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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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World Leaders, including President Biden, need to Step up on Yemen, before Millions Die

World Leaders, including President Biden, need to Step up on Yemen, before Millions Die

Afrah Nasser | – ( Human Rights Watch) – Imagine what it is like to live in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis: You are in […]

Human Rights Watch

censorship
Will the Khashoggi Killing stand in the way of Bin Salman acceding to the Throne of Saudi Arabia?

Will the Khashoggi Killing stand in the way of Bin Salman acceding to the Throne of Saudi Arabia?

By Amira Abo el-Fetouh | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The Biden administration has finally authorised the Director of National Intelligence in Washington to […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
Decline of Coal shows Gov't Policy, Renewables crucial to Reducing Carbon Emissions: The Market isn't Enough

Decline of Coal shows Gov’t Policy, Renewables crucial to Reducing Carbon Emissions: The Market isn’t Enough

By David Drake and Jeffrey York | – The big idea People often point to plunging natural gas prices as the reason U.S. coal-fired power […]

The Conversation

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Morocco beats U.S. in Green Energy Future Index with Massive Saharan Solar Plant

Morocco beats U.S. in Green Energy Future Index with Massive Saharan Solar Plant

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The MIT Technology Review has released its Green Future Index. Among Middle Eastern countries, Morocco ranks number one, and it […]

Juan Cole

Employment
Why the Opponents of a $15 Minimum Wage are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Why the Opponents of a $15 Minimum Wage are Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Conservatives in both political parties want citizens to believe opposition to an increase in the minimum wage […]

John Buell

Oceans
Where does the 10 Million Tons of Plastic we put into the Oceans Annually actually go?

Where does the 10 Million Tons of Plastic we put into the Oceans Annually actually go?

By Bruce Sutherland, Michelle DiBenedetto and Ton van den Bremer | – Of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste we produce each […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
The Unpatriots:  What the Storming of the Capitol looks Like to a Military Spouse

The Unpatriots: What the Storming of the Capitol looks Like to a Military Spouse

By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – “Are you okay?” asked a friend and military spouse in the voicemail she left me on the […]

Tomdispatch

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The Clearest Example of Israeli Apartheid Yet - Juan Cole Interviewed by Robert Scheer

The Clearest Example of Israeli Apartheid Yet – Juan Cole Interviewed by Robert Scheer

Via ScheerPost — which is always essential reading, I was interviewed by the legendary journalist Robert Scheer. In a storied career, he covered the Vietnam […]

Juan Cole

Inequality
Taxes on the Rich: One-Sixth of What They Used to Be

Taxes on the Rich: One-Sixth of What They Used to Be

By Bob Lord and Chuck Collins | – ( Inequality.org) – America hasn’t stopped taxing its wealthiest citizens entirely. But that’s where we’re headed. According […]

Inequality.org

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