 20-year War over at U.N., Remembering the Bush Lies that Started it all

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak at the Associated Press report that President Biden in his speech to the United Nations […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Restricting US Military Aid to Israel in the Age of Normalization

Restricting US Military Aid to Israel in the Age of Normalization

By Nadya Tannous | ( Al Shabaka ) – With the rise in global solidarity with Palestinians since the May 2021 Unity Intifada, United States […]

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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s first batch of women military graduates encourages more debate on gender roles

Saudi Arabia’s first batch of women military graduates encourages more debate on gender roles

By Rahma Alattar | – ( Global Voices.org) – Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia celebrated the graduation of its first-ever cohort of women military recruits, […]

Global Voices

China
China Emerging as Competitor to Tesla: Will it build the best Cars in the World?

China Emerging as Competitor to Tesla: Will it build the best Cars in the World?

By Tom Stacey ” Europeans and other western nations have dominated automotive excellence for over a century. Whether it is the satisfying thud of the […]

The Conversation

Australia
Is US-Australia Nuclear Sub Deal a Proliferation Danger, and does it Justify Iran's Civilian Enrichment Program?

Is US-Australia Nuclear Sub Deal a Proliferation Danger, and does it Justify Iran’s Civilian Enrichment Program?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Alexander Ward and Quint Forgey at Politico raise a crucial question about the AUKUS alliance among the United States, the […]

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Australia
Yes, Australia is buying a fleet of nuclear submarines. But the future of Electricity is Renewables, not Polluting Nuclear

Yes, Australia is buying a fleet of nuclear submarines. But the future of Electricity is Renewables, not Polluting Nuclear

By Ian Lowe | – The federal government on Thursday announced a landmark defence pact with the United States and United Kingdom that involves this […]

The Conversation

Epidemics
Public Citizen: It Turns out Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine depends Heavily on Publicly-Financed Research

Public Citizen: It Turns out Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine depends Heavily on Publicly-Financed Research

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Public Citizen recently uncovered “an agreement that the European Commission reached with Pfizer and BioNTech last November […]

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Afghanistan
Can We Finally Give Peace A Chance?  The U.S. Military, Post-Afghanistan

Can We Finally Give Peace A Chance? The U.S. Military, Post-Afghanistan

( Tomdispatch.com) – Yoda, the Jedi Master in the Star Wars films, once pointed out that the future is all too difficult to see and […]

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