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Will Beirut’s Port Explosion and Economic Crisis Spur Mass Migration from Lebanon?
By Hannes Baumann | – The explosion that tore through Beirut on Tuesday August 4 was so strong that shockwaves were felt on the island […]
Coal Plummets 30% in Germany as Renewables Gain during Covid-19 Slowdown
( Clean Energy Wire) – An abrupt halt to economic activity and greatly reduced mobility in reaction to the coronavirus outbreak have let Germany’s energy […]
War and Pandemic Journalism: The Truth Can Disappear Fast
By Patrick Cockburn | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The struggle against Covid-19 has often been compared to fighting a war. Much of this rhetoric […]
Beirut’s Destruction was a Crime of Evil Negligence, the same Crime being Committed Against our Climate
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Some 300,000 people in Beirut have been left homeless by the enormous explosion at the city’s port on Tuesday, which […]
Beirut Catastrophe: Polluters routinely mishandle, illegally trade Hazardous Materials at Sea, in Ports
By Scott Edwards and Christian Bueger | At the time of writing at least 100 people have lost their lives and a further 4,000 have […]
Atomic Poet Survivors, Military Realists and Millennials: August 6 and 9
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – Poet survivors of the merciless, savage US atomic bombing of Japan guide us to the deepest, most intimate […]
Trump is making us Sick, and Unsafe: Covid Infection Rate Triples in US Military
By Andrea Mazzarino | – ( Tomdispatch.com ) – American military personnel are getting sick in significant numbers in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. […]
Trump nearly provokes International Incident, Wrongly saying Beirut Explosion a “Bomb”
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A massive ammonium nitrate explosion rocked Beirut’s port on Tuesday, sending up a mushroom cloud that reminded some of Hiroshima […]
Israel: Will Netanyahu’s Authoritarian Crackdown on Mass Demonstrations bring him Down?
By Motasem A Dalloul | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Massive demonstrations across Israel are calling for the unseating of Prime Minister Benjamin […]
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