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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .
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Gaza: The Horror, The Horror . . .

Hugh J. Curran

Orono, Maine (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – There are mornings when we are unable to bear to listen to the news taking place in […]

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

Stopping Israel’s Attack on Civil Society, Justice and Human Rights: A Call to Action

05/19/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Detained!  Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

Detained! Trump’s America as one Big Black Site

05/19/2025 By Andrea Mazzarino

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Mass Extinction
Is our Civilization Causing the Sixth Great Mass Extinction in Earth's History?

Is our Civilization Causing the Sixth Great Mass Extinction in Earth’s History?

By Frédérik Saltré and Corey J. A. Bradshaw | – For more than 3.5 billion years, living organisms have thrived, multiplied and diversified to occupy […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Iran's Rouhani:  Trump too Erratic to Deal with, but is Open about Ambitions to Steal ME Oil

Iran’s Rouhani: Trump too Erratic to Deal with, but is Open about Ambitions to Steal ME Oil

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said this week that the United States used to justify its military presence in Syria on […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change

All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change

(Tomdispatch.com) – The Situation Room, October 2039: the president and vice president, senior generals and admirals, key cabinet members, and other top national security officers […]

Michael T. Klare

censorship
Beacon on a Hill: Iraq Hitting Protesters so Hard even Medics are Attacked

Beacon on a Hill: Iraq Hitting Protesters so Hard even Medics are Attacked

Fire Teargas, Live Ammunition; Destroy Medical Tents

Human Rights Watch

Iran
How Saudi-Iranian oil rivalry has been shaped by American power

How Saudi-Iranian oil rivalry has been shaped by American power

By Sukru Cildir | – The relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran, both oil-rich states in the Middle East, has oscillated from co-operation to conflict […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
Top 4 Reasons Turkish Pres. Erdogan got a Tense Reception in DC, Despite Trump's Warmth

Top 4 Reasons Turkish Pres. Erdogan got a Tense Reception in DC, Despite Trump’s Warmth

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump warmly hosted Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, praising him to the skies, despite Congressional deep frustration with Turkey […]

Juan Cole

Germany
Brexit decides Tesla to Open Gigafactory in Germany in Win for E-Mobility

Brexit decides Tesla to Open Gigafactory in Germany in Win for E-Mobility

By Sören Amelang | – Tesla’s announcement to build a “gigafactory” for e-car production in Germany is likely to speed up the slow shift to […]

Clean Energy Wire

Archaeology
Did Ancient Iraq’s Huge Assyrian Empire Rise and Fall on Climate Change?

Did Ancient Iraq’s Huge Assyrian Empire Rise and Fall on Climate Change?

By Ashish Sinha and Gayatri Kathayat | – Ancient Mesopotamia, the fabled land between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, was the command and control […]

The Conversation

Islam
Jazz Legend Talib Dawud: Be-Bop and Islam's "Elevation of the Mind"

Jazz Legend Talib Dawud: Be-Bop and Islam’s “Elevation of the Mind”

(Informed Comment) – Jazz Trumpeter Talib Dawud, whose given name was Alfonso Nelson Rainey, was one of the early American jazz converts to Ahmadiyya Islam. […]

Shalom Goldman

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