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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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The Revolution IS being Televised*

The Revolution IS being Televised*

Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – There is nothing like another outrageous tragedy to compound the initial tragedy. This is NOT to diminish the […]

H. Scott Prosterman

Israel/ Palestine
Palestine activists have 2 billion opportunities to pressure for divestment

Palestine activists have 2 billion opportunities to pressure for divestment

( Middle East Monitor) – Local government pension schemes hold direct investments worth more than £2.3 billion in companies involved in Israeli war crimes and […]

Asa Winstanley

African-Americans
Why cellphone videos of black people's deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs

Why cellphone videos of black people’s deaths should be considered sacred, like lynching photographs

By Allissa V. Richardson | – As Ahmaud Arbery fell to the ground, the sound of the gunshot that took his life echoed loudly throughout […]

The Conversation

African-Americans
Trump's 'When the looting starts, the shooting starts' is Classic Fascism, Classic Racism

Trump’s ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’ is Classic Fascism, Classic Racism

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – “Between 18 and 20 December 1922 Turin Fascism unleashed a 3 day terror campaign on a recalcitrant anti-Fascist labour movement.” […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Normalising Far-Right Israeli violence against Palestinians during the pandemic

Normalising Far-Right Israeli violence against Palestinians during the pandemic

(Middle East Monitor) – In April, the Israeli Civil Administration stated that it would halt the demolition and destruction of Palestinian dwellings during the coronavirus […]

Ramona Wadi

African-Americans
Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public's view of protest

Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest

Danielle K. Kilgo | – A teenager held her phone steady enough to capture the final moments of George Perry Floyd’s life as he apparently […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Sadistic or Crazy?  Trump is cutting Food Stamps in the Midst of Pandemic Depression

Sadistic or Crazy? Trump is cutting Food Stamps in the Midst of Pandemic Depression

( Otherwords.org ) – Tens of millions of us are out of work. Why on earth is Trump trying to cut food aid? In some […]

Jill Richardson

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Israel's Netanyahu says the Quiet Part Out Loud:  Palestinians to be "subjects," not Citizens in Apartheid Annexation

Israel’s Netanyahu says the Quiet Part Out Loud: Palestinians to be “subjects,” not Citizens in Apartheid Annexation

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In an interview with corrupt casino mogul Sheldon Adelson’s free newspaper, Israel ha-Yom, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the […]

Juan Cole

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The Other Pandemic:  We haven't Even begun to Flatten the Curve on the Climate Crisis

The Other Pandemic: We haven’t Even begun to Flatten the Curve on the Climate Crisis

Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment) – We are living with two life-threatening crises: Covid-19 and the climate crisis. They pose a common stark fate […]

H. Patricia Hynes

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