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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead
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Netanyahu far outscores Putin and George W. Bush in Killing innocent Civilians, at 83% of the Dead

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Political Scientist and liberal Zionist Michael Walzer gave an interview early in the Israeli campaign against Gaza in which he […]

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

Making it official: Famine strikes Gaza City

08/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

Ancient Iran’s Paradise Pleasure Gardens: Unimaginable Beauty and Opulence

08/24/2025 By The Conversation

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On Int’l Women’s Day: Women’s Equality:  What will it Take, What will it Yield?

On Int’l Women’s Day: Women’s Equality: What will it Take, What will it Yield?

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – International Women’s Day (now March 8) had its origins in great social unrest, turbulence and critical debate […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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Weimar’s Lesson: It’s the Violence, Not the Speech

Weimar’s Lesson: It’s the Violence, Not the Speech

( Detailed Political Quizzes ) – As comparisons between contemporary American politics and the rise of the Nazi Party are frequently invoked in the media, […]

Jeffrey Rudolph

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The End of the American Century, courtesy Donald J. Trump

The End of the American Century, courtesy Donald J. Trump

( Tomdispatch.com ) – In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected many different […]

Alfred W. McCoy

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The Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” is about Palestinians who have no Place else to Go

The Oscar-Winning Film “No Other Land” is about Palestinians who have no Place else to Go

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; feature) – The title of the Oscar-winning documentary, No Other Land, reflects the sad reality that these people have […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Antarctica
Melting Antarctic Ice will slow the World’s strongest Ocean Current – and the global Consequences are Profound

Melting Antarctic Ice will slow the World’s strongest Ocean Current – and the global Consequences are Profound

By Taimoor Sohail, The University of Melbourne and Bishakhdatta Gayen, The University of Melbourne Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
“No other Land”: When Ordered to Destroy, we Sometimes have a Moral Obligation to Lie

“No other Land”: When Ordered to Destroy, we Sometimes have a Moral Obligation to Lie

( The Times of Israel ) – You are ordered—like in the Oscar-nominated documentary No Other Land—to demolish the homes, schools, and wells of Palestinian families […]

Shamai Leibowitz

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The Netanyahu Cabinet’s War against Human Rights in Israel: B’Tselem in the Crosshairs

The Netanyahu Cabinet’s War against Human Rights in Israel: B’Tselem in the Crosshairs

In early 2023, the most far-right cabinet in Israel’s history launched its war for “judicial reforms” to replace democracy with autocracy. In fall 2023, it […]

Dan Steinbock

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Real Christianity vs. White “Christian” Nationalist Trump on the Treatment of the Poor

Real Christianity vs. White “Christian” Nationalist Trump on the Treatment of the Poor

( Tomdispatch.com ) – “There has almost always been an outright hostility that is shown towards people of the Christian faith,” House Speaker Mike Johnson […]

Liz Theoharis

Donald Trump
The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway

The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy ( ProPublica ) – After the Trump administration moved to freeze nearly $60 billion in foreign aid in […]

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