Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring […]
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Researching the Roots of War to Fight Militarism
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I have spent the bulk of my career — on and off since the late Carter Administration — following the money […]
Manufactured Famines in Gaza began almost 2 Decades Ago, So why Haven’t they been Halted?
New York (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Recently, international media has highlighted the mass famine in Gaza. Yet, there have been effectively three waves […]
“A thousand Blossoms with the Day Woke:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:8
Quatrain no. 8 in the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s loose translation of the FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is about the impermanence of all […]
Symbolism, Exile and Identity explored in Paintings: An Interview with Massoud Hayoun
‘The work is Arab, by and for the diverse Arab peoples. But it is beyond that, thoroughly human’ Written by Omid Memarian Massoud Hayoun, ‘Sick […]
Local Journalists and Fixers are being Killed by Israel at unprecedented Rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?
By Simon Levett, University of Technology Sydney (The Conversation) – Journalist Mariam Dagga was just 33 when she was brutally killed by an Israeli airstrike […]
Why Even “Progressive” Dem Leaders won’t Stand up on Gaza: AIPAC’s Undue Influence
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Why has the Democratic leadership shown such reluctance to take effective legislative action to halt the flow […]
Let them in: Opening Gaza to the foreign Press Corps
by Dr Binoy Kampmark ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Fourth Estate may not be in a good way, corrupted and compromised as it […]
Gaza: Israel is killing far more Civilians than is typical for modern Wars
By Neta Crawford, University of Oxford (The Conversation) – Hamas killed about 1,200 people in Israel, mostly unarmed civilians, in its surprise attack on southern […]
Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe
By Pintu Kumar Mahla, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – Farmers in South Asia rely on the summer monsoon’s rainfall, but extreme monsoon rains in […]
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