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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline
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Riyadh-Islamabad “Islamic NATO” to Check Israel in Shadow of US Decline

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]

Stephen Colbert:  “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

Stephen Colbert: “We are all Jimmy Kimmel”

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Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

Israeli Forces’ Attack on Sanaa kills Journalists

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Climate Crisis
The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

By Chirag Dhara and Vandana Singh | – ( Scientific American ) – The electric vehicle (EV) has become one of the great modern symbols […]

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Climate Crisis
Gasoline and Coal's Climate Freak Show: Fire-nado, 1 Billion Dead Marine Animals, and Earth's All-Time Record Heat

Gasoline and Coal’s Climate Freak Show: Fire-nado, 1 Billion Dead Marine Animals, and Earth’s All-Time Record Heat

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Gasoline demand in the U.S. rebounded vigorously in the week leading up to the 4th of July, to an average […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
In Disappointment, even the Israeli Left voted for Racist Palestinian Family Separation Law

In Disappointment, even the Israeli Left voted for Racist Palestinian Family Separation Law

( Middle East Monitor ) – This week, Israel’s Parliament the Knesset failed to pass an extension to Israel’s racist marriage law. The law bars […]

Asa Winstanley

censorship
Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan

Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan

( Al-Bab.com) – Facebook reported this week that it removed 2,784 accounts in June for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour”. Among those, 947 related to countries in […]

Brian Whitaker

Food Security
40% of the World’s People, 3 billion Souls, cannot Afford a Healthy Diet

40% of the World’s People, 3 billion Souls, cannot Afford a Healthy Diet

By William A. Masters and Anna Herforth | – ( The Conversation ) – The COVID-19 pandemic has caused price spikes for corn, milk, beans […]

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UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Palestine slams Israeli Squatter-Settlements as 'War Crime,' Urges Practical Punishment

UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur on Palestine slams Israeli Squatter-Settlements as ‘War Crime,’ Urges Practical Punishment

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Canadian academic and the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, […]

Juan Cole

Authoritarianism
The Ugly Truth: The Republican Party is trying to Outlaw Democracy

The Ugly Truth: The Republican Party is trying to Outlaw Democracy

( Otherwords.org ) – Ralph Waldo Emerson told of a dinner guest who went on and on about the virtue of honesty, offering his own […]

Jim Hightower

China
Shanghai leads way in China’s carbon transition, but Does not have Much Time to Act

Shanghai leads way in China’s carbon transition, but Does not have Much Time to Act

By Shi Yi | – ( China Dialogue ) – Many Chinese cities and provinces are working on plans to hit peak carbon before 2030. […]

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Heart health: Cities are badly Arranged -- A Redesign can help us live longer

Heart health: Cities are badly Arranged — A Redesign can help us live longer

By Tolullah Oni and Rizka Maulida | – ( The Conversation ) – By 2050, it is projected that almost 70% of the world’s population […]

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