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Women, Key Players in Syria’s Revolution, are being Marginalized
By Kinda Alsamara, The University of Queensland; Eleanor Gordon, Monash University, and Elliot Dolan-Evans, Monash University (The Conversation) – The end of the oppressive Assad […]
Trump’s Terrorism against the Planet
( Tomdispatch.com ) – Yes, he’s done quite a job so far and, in a way, it couldn’t be simpler to describe. Somehow he’s managed […]
Gaza: It’s not “Complicated”
Santa Cruz, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – HISTORY is always complicated. ELEMENTARY ETHICS is not. “Do not do to others what is hateful to […]
US: Lift Sanctions on Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organization
( Human Rights Watch) – The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) June 10, 2025 decision to sanction Addameer, a […]
Zohran Mamdani’s last Name reflects Centuries of intercontinental Trade, Migration and cultural Exchange
By Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University (The Conversation) – When Zohran Mamdani announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City, political observers noted his […]
Israeli Minister: ‘Gaza must be in Ruins for Decades,’ as Airstrike Kills Children seeking Water
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview with Israel’s Channel 14, Minister of Energy Eli Cohen said that “Gaza must remain in ruins for […]
Albanese’s ‘From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide’ Report
( Middle East Monitor ) – Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in occupied Palestine, stands as a […]
Trump Brings back Torture, Big Time
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I didn’t want to write this article. In fact, I had something relatively uplifting planned: an Independence Day piece about the […]
Egypt brings Africa’s Largest Wind Farm Online on Red Sea Coast, Powers 1.1 mn. Households
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The only place I’ve ever heard of along the Egyptian mainland’s Red Sea coast is the resort city of Hurghada […]
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