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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
China

Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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Afghanistan
From Baghdad to Kabul: One Officer's Journey from True Believer in our Forever Wars to Dissident Veteran

From Baghdad to Kabul: One Officer’s Journey from True Believer in our Forever Wars to Dissident Veteran

( Tomdispatch.com) – Recently, on a beautiful Kansas Saturday, I fell asleep early, exhausted by the excitement and ultimate disappointment of the Army football team’s […]

Danny Sjursen

Corruption
Bribery & High Crimes and Misdemeanors:  Did Trump finally go Full Impeachable in Ukraine Calls?

Bribery & High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Did Trump finally go Full Impeachable in Ukraine Calls?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that in the course of his conversation in July with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement

How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement

The Global Climate Strike is the result of a whole new generation taking bold action and could be the turning point for grassroots resistance to fossil fuels.

Waging Nonviolence

Egypt
As New Rallies Break out, Egypt must Respect the Right to Peaceful Protest: Human Rights Watch

As New Rallies Break out, Egypt must Respect the Right to Peaceful Protest: Human Rights Watch

President al-Sisi Should Ensure Restraint by Security Forces

Human Rights Watch

Climate Crisis
I stand with the climate striking students – it’s time to create a new economy

I stand with the climate striking students – it’s time to create a new economy

By Julia K. Steinberger | – I initiated a letter of support to climate striking students – an English version of the German letter coordinated […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
The 3.5% Rule: The next stage of the Global Climate Movement is Nonviolent Civil Disobedience

The 3.5% Rule: The next stage of the Global Climate Movement is Nonviolent Civil Disobedience

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the heels of Friday’s mainly student-led global climate strike, some activists believe that they must next resort to Gandhian […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal

Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal

By Eleanore Catolico | – (Yes! Magazine ) – In Detroit, more than 8,000 residents live in what has been called one of the most […]

Yes! Magazine

Music
Be-Bop to Bahai: The Spiritual Journey of Dizzy Gillespie

Be-Bop to Bahai: The Spiritual Journey of Dizzy Gillespie

(Informed Comment) – In 1948 rumors spread that jazz trumpet great Dizzy Gillespie was considering converting to Islam. Gillespie told journalists that the important religious […]

Shalom Goldman

Afghanistan
The Imperial Debris of War: Why Ending the Afghan War Won’t End the Killing

The Imperial Debris of War: Why Ending the Afghan War Won’t End the Killing

(Tomdispatch.com ) – I’ve never been to Afghanistan, but I am the mother of two young children. So when I imagine what life must be […]

Stephanie Savell

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