Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Declaration of Independence has been made a dead letter by the Trump regime as we celebrate the 249th anniversary […]
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Governments mustn’t confuse Criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism: British-Israeli Academics
Via Israeli Academics UK Call to reject the IHRA’s ‘working definition of antisemitism’ To: Vice Chancellors, Members of Academic Senates, all other UK Academics and […]
How Defeating the Planet-Killing Keystone XL Oil Pipeline built a Bolder, Savvier Climate Movement
By Nick Engelfried | ( Waging Nonviolence) – When President Biden rescinded a crucial permit for the Keystone XL pipeline last week, it marked the […]
Can the Super Bowl end the Toxic season of Trumpism in Sports?
By Robert Lipsyte | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Overwhelmed by the intertwined plagues of Covid-19 and Trumpism, sports didn’t stand a chance in 2020. […]
In Game Changer, Int’l Criminal Court will take up Israeli War Crimes and Apartheid in Palestine
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On Friday, the International Criminal Court found that it had jurisdiction to consider war crimes and crimes against humanity and […]
Yes, Speech can Incite Violence: What Decades of Research Show about Trump’s Impeachment Trial
By Kurt Braddock | – Senators, acting in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump that begins on Feb. 9, will soon have to […]
Trump’s Coup and Burma’s Coup: What they have in Common
The Asian country’s military overthrew its government over baseless claims of voter fraud. Sound familiar? ( 48hills.org) – This week, military officers in Myanmar (formerly […]
America’s Global Empire is now Costing us our own Well-Being
( Code Pink) – In 2004, journalist Ron Susskind quoted a Bush White House advisor, reportedly Karl Rove, as boasting, “We’re an empire now, and […]
Republicans in Congress engage in hateful Islamophobia to defend their Islamophobe, Greene
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In attempting to defend Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Far Right (a.k.a. the Republican Party) has actually just taken her […]
Biden’s Top Foreign Policy Challenge: Avoiding a Cold War with China
Taiwan and the South China Sea are the likeliest points of conflict — but conflict is not an option. ( Foreign Policy in Focus) – […]