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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State
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Netanyahu Says he’s making Israel a “Sparta:” He means a global Pariah State

H. Scott Prosterman

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to position Israel as the modern day Sparta, and to sell […]

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

Israel’s Gaza City Invasion: Forced Migration and Hospitals Besieged and Bombed

09/23/2025 By International Middle East Media Center

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State  – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

UK, France and other Western Nations recognize Palestinian State – but symbolic Action won’t make Statehood happen

09/23/2025 By The Conversation

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Far Right
After the insurrection, America’s far-right groups get more extreme

After the insurrection, America’s far-right groups get more extreme

By Matthew Valasik and Shannon Reid | – As the U.S. grapples with domestic extremism in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the […]

The Conversation

China
Not Waiting on Biden: China breaks US Iran Blockade, moves to import nearly 1 mn b/d of Ayatolllah's Oil

Not Waiting on Biden: China breaks US Iran Blockade, moves to import nearly 1 mn b/d of Ayatolllah’s Oil

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China is dramatically ramping up its imports of petroleum from Iran this spring, going from a daily average of 300,000 […]

Juan Cole

Joe Biden
Biden’s Relief Package Is a Huge Victory for Workers

Biden’s Relief Package Is a Huge Victory for Workers

By Rebekah Entralgo | – ( Otherwords.org ) – President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan is more than just a response to the […]

OtherWords

Democracy
Sudan's Progressive, Secular Revolutionary Government faces Food Riots and Ethnic Violence

Sudan’s Progressive, Secular Revolutionary Government faces Food Riots and Ethnic Violence

By Andrew E. Yaw Tchie | – Sudan’s political transition is in a precarious phase. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s government is facing a wide variety […]

The Conversation

Employment
Making America more Equal . . . by Rebuilding the Country

Making America more Equal . . . by Rebuilding the Country

(Tomdispatch.com ) – During the Trump years, the phrase “Infrastructure Week” rang out as a sort of Groundhog Day-style punchline. What began in June 2017 […]

Nomi Prins

Coal
As Solar, Wind costs Plummet, Coal, Gas vastly Over-priced in Bubble that could Burst worse than 2008

As Solar, Wind costs Plummet, Coal, Gas vastly Over-priced in Bubble that could Burst worse than 2008

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A new report by RethinkX, a think tank using the ideas of Tony Seba, who teaches Business at Stanford University, […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Increasing Israeli Squatter violence against Occupied Palestinians goes unchecked by the Israel Military

Increasing Israeli Squatter violence against Occupied Palestinians goes unchecked by the Israel Military

By Kamel Hawwash | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – As I was reading an article headlined “Israel says 600 children given Covid jab […]

Middle East Monitor

Australia
Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse; and they're showing the world how to do it

Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse; and they’re showing the world how to do it

By Michael McGreevy and Fran Baum | – Less than two decades ago, South Australia generated all its electricity from fossil fuels. Last year, renewables […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
German Scientists: Without Drastic Climate Action, World could be headed to Dangerous 7.2° F. extra Heating

German Scientists: Without Drastic Climate Action, World could be headed to Dangerous 7.2° F. extra Heating

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – Current emissions reduction efforts around the world are insufficient to limit global warming to […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

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