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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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Constitution
How Trump's language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot: Linguists can Tell

How Trump’s language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot: Linguists can Tell

By Roger J. Kreuz and Leah Cathryn Windsor | – On Jan. 6, the world witnessed how language can incite violence. One after another, a […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Israel is increasingly an Apartheid State: What Martin Luther King Jr. Would have thought of that

Israel is increasingly an Apartheid State: What Martin Luther King Jr. Would have thought of that

Revised Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose activism we honor today, took stands far beyond Selma and Montgomery, and […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israel must Provide Vaccines to Occupied Palestinians: HRW says Over 4.5 Million in West Bank, Gaza Excluded From Vaccination Push

Israel must Provide Vaccines to Occupied Palestinians: HRW says Over 4.5 Million in West Bank, Gaza Excluded From Vaccination Push

( Human Rights Watch) – (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities should provide Covid-19 vaccines to the more than 4.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank […]

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis: what would 7.1° F. ( 4°C) of global warming feel like?

Climate Crisis: what would 7.1° F. ( 4°C) of global warming feel like?

By Robert Wilby | – Another year, another climate record broken. Globally, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year ever recorded. This was all […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
MLK Marched nonviolently on DC with the Disadvantaged for the Vote: Trump’s armed militia Flew First Class with Privilege to suppress the vote

MLK Marched nonviolently on DC with the Disadvantaged for the Vote: Trump’s armed militia Flew First Class with Privilege to suppress the vote

By Liz Theoharis | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – 2020 will go down as the deadliest year in American history, significantly due to the devastation delivered […]

Liz Theoharis

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President Biden, you Need to Hear this:  Respected Israeli Rights Group B'Tselem declares Israel an Apartheid State

President Biden, you Need to Hear this: Respected Israeli Rights Group B’Tselem declares Israel an Apartheid State

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The respected Israeli human rights organization, B’Tselem, has declared Israel an Apartheid state. This is a conclusion to which Informed […]

Juan Cole

Far Right
What is the 'boogaloo' and who are the rioters who stormed the Capitol?

What is the ‘boogaloo’ and who are the rioters who stormed the Capitol?

By Jeff Inglis | – In the wake of the insurrection on Jan. 6, the U.S. is bracing for the possibility of additional violent demonstrations […]

The Conversation

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Why We need to prepare for ongoing insurrectionary violence and address its root causes

Why We need to prepare for ongoing insurrectionary violence and address its root causes

By Maria J. Stephan | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Following the Jan. 6 insurrectionary attack on the U.S. Capitol and on the country, […]

Waging Nonviolence

Climate Crisis
7 Million more Germans resolve to power Homes with Wind, Solar in 2021: 15% already Do

7 Million more Germans resolve to power Homes with Wind, Solar in 2021: 15% already Do

By Kerstine Appunn | – Many Germans are starting the new year with “climate resolutions” – around 24 percent of them want to make more […]

Clean Energy Wire

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